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Valerio Moggia @valmoggia.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you think this Manchester City story is a matter concerning football and nothing else, you are terribly wrong, my friend.

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Valerio Moggia @valmoggia.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

There is a moment, a little past the halfway point of the episode, that took me nearly ten minutes to record - simply because it was hard to read the script, on human level. Enjoy the episode.

Valerio Moggia @valmoggia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yesterday, there was a beautiful solidarity match between Konyaspor and Palestine. Yet it was also a propaganda tool for Erdoğan. And Konyaspor fans are right-wing racist that didn't show the same solidarity to Kurdish people.

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Valerio Moggia @valmoggia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It would have been better not to play. But if it has to be done, this is the right way to do it.

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Pallonate in Faccia @pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🇮🇪 Jack Moylan, after scoring Ireland's third goal against Israel, celebrated by removing and kissing the black armband that the Irish players are wearing for this match. 👇

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Valerio Moggia @valmoggia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Almost thirty years ago, Ireland had already found itself in a situation similar to the one seen in recent days: the high-profile boycott of an official match against Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War.

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Valerio Moggia @valmoggia.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Gavin Bazunu, a true human being in a world of cowards.

Valerio Moggia @valmoggia.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#Ireland will play against #Israel tomorrow. Yet, no other country had so seriously questioned the idea of playing on ethical grounds. If not Ireland, who could have done so? I wrote about it on @ilpost.it. www.ilpost.it/2026/09/26/i...

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Le contestate partite che l'Irlanda deve giocare contro Israele

Calciatori, allenatori e politici sembravano volerle boicottare, ma alla fine dovrebbero disputarsi, domani in Ungheria e il 4 ottobre in Serbia

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Valerio Moggia @valmoggia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A story from #Palestine you probably won't hear much about.

Valerio Moggia @valmoggia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Tensions are rising between #Ireland and #Israel ahead of their two upcoming UEFA Nations League matches. The games are going ahead, yet almost everyone in Ireland is in favor of a boycott. I wrote about this for the Italian newspaper Domani. www.editorialedomani.it/sport/irland...

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«Boicottiamo Israele»: il match che l’Irlanda non vuole giocare

Dalle parole del ct Hallgrímsson alle proteste dei tifosi, l’imminente doppio confronto contro la nazionale di Tel Aviv divide profondamente il paese. Le gare sono state spostate in campo neutro (una ...

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Valerio Moggia @valmoggia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A small but significant development: Kevin Kilbane, one of the most well-known footballers in Irish history, has written an article opposing matches against Israel. It is yet further confirmation that this is a massive issue of debate in Ireland.

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Valerio Moggia @valmoggia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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Valerio Moggia @valmoggia.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Matthias #Sindelar neither committed suicide nor was murdered. He was not Jewish, nor was his partner (who was not Italian, either). But above all, he was certainly not anti-Nazi. I have reconstructed his true story - not the legend everyone tells. pallonateinfaccia.com/2026/09/20/m...

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Tutto ciò che sapete su Matthias Sindelar è falso

Tutti conoscono la storia di Matthias Sindelar, il grande campione austriaco che sfidò i nazisti e morì in circostanze misteriose. Ma tutto ciò che sapete su di lui è falso.

Pallonate in Faccia @pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

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🇸🇦 Cristiano #Ronaldo 's Al-Nassr could be acquired by RedBird, which also has another deal in the works with the PIF. Meanwhile, the Saudi club is facing financial issues that have received little attention. Read more here: pallonateinfaccia.substack.com/p/pif-sell-a... 👇

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Valerio Moggia @valmoggia.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Gerard López nearly drove Lille and Boavista to ruin, bankrupted Excelsior Mouscron, and - essentially - Bordeaux as well. I wrote about Europe's worst football club owner for @ilpost.it (in Italian). www.ilpost.it/2026/09/17/g...

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L’uomo che fa fallire le squadre di calcio

O comunque le lascia molto, molto peggio di come le trova: auguratevi che Gerard López non compri quella per cui tifate

Valerio Moggia @valmoggia.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Mbappé: the voice of reason in a world of lunatics.

Valerio Moggia @valmoggia.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The British Army is promoting itself by exploiting football.

Valerio Moggia @valmoggia.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This whole story of shirts and slogans in support of Ceuta has been ambiguous from the very start. "On Ceuta's side" - but against whom? The migrants? The Moroccan government (and thus against the Spanish government, which denies Moroccan responsibility)?

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I am teaching my baby this semester: INTL 4660: Film, Politics and Literature It is a course about non-democracies, which uses academic literature to teach about the characteristics of the non-democratic systems and movies and (graphic) novels to teach about life under non-democratic regimes.

