My favorite Italian soccer player is Antonio di Natale, the attaccante or cannoniere for the Serie A team, Udinese. For some reason, because di Natale (which translates of "of Christmas") is the type of player that runs hard and is small and quick. They say, we can't choose who we fall in love with, we just do. In soccer, you can't know why you like a certain player, you just do. And di Natale is my guy. Because of him, my Italian team, is Udinese. Udine, the city of 100,000 up in the northeastern corner of Italy, right near Slovenia, is a strange pick for a person from central Italy. For you MLB fans, it's like being from Chicago and having your favorite team be Tampa Bay. This past weekend, Udinese was in Rome to play one of the two Roma teams, Lazio. For Italian soccer, it was a "goal fest", with Lazio coming out on top 3-2. Lazio, tied with Roma, for my second Italian team, is having an awesome season, and are in second place for the "scudetto." So, I sat in the Lazio section, secretly rooting for Udinese. At least I didn't wear Udinese colors.
Antonio di Natale, taken with my new camera with 12X zoom!
1 comment:
Dude - who are you and what did you do with my brother?? It's like you're speaking a foreign language.....you may as well change your "Go Mariners" to some soccer thing! :)
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