The Italian Women’s National Football Team is out of the World Cup after losing the quarter-final match against the Netherlands but their unexpected success spurs discussion in Italy concerning the professionalization of the sport.
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Piero Bassetti and Fred Plotkin at La Casa di i-ItalyThere are over 250 million “Italics” in the world, and perhaps you’re one of them! On occasion of the recent English publication of Piero Bassetti’s book “Let’s Wake Up, italics! Manifesto for a Glocal Future,” i-Italy hosted a conversation between the author himself and Fred Plotkin, one of America’s foremost experts on opera and Italian culture. The conversation discussed what an “Italic” is and how Italics fit into the larger global society. The book “Let’s Wake Up, italics!” is published by the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute.
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The challenge of designing a new home for A.S. Roma, one of the most renowned soccer teams in Italian history, has fallen to American architect Dan Meis. The real estate investment should increase the value of Rome’s southern district Tor di Valle.
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The Flying Donkeys are surprising everyone with their best start ever in Serie A. Fifth place in the league, same points (13) of Roma, Lazio and AC Milan, and a form envied by many.
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The 40th birthday of a legend, who still manages to impress everyone despite the age. He’s the King of Rome, Francesco Totti.
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AS Roma vs. FiorentinaWelcome to The Real Football, i-Italy's new column that aims to bring the Italian soccer spirit to the American population. Every Monday, we'll deliver facts, statistics and curiosities of a sport that we Italians consider a religion.
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The challenge of designing a new home for A.S. Roma, one of the most renowned soccer teams in Italian history, has fallen to American architect Dan Meis. The real estate investment should increase the value of Rome’s southern district Tor di Valle.
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In Berlin. Both teams were champions of their respective leagues and their domestic cups, so the winner of this match would complete the Treble, which is when a team wins three trophies in a single season. The last time an Italian team made it to the Champions League Final, Inter won the Treble in 2010.
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Feyenoord fans rampaged the historic center of Rome and the newly restored, 400-year-old Bernini Fountain of Barcaccia. The oval basin of the fountain is now filled with broken glass and marble.
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Soccer has always been considered a “man thing,” until now. Thanks to the MyFantacalcio app everyone, including women, can become real experts.
