Diadora football boots are part of football heritage – now Pippo Inzaghi has been immortalised with these beautiful tribute boots
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Say the words Diadora football boots and you're immediately conjured back to a simpler time. A time of Rivaldo pivoting to smash home volleys in the heat of Japan in the World Cup; of Roy Keane burning the Premier League grass beneath his soles and chastising his teammates for not doing the same.
Black and gold and made of the softest leather, these are some of the best football boots we've seen in 2022 and since AC Milan recently racked up the Scudetto, it's a perfect nod to their last European victory 15 years ago this year.
The gold on these boots feel regal and flashy, while there are tiny nods of green, white and red – the colours of the Italian flag of course. the leather is sumptuous – recalling a time when all football boots were this luxurious – and the soles are gold, too.
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Diadora Brasil Made In Italy FG x Icon Series
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Diadora B-Elite Italia Tech FG x Icon Series
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Diadora Brasil Made In Italy K-Leather Pro FG – Whiteout
The Diadora logo adorns the tongue, while there's a "9" on the heel, for Inzaghi himself, who wore the No.9 shirt when he obliterated Rafa's Reds in the Olympic Stadium that night.
Super Pippo netted against Liverpool in 2007 in Athens to avenge the Miracle of Istanbul, as AC Milan went on to lift Old Big Ears for a seventh time. Fittingly, this weekend, Liverpool head to Paris to attempt to draw level with I Rossoneri.
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Mark White has been at on FourFourTwo since joining in January 2020, first as a staff writer before becoming content editor in 2023. An encyclopedia of football shirts and boots knowledge – both past and present – Mark has also represented FFT at both FA Cup and League Cup finals (though didn't receive a winners' medal on either occasion) and has written pieces for the mag ranging on subjects from Bobby Robson's season at Barcelona to Robinho's career. He has written cover features for the mag on Mikel Arteta and Martin Odegaard, and is assisted by his cat, Rosie, who has interned for the brand since lockdown.
