Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti return to discuss Italy’s all-time leading goalscorer, the benchmark by which all Italian strikers have been measured against – Gigi Riva.Spending almost his entire career at Cagliari and leading Sardinia to its only Scudetto, why did Riva refuse to leave despite world record offers? This is the story of a mechanic turned leading man with chiselled cheekbones and a shot that broke a ballboy’s arm.RUNNING ORDER:• PART 1: The legacy of Luigi Riva (01m 00s)• PART 2a: Riva makes the move to Sardinia (05m 00s)• PART 2b: Cagliari adapt to life in Serie A (11m 30s)• PART 2c: What kind of a striker was he? (14m 30s)• PART 3: Riva debuts for Italy – some Azzurri highlights (18m 00s)• PART 4a: Cagliari win the Scudetto (21m 30s)• PART 4b: Riva goes to 1970 World Cup (29m 30s)• PART 5: Riva’s upbringing – why didn’t he leave Cagliari? (34m 00s)• PART 6: Riva’s life after football (42m 00s)GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/totallyfootballshow/)• find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/)• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow (http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow)
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