Forza Azzurri

Forza Azzurri! Best dressed. Who needs actual football attire when you can just play in a Dolce & Gabbana suit.

Azzurri

The poor Azzurri boys before they were defeated by Spain in the Euro 2012 final. I'm not a big football fan, but while overseas it was all over the place. I watched bits and pieces of the games; and will always support Italia (though without Cannavaro they are not as fun to watch).

I calcianti

This is the trailer for the film I calcianti, an Italian film directed by Stefano Lorenzi, it is inspired by the Florentine football of Medieval times. So intriguing; I will have to do a little research on the game and its history.

C'è un gioco antico. Un gioco senza regole, dove i compagni sono fratelli di sangue e gli avversari nemici giurati. Quattro squadre, quattro colori: giocano per le loro donne, per Firenze, vincono per il proprio quartiere!

I Bianchi: un padre e un figlio contro i fantasmi del passato.

I Rossi: due amici da una vita, due destini opposti.

I Verdi: un mito che non accetta di essere solo un uomo.

Gli Azzurri: un Capo che ha perso se stesso e la sua donna, un cinese che sogna in fiorentino.

Sette uomini, un solo desiderio: vincere la paura, scoprire se stessi fra pugni, carezze e fuochi d'artificio. In una commedia amara e spettacolare come la Vita. La storia di sette uomini.

An ancient game. A game without rules, team mates are brothers in blood and opponents bitter enemies.  Four teams, four colors: they play for their women and for Florence, they fight for their borough!

Whites: one father and his son fighting against phantoms of the past.

Reds: two life-time friends, two opposite destinies.

Greens: a myth that is not content enough with being a man.

Blues: their captain has lost himself and his woman, a Chinese man who dreams in Florentine.

Seven men, one goal: to overcome their fears and discover themselves in the middle of punches, caresses and fireworks. In a bitter and spectacular comedy: just like life. The story of seven men.

The official site with a full synopsis can be found here: http://icalcianti.com/

Il Calcio

Footballers playing by an ancient aqueduct in Rome, 1957

Anthony Stewart

National Geographic

I colori del calcio Italiano

An illustration of the Italian football teams' colours, from Corriere dei piccoli, 1941

Nutella

The Nutella Euro 2008 edition, developed by Ferrero and O-I.