 In 1981 , the tournament was called the Talbot Challenge Cup and Modena were the winners . The following year the tournament was renamed the Gigi Peronace Memorial , after the man who organised the tournament , and reduced to four teams . The new format consisted of two Anglo @-@ Italian semi @-@ finals , which meant the final was not necessarily contested by an English and an Italian team . That year , Modena successfully defended their title in a final against Sutton United , who were the last English team to reach the final of the semi @-@ professional tournament . 
