David is a sports journalist and broadcaster based in Europe, accredited with the SJA, FIFA, UEFA, and AIPS. Read More
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The road to Serie B means topping each Serie C group from north to south. In 2024, Mantova, Juve Stabia and Cesena earned automatic promotion from their respective gironi, with Carrarese winning the playoffs final. Ternana, Ascoli, Feralpisalò and Lecco were all relegated from Serie B, and all four are serious candidates to bounce straight ... Read More Calcio lovers have always had a soft spot for Serie C, Italy’s third-highest tier of football. Indeed, many of history’s greats began their career at this level: Salvatore Schillaci at Messina, Gianluca Zambrotta at Como and Roberto Baggio at Vicenza. More recently, Euro 2024 international Michael Folorunsho played for Virtus Francavilla, and former Italy international ... Read More Juventus are the sole Italian representative in the top 10 most expensively assembled teams in 2024-25, according to the CIES Football Observatory. The Bianconeri current squad costs €626 million, a whopping €250m more than Napoli and almost twice as much as Inter Milan, but than half of Chelsea, who topped the list with a total ... Read More Fully deserving of rest and recreation (and a medal) after braving the Italian heat and highways of Campania, I’d booked a train to Lombardy, where it was even hotter. Indeed, we are calcio mavericks. I also called upon Dan Cancian to replace the wilting Emmet Gates in the Destination Calcio lineup, the latter happy to ... Read More Calcio Weekender is a series by football journalists. Read about their travels through Naples, Benevento and Salerno, all located in the southern Italian region of Campania. ... Read More Formerly known as the Stadio San Paolo, the Maradona was renamed one week after the passing of Argentina and Napoli legend Diego Armando Maradona. Accordingly, SSC Napoli lifted the city’s third Serie A title soon after in 2023, the biggest celebration since the Partenopei’s most successful period in history: two Scudetti with Careca and Maradona ... Read More Welcome to the Calcio Binge series, transporting armchair tifosi into the action on a weekly basis. The Ferragosto weekend kickstarted the new season, so we planned our base in Verona, an hour’s drive from Brescia and Parma, with Turin just under three hours away by train. With the Serie C season a week away, attentions ... Read More 
