Ponte/bridge holiday! April 25th was liberation day and May 1st is May Day or their Labor Day. They are both national holidays. With all those holidays, many Italians take advantage and took or will take Thursday , Friday (Saturday for some) and Monday off!
Happy Birthday Walter Zenga! Walter Zenga was born in Milan on 28th April 1960. Tarcisio Burgnich was born in Ruda, Udine on 25th April 1939. Happy Birthday to Alessandro Costacurta! Alessandro Costacurta was born in Jerago, near Varese, on 24th April 1966.
Sadly, even though he was a great GK, this is what he is most remembered for. I for one, never forgave him for that! Walter Zenga and heartbreak at Italia 90 - These Football Times
La scarpetta vero Many years ago, I was in a Japanese restaurant in Manhattan. It was a traditional Japanese, not the Benihana side show style. I told the waitress that they should serve bread so that I could do a scarpetta with the teriyaki sauce.
Some more photos of my friends dad who played for Tevere Roma , L.R. Vicenza , Napoli and Verona , Amedeo Stenti (born in Civitavecchia) Amedeo Stenti (Civitavecchia, 4 giugno 1940 – Roma, 07 maggio 2018) RIP AMADEO! Amedeo Stenti, libero gentiluomo, ora gioca in paradiso - ilNapolista