This is the third in a series on The Athletic looking back at the winners of each World Cup, from Uruguay in 1930 through to ...

Italy legend Francesco Totti admits he thought about taking a Panenka penalty during the 2006 World Cup Round of 16 against ...

Italy legend Francesco Totti admits he thought about taking a Panenka penalty during the 2006 World Cup Round of 16 against ...

Italy legend Francesco Totti admits he thought about taking a Panenka penalty during the 2006 World Cup Round of 16 against Australia, but ‘the goalkeeper was massive.’ Totti scored nine ...

Italy legend Francesco Totti admits he thought about taking a Panenka penalty during the 2006 World Cup Round of 16 against Australia, but ‘the goalkeeper was massive.’ ...

Lorenzo Lucca reveals that he paid for a dinner for the Udinese team after taking a penalty kick instead ... is ‘confident’ Italy will qualify for the 2026 World Cup: ‘No excuses.’ ...

Luca Bertacca talks Italy’s runners-up campaign at the last FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, their squad being a family and their quest to conquer Seychelles 2025.

Lorenzo Lucca reveals that he paid for a dinner for the Udinese team after taking a penalty kick instead of Florian Thauvin against Lecce and is ‘confident’ Italy will qualify for the 2026 World Cup: ...

Karl-Heinz Riedle was only making his 10th appearance for West Germany that evening in Italy ... strong in penalty shootouts; we had never failed there before at the World Cup, so we were ...