Terry, Daley
@t-daley
AFP's sport man in Milan. Italy, Serie A, Chelsea and Roma "Se oggi me vedi distratto non ce fai caso. E' che, come se dice, nun me va de fa' 'n cazzo" - Augusto Biascica
They should have beaten Man City in the 2023 final too (apologies for cack handed camera work.
Inter Milan 4 Barcelona 3, May last year. Probably the best match I have ever seen live, given the stakes, and an atmosphere that I don't think will ever be topped. The San Siro throbbed with noise that might. Shame how it turned out because they were a much better team than the final showed.
Also, bumping into Luciano Spalletti, at way gone midnight, while out on the piss, was an unexpected bonus. He ran away sharpish once I tried to start asking questions. Oh well.
Watching Khvicha Kvratskhelia demolish Liverpool in 2022 and realising quite early on that this guy is a bit special. And speaking of Napoli....
Also covering the women's alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics (Vonn! Shiffrin! Brignone!), and watching Jannik Sinner become the world's best tennis player
Other great memories: covering the Ryder Cup, even if I'm not much of a golfman
We would also spend time at the seaside for Milan-San Remo and the San Marino MotoGP (actually in Misano Adriatico). Another privilege of the job being gifting my kid with some wonderful childhood memories of growing up in what will always be her country
Where my profile picture comes from. This is not an AI image, it's my assigned seat for Marcell Jacobs' first race in Italy after winning Olympic gold. The race was on the other side of the track and impossible to see. He won though, and as the race was in Savona I got to go to the beach
Palermo, March 2022, and the hardest I've ever had to suppress loud, petty cackling at a sporting event. After getting slaughtered by all and sundry for losing the Euro 2020 final, my revenge, in the shape of North Macedonia. No pictures of Giorgio Chiellini's shellshocked face unfortunately.
December 2021 and my first encounter with Milanese fog. So thick you can eat it, and increase your chances of cancer by a factor of 10
I remember after being told that I had been selected to be @en.afp.com's Italian sports man that one of the first things I wanted to do was get along to the San Siro. My guest game there was the first home fixture in AC Milan's first Serie A title win in over a decade.
Today's the day that I leave, after five fantastic years, our wonderful home in Milan and return to Paris. I might never l live in Italy again so after 15 years there in total I hope you can forgive me for feeling emotional enough for a photo dump and memories of the best job I've ever had
What you can hear is an ear-bleedingly loud PA system trying to drown out loud chants against the club
My last game at this magnificent stadium, and it's a big 'un, even if the opposition for AC Milan is modest old Cagliari
Today was likely my last Rome derby for a long time. I'm going to be leaving Italy, possibly forever, this summer as a brilliant five years as @en.afp.com's Italian sport correspondent comes to an end. Roma, and the fans, didn't let me down. 2-0 and Champions League football nearly obtained
Was not expecting a wig out version of What Is Love? At the Sunday market, with @vandawilcox.bsky.social
Nicolò Zaniolo appears to be as accurate with his piss as he is with a football
