Day 6 Futbol

Ciao!

Today we began our day travelling by city bus to the International Futbol Center where the Italian national team trains. There we toured a museum filled with original soccer jerseys, trophies, and memorabilia of the team, soccer fields, and saw where they host the players during their stay. Fino Fini, the trainer or doctoro of the team for twenty years, was our guide and told us stories and memories of the team’s history.

Concluding our tour of the facilities Gennaro Testa, a professor of sport ethics and sociology, gave us a lecture. He introduced the Italian prospective on sports and expressed hope to spread a seed of improving sport in a positive light. The lecture was translated by Jacqueline a native New Yorker now living in Florence.

Jacqueline took us to lunch after the site visit at Ristorante Pizzeria il Gatto e la Volpe, which had very delicious foods.

Later in the evening we all headed over to a pub (Naima) to watch the UEFA EURO CUP Championship game between Barcelona and Manchester United (soccer game). It was a well fought battle and Barcelona won 2-0 over Manchester United. It was interesting to watch the reactions of the fans both on TV and in the pub. Tomorrow we will be heading off to Treviso. Farewell Florence!