Sunday September 7 2014, Italy Grand Prix, Monza. Terrible shadows cover the circuit. They have nothing to do with Ferrari's sportive performance. They are related to a way more delicate matter. According to rumours, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Ferrari's president since 1991, is about to resign. Nobody really expected such a thing. Initially, Montezemolo, said the rumours were false and expressed his intention to remain in Ferrari for another 3 years. At the same time, Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne, stated "Here nobody is indispensable". Words too clear to be misinterpreted. The answer came on Wednesday September 10, with Montezemolo leaving in favour of Marchionne, whose position will become official from October 13. With Marchionne a new era for Ferrari begins, but now let's look at Montezemolo's history with Ferrari. Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, moved his first step in Marenello as Enzo Ferrari's assistant, in 1973. After leaving Ferrari in 1977, for a position in FIAT, he returned in 1991. This time as president of a Ferrari in deep crisis. Fortunately during his office, the satisfactions did not take long to show up. I'm sure you remember the 5 Schumacher's titles. Anyway, the glorious period came to an end in 2007 after Raikkonen's title, paving the road for a series of mediocre seasons. Now that he has left, apart from what Ferrari's sportive and non-sportive panorama will be in the future, it is worthy asking how the passion for a racing stable can survive after such a shock and how fans are going to see the new president. Montezemolo will always remain in the heart of loyal Ferrari's supporters.....anyhow we must always keep an eye to the future....so, Marchionne wish you the best of luck! Thanks to Angelo Schiralli for this article
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Italy means football. The association within our country and Pelè's sport is universally recognised. At the same time, it is also known that in the boot-shaped country, there are many other sports able to make us explode with happiness or burst into tears.Football is just one face of the medal, there are many other ways in which sport can come. My thought goes to athletes, who in the silence of the media and often facing economic difficulties, devote their life to their passion, without claiming any kind of recognition. Naturally this is not always the case. A first thought goes to the just concluded "Swimming world cup", which took place in Berlin. It is useless to say, that for Italy, it was a massive success, with 23 medals in total (8 golds). The greatest recognition goes to the renowned Federica Pellegrini, who even though she is not a young talent anymore, being 26 years old, continues to obtain loads of medals. Congratulations go to the equally expert Tania Cagnotto and to Gregorio Paltrinieri who brought home 2 medals each. A second satisfaction came from the guys of the Italian Rugby team. A perfect miscellanous of young players and experienced players, such as Martin Castrogiovanni and Sergio Parisse. Players who have fought with their body, their soul and their heart, and thanks to the support of a growing fan-base against best-known teams such as England, Galles and France scoring two victories during the 2013's "6 Nations" competion. Remaining in the team sports panorama, their colleagues of the Volleyball and Water polo national teams surely need no presentation. This is a year full of emotion for volleyball fans. They will be able to follow two main competitions: the Men's Worldcup and the Women's Worldcup. The latter taking place in Italy. Regarding water polo, during the Euopean cup, both the Italian men's and women's team scored a good result ending up respectively 3rd and 4th. It is also noteworthy the performance of the Italian basketball team, which has just qualified for next year's European Championship. Apart for the amazing number of examples that could be present, a simple question could be asked: "What would a little more coverage, attention, but most importantly economics funding to these sport, often wrongly defined as minor, cost? And how many football fanatics would prefer watching a basketball or rugby game rather than people discussing on the latest football transfers rumours? In my opinion the answer is many. In order to make the entire sport panorama work properly, is would be enough just to say stop to the excessive and pointless media coverage on just football. In a country where everything seems to go wrong, these sports labelled as "minor" by papers, are the only way out. Maybe our colours, at least in sport, will shine again! Thanks to Angelo Schiralli for the article If you stop somebody in the street, old or young, rich or poor, you have a very high probability that at the simple question "Do you know Mario Balotelli?", the answer is yes. Some love him, others hate him, but this is just usual business for a man, often seen as a celebrity more than a footballer. Well, for the very few out there who still don't know much about him, we need to understand where "Supermario", moved his first steps as a footballer, but most importantly as a "bad boy", as tabloid journalists call him, making people discuss about his attitude in the past, in the present and naturally for time to come. Born in 1990 in Palermo from Ghanaian parents, Mario Barwuah,was later adopted by the Batotelly family, originary of Concesio, a little town near Brescia in Italy (Lombardy). His technical repertoire sees his staggering ability in playing as striker and scroring goals on free kicks and penalties. Even though he is not even 25, his career has already seen many highs and lows. After his first experience with Inter FC (Milan), in which he showed off his skills but also his instabile attitude (remember him throwing his t-shirt on the pitch at the end of Champions League semifinal between Inter and Barcellona), he moved to England, at Manchester City. It is useless to say that he conquered many more tabloid first pages for his out-of-the-pitch adventures rather than for his on-the-pitch performances. As an example take his furios quarrel with City's team manager Roberto Mancini. After his stop in England, he came back to Italy, this time playing for Inter FC arch-enemy Milan FC, even though the red and black team president Silvio Berlusconi, previously labelled him as a "rotten apple". This time his attitude becomes even more instable maybe due to him fighting against alleged racism, coming from Milan FC adversary teams supporters. Just a few day ago, on the 25th of August, Mario's english comeback has become official. Liverpool FC bought it for 20 million euro. After four years of absence, his return was welcomed by some football fans with discontent. The happiness of others, anyway didn't hide. Some Reds supporters even organised an "ice bucket challenge" in his honour. Mario,as you would expect didn't waste time, and declared that coming back to Italy was a mistake casuing blood pressure rises in Milan FC supporters. Anyway, this second english experience is going to be fundamental for him. Is Mario a time for all going to prove that is a best-in-class striker, which is not a child anymore and knows how to behave properly? This will depends only on him. Love him or not, Mario Balotteli is the perfect example on how the media can make of a frisky footballer a celebrity, which is to some people more familiar than the Mayor of London! Thanks to Angelo Schiralli for this article. If you want to know more about Mario Balotelli's recent transfer to Liverpool read this article by BBC sport http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/28930647 |
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