#Italian football

[andrewmpreg]

Giovanni Simeone

[bacusdraculacape]

Just posted a Milex One-Shot to my AO3 & Wattpad hehe!

Title: Constantly - A Milex One-Shot

Logline: Alex and Miles get cosy with their canine son Maxie :)

COVER (collaged together and titles added by me):

AO3 link:

WATTPAD link:

[machiavellli]

bro was just a silly goofy thing

inspired by what @lunlumo said in this post

[alexjcrowley]

Me, an Italian gal: rambling about F1 and Max Verstappen

My friend, a Dutch guy: rambling about football and Atalanta Bergamo

[nerimk]

me and the gang dando todo el maldito corte italiano

[postapocalypticromance]

One thing I think can be severely misunderstood about why an area is a centre of excellence, importance, or power within a sport is that geography, and probably population density, seems to play as much of a role as monetary input.

Eurocentrism in football/soccer, South Asian administrative dominance in cricket, the Rugby League powers of England and Australia, and Rugby Union's Northern Hemisphere powers didn't just come about by accident, the proximity of each to each other or another sport plays a massive role.

It's already pretty much codified that the majority of the winning power in football is concentrated in Western Europe, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, and the Netherlands are eminent in that regard. If money was the reason, then England would be much more prominent over a number of years, but it's to do with the proximity to each other and the transfer of knowledge between clubs, coaches, players, and countries.

Hell, Joachim Low credited learning different principles from other countries for Germany's World Cup triumph.

In much the same way, there's a chance that Italy's relative isolation from the rest of the 6 Nations contenders contribute somewhat to their more recent struggles in the tournament, though the RFU's stupid 'players based in England' selection policy effectively achieves the same ends at the player level. Both rugby codes, mainly in England and Australia, benefit from the fact that they are so close to each other, so code switching can and does happen. Australia, in particular, can have players move between Aussie Rules as well as the two rugby codes.

India's eminence in cricket administration is also down to a network of information they've constructed in South Asia, with other full members of the ICC in Asia benefiting from an admittedly lopsided knowledge and facility sharing dynamic. (Again, the English are morons because there's the capability of England doing something similar in Europe and helping to improve countries here, damn you ECB)

That's not to say that sports can't thrive in a more isolated or individual sense. American football, basketball, baseball, and ice hockey are all massively popular with a much more limited reach, in terms of the share of the best players around the world.

But at the end of the day, breaking the hold that a region or countries have over a sport is about much more than money and players. The fact that Europe still holds the majority of the power in football is down to much more than the billions or trillions of pounds and euros invested into teams.

[lotusyiyen]

[wiiildflowerrr]

Calum, Ashton and Luke visit AC Milan at San Siro stadium, 9 May 2015

[emhizdaking]

Poland, Italy & Iran Stars Set to Start for Inter Milan in Crucial Serie A Clash vs Udinese

Inter Milan is set to feature a refreshed lineup in their upcoming Serie A clash against Udinese, as coach Simone Inzaghi aims to make some tactical adjustments. After last weekend’s disappointing defeat to AC Milan, where the Nerazzurri fell 1-2 in the city derby, Inzaghi has no choice but to switch things up, particularly in the midfield and attack. According to reports from the Milan-based…

[cippicat]

The Serie A is over FINALLY!!!

I love football

I love calcio but I have never been more happy that this championship is over.

Last year my team won the italian championship. This year everything went horribly wrong and the team finished tenth.

I am very disappointed 😞

But thanks to the Father of understanding this horrible championship is over

[bulletines-news]

Serie A: Atalanta and Fiorentina match postponed

[machiavellli]

NO HEADPHONES?? They are already fighting the biggest battle

[abdulbasithtt1993]

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𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚 𝘼 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯-𝟮𝟰 𝐃𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐲 𝑴𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒃𝒚 ❶-⓿

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[avkamfher]

The half time show is a single opera singer.

[harrison-abbott]

Gianluigi Buffon is still playing football to this day, at the age of 45. He plays for Parma. The club where he started his career in 1995.