Thanks for the upload. When Sky stole the terrestrial free to air top flight English games we were left with second tier matches (The Championship nowadays). Little did we know that the next channel had rights to a league better than ours and not only that the best players, teams,stadiums,kits, fans. I really could go on. Technical level was levels above our drab 4-4-2 and balls being lumped up to the big man. Italian clubs dominated European football in the 90s. I think nearly half of all the finals in that decade were contested by an Italian club. If the football was brilliant that was more than ok but the icing on the cake was Gazzetta. When James Richardson took over presenting duties from Gazza it quickly became the best football show on TV. Witty, humorous and informative it was a must watch every Saturday morning for millions of people. Even Premier League legends like Lampard & Ferdinand were avid fans. Gary Bloom, Kenneth Wolstenhulme & Peter Brackley RIP became household names and the show went from strength to strength. The decision of Channel 4 to not renew their rights and instead go down the reality TV route goes down as one of the worst broadcasting decisions ever made. 90s Calcio will never be surpassed by any league in any era. 🇮🇹⚽️
Absolutely incredible. What an era this was for Italian football. Saturday morning highlights and a live game on sunday, an absolute dream for me as a kid. Everything about the Italian game just blew me away. From the teams to the fans and the stadiums, it was amazing. Been following Sampdoria since that first season on chan 4. Thanks for posting all these videos, it’s a trip into the depths of nostalgia. FORZA SAMPDORIA 🔵⚪️🔴⚫️
The early to mid 90s when Serie A was genuinely head and shoulders above every other league in the world. I remember as a football mad teenager in England, really looking forward to channel 4's upcoming live coverage and after that first game between Sampdoria and Lazio - I certainly wasn't disappointed.
I missed the early part of the first season, not stumbling across FT until January '93, and never saw either the opening day match or the 5-3 Milan vs Lazio spectacle, unfortunately.
@@danyoutube7491 The Milan v Lazio 5-3 game which was broadcast live on C4 was the best match I'd ever seen at that point and for quite a lot of years after as well. Incredible world class players on display and goals to match. An absolute feast for a kid like me who had loved European/world football since the Euro's of 1988 and especially during an era when live televised football was still a relative novelty.
I still have that Milan-Lazio game on tape. I never noticed Peter Brackley calling Brian Laudrup "Michael" after his goal against Sampdoria! This was probably the first time in decades that I've rewatched the goals from that traumatic Juventus-Fiorentina match: I'd totally forgotten what a great strike Carbone's goal was! Channel 4 was a bit unlucky that Serie A introduced the "posticipo" for the 1993-94 season, which meant the biggest games of the weekend were generally no longer played on a Sunday afternoon.
Ah, the 94-95 Juve vs Fiorentina game. I supported Juve at the time (went off them by the end of the decade) and thought Fiorentina had it sewn up at half-time; they were the better team and Juve hadn't looked either dangerous in attack or secure at the back, so, anticipating a dull Juve performance in the second half ending in defeat, I accepted an offer of a game of footy with my mates, only to find virtually nobody else was coming out (typical of my mate, tried to get the first people out with "yeah, loads of people are coming" :)). One who did turn up though was a friend called James who told me that Juve had scored. I think after a brief chat we decided we couldn't get any decent numbers (there were about four of us max) and I went home to see the brilliant finale with Del Piero's stunner, one of the best goals I've seen scored live.
@@jamesviola79 They certainly were more reliable for being exciting than getting a run of positive results :) Though I think in this season or the one after, they did have a strong run of wins at one point- was this the season when Batistuta scored in the first 10 or 11 games or something? I think he was capocannoniere that year.
@@danyoutube7491 Yes, that was this season, 1994-95. Batistuta scored in the first eleven games (breaking a record held by ex-Bologna forward Ezio Pascutti). In fact, the defeat at Juventus in Week 12 was the first match in which the Argentine failed to score. He finished top scorer with 26 goals, but Fiorentina lost five of their last six games and ended up only tenth in the table.
Blatant Corruption by the referee in the inter vs Juve game around the 14 minute mark for the penalties, the scandals all came out later on with match fixing etc.