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Valerio Moggia @valmoggia.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

In the 1930s, there was a team that dominated German football. That team was captained by one of the greatest German footballers of all time. You can imagine how this story ends.

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Valerio Moggia @valmoggia.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Ireland is spearheading one of the largest and most effective sports boycott campaigns in living memory.

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Berin Szóka @berinszoka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Photo of the decade: AfD leader Alice Weidel

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Infantino resta forte: la rivolta delle federazioni non è mai cominciata davvero

The situation right now is this: #Infantino remains the sole candidate for the FIFA presidency in 2027. His opponents - Čeferin and a few others - seem somewhat short on ideas. The momentum of the battle has shifted. My take in Domani (in Italian). www.editorialedomani.it/sport/infant...

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Il boicottaggio è rientrato, un candidato alternativo ancora non c’è e le defezioni contro il presidente della Fifa restano concentrate quasi soltanto in Europa. Čeferin e Montagliani puntano ora sull...

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Ordinary stories of ordinary Italian football, these days: AS Roma fans doing fascist salute, and FC Inter Milan fans doing monkey gesture to Napoli fans.

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Volkswagen mette in crisi anche il calcio tedesco

#Volkswagen is facing a severe crisis and has decided to scale back many of its investments, including those in football. We are talking about a company that holds significant stakes in four German clubs. I wrote about this on InsideOver (in Italian). it.insideover.com/economia/la-...

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La lunga crisi di Volkswagen adesso potrebbe fare anche una vittima eccellente: il calcio. Fine delle sponsorizzazioni d'oro.

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Valerio Moggia @valmoggia.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The Belgrade derby has (predictably) become an occasion to pay tribute to a vicious war criminal. Serbia: a rogue state.

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Those great disaster stories we love so much.

Valerio Moggia @valmoggia.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Football has returned to #Palestine, even though organizing a tournament like this is very complicated, especially in Gaza. And Israeli bombardments are still ongoing: just last Saturday, a footballer was killed in an attack.

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Valerio Moggia @valmoggia.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

#Calciopoli encapsulates the entire story of Italian football. But in this podcast, I wanted to go further and tell the story of the scandal within a broader context: as the culmination of a downward spiral in Italian football that began long before. Enjoy the listen.

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Valerio Moggia @valmoggia.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Sickening: not only the fans, but also the Red Star club mourning the death of Ratko Mladić.

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Valerio Moggia @valmoggia.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

As far as I know, the former footballers who have publicly come to #Infantino 's defense so far are: Javier Zanetti, Cambiasso, Pastore, Cafu, Fabio Cannavaro, and Iván Córdoba. Curiously, they are all former players from the Italian league.

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Valerio Moggia @valmoggia.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

This looks a lot like covert advertising (plus: for a company that cannot legally operate in Italy), and it probably is. For some time now, #Polymarket Italy has been reaching out to football-related Instagram pages to propose collaborations. How do I know? >>>

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Valerio Moggia @valmoggia.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

My summer holidays are officially over: daily updates on football and politics are returning to Pallonate in Faccia!

Valerio Moggia @valmoggia.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

In Trieste, some nostalgie of the post-war Anglo-American occupation.

Valerio Moggia @valmoggia.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Yes, UEFA confirms it will boycott the 2029 Club World Cup if #Infantino does not step aside. But the Club World Cup is an empty shell: it still lacks a venue, dates, or a budget. And it is taking place three years from now anyway - making it an easy target for UEFA. >>>

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Valerio Moggia @valmoggia.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

#Infantino admits to unspecified "mistakes" but does not resign, demonstrating great respect for his Italian roots.

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Valerio Moggia @valmoggia.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

You might not know it, but the Women's Africa Cup of Nations is currently underway - a tournament around which the CAF has made quite a mess. The host country? Morocco, of course. I wrote about it for @ilpost.it (in Italian). www.ilpost.it/2026/08/05/c...

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Lo sapevate che c’è la Coppa d’Africa femminile di calcio?

Probabilmente no, perché è stata rimandata, si gioca in stadi vuoti e se ne parla pochissimo

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Valerio Moggia @valmoggia.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Well, this is a pretty wild stuff.

Valerio Moggia @valmoggia.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Infantino’s biographer and official spokesperson remains on board, proving himself more royalist than the king. In a second post today, he cited an article from Milano Finanza that staunchly defends #Infantino, written by the well-known Paolo Zampolli, one of Trump’s many loyal foot soldiers.