Silvio Berlusconi as the incorruptable knight in shining armour

from It's the hope that kills you · host Steven Marshall and Nick Mayberry

As we continue down the rabbit hole that is Italia'90, we discuss the dysfunction within the Dutch squad, the brazen match fixing scandals the mired Italian football in the 1980's and how corruption, the CIA and the fall of communist Soviet Union all played their part in the collapse of the Italian government system and the rise of Silvio Berlusconi.

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