The numbers are more than impressive: 786 games for A.S. Roma, 307 competitive goals, 25 seasons playing in the Serie A, along with four World Cup appearances. The remarkable career of 40- year-old Roma captain, Francesco Totti, came to an end this past weekend as he made his final appearance playing for the only squad he has ever known.
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A chat with Diana Santi, founder of the Giuseppe Rossi Fan Club NY, created not only to support the champion of the Fiorentina soccer team but also to promote soccer as a bridge unifying different cultures.
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No matter the outcome of this final match, Italy was undisputed protagonist of this championship. Remembering the past inglorious performances at 2010 World Cup nobody would have expected that the Italian team could grow so much within a few years and arrive so easily to the Final of Euro 2012.
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This year the Italian team participated for the first time to Copa NYC, a soccer tournament organized with the support of the city government that involves many different ethnic groups living in NYC. Although having been eliminated on the first day, the Italian players showed to be talented and to have a great team spirit
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Once the less followed sport in America, now soccer is all over the news. What are the cultural aspects are behind the choice of a country's favorite sport?
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Having recently witnessed the orgiastic rite of the Right as the Left left their positions of leadership(?) of the Italian Government, I wondered what Italian Unity (Unità Italiana) might look like, were I ever to observe it. Then I remembered a warm summer night in Urbino a few years ago.