Thanks for the upload. When Sky stole the terrestrial free to air top flight English games we were left with second tier matches (The Championship nowadays). Little did we know that the next channel had rights to a league better than ours and not only that the best players, teams,stadiums,kits, fans. I really could go on. Technical level was levels above our drab 4-4-2 and balls being lumped up to the big man. Italian clubs dominated European football in the 90s. I think nearly half of all the finals in that decade were contested by an Italian club. If the football was brilliant that was more than ok but the icing on the cake was Gazzetta. When James Richardson took over presenting duties from Gazza it quickly became the best football show on TV. Witty, humorous and informative it was a must watch every Saturday morning for millions of people. Even Premier League legends like Lampard & Ferdinand were avid fans. Gary Bloom, Kenneth Wolstenhulme & Peter Brackley RIP became household names and the show went from strength to strength. The decision of Channel 4 to not renew their rights and instead go down the reality TV route goes down as one of the worst broadcasting decisions ever made. 90s Calcio will never be surpassed by any league in any era. 🇮🇹⚽️
Absolutely incredible. What an era this was for Italian football. Saturday morning highlights and a live game on sunday, an absolute dream for me as a kid. Everything about the Italian game just blew me away. From the teams to the fans and the stadiums, it was amazing. Been following Sampdoria since that first season on chan 4. Thanks for posting all these videos, it’s a trip into the depths of nostalgia. FORZA SAMPDORIA 🔵⚪️🔴⚫️
The early to mid 90s when Serie A was genuinely head and shoulders above every other league in the world.
I remember as a football mad teenager in England, really looking forward to channel 4's upcoming live coverage and after that first game between Sampdoria and Lazio - I certainly wasn't disappointed.
I missed the early part of the first season, not stumbling across FT until January '93, and never saw either the opening day match or the 5-3 Milan vs Lazio spectacle, unfortunately.
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The Milan v Lazio 5-3 game which was broadcast live on C4 was the best match I'd ever seen at that point and for quite a lot of years after as well.
Incredible world class players on display and goals to match.
An absolute feast for a kid like me who had loved European/world football since the Euro's of 1988 and especially during an era when live televised football was still a relative novelty.
Ousshhh watched every single one them live getting goosebumps off Brackleys commentary 💥🔥
Real football miss this so much era gone but never forgotten
I still have that Milan-Lazio game on tape. I never noticed Peter Brackley calling Brian Laudrup "Michael" after his goal against Sampdoria! This was probably the first time in decades that I've rewatched the goals from that traumatic Juventus-Fiorentina match: I'd totally forgotten what a great strike Carbone's goal was! Channel 4 was a bit unlucky that Serie A introduced the "posticipo" for the 1993-94 season, which meant the biggest games of the weekend were generally no longer played on a Sunday afternoon.
Ah, the 94-95 Juve vs Fiorentina game. I supported Juve at the time (went off them by the end of the decade) and thought Fiorentina had it sewn up at half-time; they were the better team and Juve hadn't looked either dangerous in attack or secure at the back, so, anticipating a dull Juve performance in the second half ending in defeat, I accepted an offer of a game of footy with my mates, only to find virtually nobody else was coming out (typical of my mate, tried to get the first people out with "yeah, loads of people are coming" :)). One who did turn up though was a friend called James who told me that Juve had scored. I think after a brief chat we decided we couldn't get any decent numbers (there were about four of us max) and I went home to see the brilliant finale with Del Piero's stunner, one of the best goals I've seen scored live.
@@danyoutube7491 Yes, a great first half performance from Fiorentina followed by the typical and inevitable capitulation. I'm still not over it...
@@jamesviola79 They certainly were more reliable for being exciting than getting a run of positive results :) Though I think in this season or the one after, they did have a strong run of wins at one point- was this the season when Batistuta scored in the first 10 or 11 games or something? I think he was capocannoniere that year.
@@danyoutube7491 Yes, that was this season, 1994-95. Batistuta scored in the first eleven games (breaking a record held by ex-Bologna forward Ezio Pascutti). In fact, the defeat at Juventus in Week 12 was the first match in which the Argentine failed to score. He finished top scorer with 26 goals, but Fiorentina lost five of their last six games and ended up only tenth in the table.
Blatant Corruption by the referee in the inter vs Juve game around the 14 minute mark for the penalties, the scandals all came out later on with match fixing etc.
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