ITAL 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Ed Sheeran, Domenico Modugno, Soulja Boy
Document Summary
Alternative forms of football began in ancient italy. Calcio- kick; kind of a violent and aggressive game, lots of fighting, still sometimes played today. The players dress up and follow the medieval rules. Modern variation was brought to italy in the 1880s. National football team is known as gli azzurri, and they"re the second most successful national team in the world. Well known for their catenaccio- tactical backline defense. Coined the name squadra azzurra (blue squad) from their uniforms. Represents house of savoy" dynasty and unification of italy in 1861. Juventus is the top team in serie a league, they"ve run a record 32 titles in the serie a league. Italy"s starting goalkeeper for 4 world cups, million net worth. Known as the architect , mozart , the professor , and the metronome . Stadio san paolo is where the italian team juventus plays, capacity of 60,000. Stadium olympiastadion in berlin is where the 2006 world cup was held.
