'Golazo!'- why one of football's most iconic intros has returned
BBC Sport looks at a feature of Serie A coverage which is delighting fans once more, three decades after the height of its popularity.
Competition between sports broadcasters is serious business.
Purchasing the rights to show tournaments and leagues on television can be very expensive, and with (hopefully) plenty of viewers watching at home, quality of coverage must be top-notch to avoid being pilloried by fans and outdone by rivals.
But that does not mean broadcasters cannot admire - and even celebrate - the work of their peers.
Football fans were pleasantly surprised to see that BBC Alba's brand new coverage of Italy's Serie A - appearing on free-to-air TV in the UK for the first time since 2008 - brought back the theme tune and graphics from Gazzetta Football Italia, the hugely popular Italian football show broadcast by Channel 4 between 1992 and 2002.
So, how exactly did the retro throwback come about, and what is the thinking behind it?
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