Sir Alex Ferguson once said: "That lad must have been born offside."
Jaap Stam called him a diving cheat. Defenders kept insisting he was lucky. Critics said he only scored tap-ins.
He scored 313 career goals and lifted every major trophy in the game.
This is Pippo Inzaghi.
Born in Piacenza, the son of a football coach, the older brother of Simone who would go on to become one of Italy's most successful managers. He grew up idolising Paolo Rossi and Marco van Basten. Two players who were also always there when it mattered most.
He played for Piacenza, Leffe, Verona, Parma, before becoming Serie A top scorer in 1996-97 with 24 goals at Atalanta. Juventus came, he won his first Scudetto alongside Del Piero and Zidane, and scored 89 goals in four seasons in Turin.
Then came Milan in 2001 and everything opened up. He played 300 matches for the Rossoneri and scored 126 goals, Won two Serie A titles, a Coppa Italia, two UEFA Super Cups, a FIFA World Club Cup and two Champions Leagues.
The thing about Inzaghi that his critics never explained was the numbers. 313 career goals. 69 in European competitions, 10 hat-tricks in Serie A, still an all-time record.
His method was simple. He didn't dribble. He rarely shot from outside the box. He simply watched defenders, read where the ball was going before it arrived, and got there first.
The offside trap that caught him 330 times in Serie A also meant that every time he stayed onside, he had a yard on every defender in the box. He used to get furious with wingers in training if they didn't send crosses to exactly the right spot. He had mentally already mapped where he needed to be and needed the ball to meet him there.
He played a crucial role in Milan's 2002-03 Champions League win. Scored 10 goals. But his absolute masterpiece came four years later, in Athens. He scored both goals in the Champions League final against Liverpool.
In between he had also lifted the 2006 World Cup trophy in Berlin. He played only once, coming on as a substitute against Czech Republic. he played 30 minutes and scored. Of course he did.
Ancelotti said of him: "Inzaghi strikes his opponent at the most unexpected moment." What he meant was: the man had no remarkable attributes except being in the right place at the right time, every single time, for twenty-one years.
His younger brother Simone managed Lazio and Inter. Pippo managed Milan, Bologna, Venezia and several others. He was never able to replicate his playing genius in the dugout.
313 goals. Two Champions Leagues. A World Cup. An all-time Serie A hat-trick record.
Born offside, exactly 53 years ago today.
Happy birthday Super Pippo. 🇮🇹
Sytuacja z francuskiej telewizji:
Muzułmanka: „Jestem Francuzką”.
Francuz: „Nie jesteś Francuzką. Nie mów, że jesteś Francuzką, kiedy ubierasz się jak Beduin z VIII wieku”.
Wielu białych ludzi urodziło się w Hongkongu, Singapurze, Indiach i innych miejscach, a mimo to nie nazywają siebie Azjatami, ale inaczej wygląda z migracją do Europy, inna religia, własne enklawy, często nikłe akceptacje praw panujących i kultury, ale "jesteśmy Europejczykami, a Ty jesteś islamofobem, rasistą, nazistą".
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Oficjalnie.
Nie zmienią tego ani zaległe mecze, ani te, które pozostały jeszcze do rozegrania.
Po 3 kolejkach @wislakrakowsa i jej kibice 🔵⚪️🔴 są najlepszą drużyną w Polsce pod względem frekwencji stadionowej🏟️
Tysiące ludzi, którzy co mecz pokazują, czym jest przywiązanie, tradycja i siła tej społeczności.
Brawo Wy. Brawo My. Brawo Wisła.
I nie zatrzymujemy się. 🚀
🇮🇹🕊️ Seven years ago, Italian football lost one of its most notorious ultras figures.
Fabrizio Piscitelli, better known as “Diabolik,” was assassinated in Rome on August 8, 2019, sending shockwaves through the country’s football scene and marking the end of an era for Lazio’s Curva Nord.
Piscitelli had been at the helm of the Irriducibili since the 1980s, transforming the group into one of Italy’s most influential ultra movements. From merchandise and radio broadcasts to the culture surrounding matchdays, his influence stretched far beyond the stands.
His death came after years of alleged links to Rome’s criminal underworld. He was shot in Parco degli Acquedotti in what was described as a targeted execution.
Not long after, the Irriducibili were officially disbanded, bringing an end to 33 years of one of the most powerful and controversial chapters in Italian ultras history. 🏟️🥀