Giancarlo Rinaldi
@ginkers.bsky.social
Football Italia writer, Rigore! podcast co-host, lifelong Fiorentina and Queen of the South sufferer. Occasional grappa consumer.
Listen to me wallow in self pity
It's pretty much just a Viola misery show this week as @ginkers.bsky.social tries to turn every story into one involving Fiorentina's worst start to a season in history...
(We do try and talk about other stuff as well 😂)
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(We do try and talk about other stuff as well 😂)
Listen now: linktr.ee/rigore
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November 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Listen to me wallow in self pity
So much to discuss, so little time but we tried to cram it all in…
Late goals deliver different fortunes for Fiorentina and Venezia, while the Serie A race hots up. Plus VAR chat (of course) and a hot off the press sacking at Juve...
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October 28, 2025 at 11:37 AM
So much to discuss, so little time but we tried to cram it all in…
Reposted by Giancarlo Rinaldi
Viola rage at VAR! Como are good (funny what money can do!) Inter growing stronger. And Venezia dominate but could a weak attack be their undoing? All this and more on this week's pod!
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October 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Viola rage at VAR! Como are good (funny what money can do!) Inter growing stronger. And Venezia dominate but could a weak attack be their undoing? All this and more on this week's pod!
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Listen now: linktr.ee/rigore
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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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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October 7, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Podcast alert 🎤 ‼️
Pulisic’s penalty miss ❌
Fiorentina’s slump continues ⬇️
Venezia on the rise up ⬆️
And a look ahead to the Azzurri in action 🇮🇹.
Like, share, tell everyone you meet! linktr.ee/rigore
Pulisic’s penalty miss ❌
Fiorentina’s slump continues ⬇️
Venezia on the rise up ⬆️
And a look ahead to the Azzurri in action 🇮🇹.
Like, share, tell everyone you meet! linktr.ee/rigore
I’m still grumpy
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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September 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I’m still grumpy
What an edition - fill your ears with ill-informed chat!
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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September 16, 2025 at 10:33 AM
What an edition - fill your ears with ill-informed chat!
I disagree on this assessment but we are back!
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...
As ever, fun chatting with @ginkers.bsky.social about all things calcio - more so when Venezia win and Fiorentina don't...
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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August 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I disagree on this assessment but we are back!
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
August 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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
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.
August 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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.
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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August 24, 2025 at 11:35 AM
A bit of reaction to the return of Serie A www.youtube.com/live/e7HyMw8...
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.
August 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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.
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.
July 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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.
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.
June 7, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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.
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…
June 1, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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…
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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🩵 Napoli champions
❤️ 💙 Bologna Coppa kings
💜 Fiorentina Conference League
🧡 🖤 💚 Farewell Venezia
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May 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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
linktr.ee/Rigore
🩵 Napoli champions
❤️ 💙 Bologna Coppa kings
💜 Fiorentina Conference League
🧡 🖤 💚 Farewell Venezia
linktr.ee/Rigore
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.
May 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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.
There could only be one winner and, sadly, it wasn’t me. Venezia had better stay up now!
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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May 13, 2025 at 11:17 AM
There could only be one winner and, sadly, it wasn’t me. Venezia had better stay up now!
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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May 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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
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.
May 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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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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...
"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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May 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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...
"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...
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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May 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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
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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April 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
One for @football-italia.bsky.social on Italy’s last men standing in Europe football-italia.net/last-men-sta...
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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April 28, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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
We love an underdog tale on the podcast and they don’t get any bigger than this one!
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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April 23, 2025 at 8:31 AM
We love an underdog tale on the podcast and they don’t get any bigger than this one!
Reposted by Giancarlo Rinaldi
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!
Real thrill to chat to @ginkers.bsky.social about Verona Campione!
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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Listen now: linktr.ee/rigore
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April 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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!
Real thrill to chat to @ginkers.bsky.social about Verona Campione!