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Giancarlo Rinaldi @ginkers.bsky.social · 2d

Podcast alert 🎤 ‼️
Pulisic’s penalty miss ❌
Fiorentina’s slump continues ⬇️
Venezia on the rise up ⬆️
And a look ahead to the Azzurri in action 🇮🇹.
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Giancarlo Rinaldi @ginkers.bsky.social · 8d

I’m still grumpy

Rigore! Podcast @rigorepod.bsky.social · 9d

On this week's episode we are celebrating that rarest of things - a correct prediction from Rigore! Plus - a grumpy @ginkers.bsky.social after yet another sub-par Fiorentina performance and a slightly happier @marcorinaldi.bsky.social as Venezia beat Spezia.

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Giancarlo Rinaldi @ginkers.bsky.social · 23d

What an edition - fill your ears with ill-informed chat!

Rigore! Podcast @rigorepod.bsky.social · 23d

A Derby d'Italia to remember, Allegri's first red card of the season, and a Venezia side who seem to have a worrying habit of taking their foot off the gas. Plus Rino makes Italy into the very essence of his famous "sometimes good, sometimes shit" quote.

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Giancarlo Rinaldi @ginkers.bsky.social · Aug 26

I disagree on this assessment but we are back!

Marco Rinaldi @marcorinaldi.bsky.social · Aug 26

Another of the 25 podcasts I record and edit is back! 😂

As ever, fun chatting with @ginkers.bsky.social about all things calcio - more so when Venezia win and Fiorentina don't...

Rigore! Podcast @rigorepod.bsky.social · Aug 26

We're back! Looking at a decent start for 2 of the 3 promoted teams (and Milan's struggles continuing), Fiorentina being denied victory at the last minute, and a decent start for Venezia (Daniel Fila is still crap though)

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Giancarlo Rinaldi @ginkers.bsky.social · Aug 24

A pretty forgettable first half in Sardinia. Cagliari the better side and a good chance with the ex-Folorunsho but not a lot to stir the soul so far. #CagliariFiorentina

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Giancarlo Rinaldi @ginkers.bsky.social · Aug 24

A public service announcement for any @rigorepod.bsky.social fans out there. We are shifting recording to Mondays so you can get your fix of glum and glummer a wee bit later in the week. It will be no better informed or thought out despite taking more time, we promise.

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Giancarlo Rinaldi @ginkers.bsky.social · Aug 24

A bit of reaction to the return of Serie A www.youtube.com/live/e7HyMw8...

Serie A LIVE reaction: De Bruyne, Modric debut and much more

YouTube video by Lorenzo Bettoni - Calcio channel

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Giancarlo Rinaldi @ginkers.bsky.social · Aug 23

Happy Serie A return day everyone. Looks like being another cracking season. KDB already off the mark for Napoli in their title defence and that man McTominay in the goals again.

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Giancarlo Rinaldi @ginkers.bsky.social · Jul 8

Another new home for Serie A in the UK with DAZN it would appear. Be nice to have someone commit to it for a while.

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Giancarlo Rinaldi @ginkers.bsky.social · Jun 7

I don’t know where the place to discuss Italy’s failings is any more but I’ll try here. What a terrible performance last night and how slow Spalletti was to try and change it. Maybe we just don’t have the players to go out and impose our play on anyone. Looked jaded and lacklustre.

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Giancarlo Rinaldi @ginkers.bsky.social · Jun 1

I think we did the right thing not planning a bonus Champions League final episode of the @rigorepod.bsky.social . Could have been brutal, Inter were so far off the pace it was untrue…

Giancarlo Rinaldi @ginkers.bsky.social · May 26

The curtain comes down on a dramatic Serie A season and we tried to digest it all on the Rigore! Podcast
🩵 Napoli champions
❤️ 💙 Bologna Coppa kings
💜 Fiorentina Conference League
🧡 🖤 💚 Farewell Venezia

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Giancarlo Rinaldi @ginkers.bsky.social · May 20

Very much looking forward to my dose of 1980s Calcio nostalgia courtesy of @rickhough.bsky.social . The fact that it looks and feels like an Italian football almanac is only making things even better.

