football

#87 Viva gli Azzurri (English)

July 5, 2021 / English, Weekly blogpost / By / , , , , , , , , ,

As you most probably know, Italy played the quarter-final of the European Football Championship against Belgium last Friday. Their 2-1 win set the whole of Rome on fire. After a year of endless lockdowns, curfews and social distancing, the Italians celebrated it as if they had already won the cup. Down the lungotevere, the wide road …

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#32 Un’opera d’arte (English)

June 15, 2020 / English, Weekly blogpost / By / , , , , , , , ,

Last Friday, Rome would have been the centre of Europe. In the Stadio Olimpico the 16th European Football Championship would have been kicked off. Millions would have watched impatiently how 22 men, one visibly nervous, the other with an almost surreal calmness over him, had walked towards the centre spot, Italian children walking besides them, while the …

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