Normally only a Monday to Friday feature, we found so many excellent articles from our favourite writers on Friday that we felt an extra edition was required to bring them to you, so here it is!

First up friend of the show James Horncastle with a typically brilliant feature piece on Napoli coach Walter Mazzarri for football-italia.net. Read his piece on the new Maradona here

When Marco Storari spoke to Gazzetta dello Sport yesterday his honesty was refreshing, and luckily for many Aaron of The Juventus Offside translated it for English speakers. Read the keepers views here

Always fans of trips down Calcio’s memory lane, Serie A Weekly enjoyed this look at three men who’ve tried to help Hellas Verona back to their mid-80′s glory. Read this great post here

Stepping away from Italy for a moment, InBedWithMaradona.com brings a different view of 70′s football, as Matt Morrison argues Germany deserve the credit that only ever seems to go Holland’s way. Take a look here

Finally, a little more German football, this time from backpagefootball.com. Read Nicolas Herrman’s look at Bayern Munich here

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