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Giancarlo Rinaldi @ginkers.bsky.social · May 13

There could only be one winner and, sadly, it wasn’t me. Venezia had better stay up now!

Rigore! Podcast @rigorepod.bsky.social · May 13

The Rigore derby has a winner! Will Venezia's win save them? Plus, we look back at Inter's victory over Barcelona (and enjoy some Barça tears), and discuss Ancelotti's Brazilian move

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Giancarlo Rinaldi @ginkers.bsky.social · May 12

Is there a result that can make us both miserable? Probably a draw.

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Giancarlo Rinaldi @ginkers.bsky.social · May 12

A reminder we are recording our normal edition tonight as it is the @rigorepod.bsky.social derby later with Venezia seeking points that could take them out of the drop zone and Fiorentina hoping to recover from Conference League misery. One of us will be glum - possibly both of us - guaranteed.

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Giancarlo Rinaldi @ginkers.bsky.social · May 12

It was 40 years ago that something extraordinary happened in Serie A and Verona won a most improbable Scudetto. @rickhough.bsky.social has written a book about it and we had a chat with him a while ago for the Rigore! podcast linktr.ee/Rigore

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Giancarlo Rinaldi @ginkers.bsky.social · May 11

I confess, I’m an old school Serie A viewer who expects late season games to go to a certain script when a team with little to play for meets one with everything on the line. But Genoa are making this more uncomfortable than anticipated for Napoli.

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The Gentleman Ultra @gentlemanultra.bsky.social · May 10

NEW

"Those players are forever together as that invincible team..."

TGU editor James Oddy chats with author Roberto Pennino about his book, Immortal Torino: the emotional story of the rise and tragic fall of one of Italian football’s greatest ever teams.

www.gentlemanultra.com/2025/05/04/a...

An interview with author Roberto Pennino- Il Grande Torino -

Torino won five consecutive league titles in the 1940s, playing a flowing brand of football with such dominance they were named Grande Torino. Their dominance was tragically and shockingly haltedRead ...

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Giancarlo Rinaldi @ginkers.bsky.social · May 6

Join myself and @marcorinaldi.bsky.social on another biased, ill-informed ramble around the world of Italian football in the latest Rigore! podcast linktr.ee/Rigore

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Giancarlo Rinaldi @ginkers.bsky.social · Apr 29

Yes, I did - fine community effort

Giancarlo Rinaldi @ginkers.bsky.social · Apr 29

One for @football-italia.bsky.social on Italy’s last men standing in Europe football-italia.net/last-men-sta...

Last men standing: Can Inter and Fiorentina make European progress?

It was almost inevitable there would be a dip in form after the impressive performances of the last couple of seasons. Milan and Juventus - two historic

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Giancarlo Rinaldi @ginkers.bsky.social · Apr 28

Friends, Serie A fans, even Juventini - lend us your ears! Another Chianti-fuelled rant about the weekend events in @seriea.bsky.social is out now. You can’t beat a bit of the Rigore! Podcast linktr.ee/Rigore

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Giancarlo Rinaldi @ginkers.bsky.social · Apr 23

We love an underdog tale on the podcast and they don’t get any bigger than this one!

Rigore! Podcast @rigorepod.bsky.social · Apr 23

Bonus episode today sees @ginkers.bsky.social chatting with @rickhough.bsky.social about his new book "Verona Campione" and discussing Verona's miracle scudetto win

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Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · Apr 23

If you like your Italian football podcasts with a Scottish twang this is the one for you!

Real thrill to chat to @ginkers.bsky.social about Verona Campione!

Rigore! Podcast @rigorepod.bsky.social · Apr 23

Bonus episode today sees @ginkers.bsky.social chatting with @rickhough.bsky.social about his new book "Verona Campione" and discussing Verona's miracle scudetto win

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