Calcium Rivalries

There festive dates marked in the football calendar are those special parties, that go beyond the purely sporting an old rivalry that support and are eagerly awaited by his hobbies. Real Madrid - Barcelona, ​​River - Boca, Manchester United - Manchester City, Celtic - Rangers, Athletic - Chelsea FC, Liverpool - Everton, Betis - Sevilla, Racing Club - Independiente ... countless duels that never played a game more. In all competitions there are traditional rivalries consolidated over time, and one of the countries where the word takes on a special derby is Italy, where calcium has cultivated over the years a number of classics that then know:

Inter - Juventus Derby d'Italia

It is strange to see that the AC Milan which reads Il club piu be proud titolato al mondo, not considered part of the Derby of Italy, but it is less shocking considering that the great rulers in the early Serie A championship as they were unified Inter and Juventus, as well as being the clubs that bring together more fans in Italy and, until the Calciopoli, the only ones who had not fallen to Serie B. It was none other than Gianni Brera, Italian journalist illustrious and influential twentieth century Catenaccio christened the Italian football philosophy, who called derby of Italy as the Nerazzurri and Bianconeri clash for the first time in the season 67/68.

One of the most curious anecdotes occurred in 1961, when Angelo Moratti, then Inter president Massimo Moratti and father, decided to go to the derby with juveniles in protest because that game came after the appeal after the former Juventus clash both teams, which had been suspended on the half hour by altercations between hobbies when the Milan club was winning 2-0. Juventus showed no mercy to the young Nerazzurri, who won 9-1 with goals from Omar Sivori six. That would be the last meeting of Giampiero Boniperti the shirt of Juventus and Inter among youth was a certain Sandro Mazzola. The two top scorers in the derby d'Italia, with twelve goals, are the legendary Giuseppe Meazza and Bonisegna Roberto, who scored with both teams: interista convinced when their president announced his move to Juventus snapped to Juve you will !

Milan - Inter: Derby della Madonnina

The Derby Madonnina statue of the Virgin Mary located on top of the Duomo in Milan, this is one of the most traditional games and follow European football. Milan and Inter, born on this division of that because the former Rossoneri restriction regarding foreign players, are two of the most successful clubs in the world and their rivalry in the northern Italian city has given us exciting duels since that first encounter held in 1908 in Switzerland.

The rivalry between them is understood through his players, as the Rossoneri interista Mazzola and Rivera, although driven by fans and press and not by personal rivalry, coinciding in time and rarely shared eleven with the Azzurri. Also in the eighties, the Dutch Milan, dominating in Italy and Europe, Inter rivaled the Germans (Brehme, Klinsmann and Matthaus). This duel was extended to the 1990 World Cup where Netherlands and Germany fought victory in the second round with the Mannschaft, representing a small revenge for Inter's fans. Remembered also grieving family Baresi, with Giuseppe de Nerazzurri and Rossoneri mythical franc, or the perennial Bergomi and Maldini, standards of fidelity to their respective clubs.

Rome - Lazio: Derby della Capitale

"I played derbies in Milan, Madrid and London, but where more intense the passion for these duels is in Rome" are words of Christian Panucci, who has played a few games. Little more can bring to the words of former right side about a derby that transcends the merely walls sport between two teams that, curiously, could be one. And in 1927 could do little clubs of central and southern to the northern powerful squads like Inter, Juve or Milan, whereby the capital clubs decided to merge to form the AS Roma. He almost Lazio entering the merger, but the general Giorgio Vaccaro, a member of the club, strongly opposed.

Then start growing rivalry that extends to the present day and has left anecdotes, jokes, and also names some tragedy like the death in 1979 of an amateur Latium because of a flare thrown by fans Romanist. Since then, the name of Vincenzo Paparelli is honored each derby. The political ideals also have a place in the Capital Classic: Lazio to be related to the right and left Rome, and remembered is holding Paolo Di Canio leading a fascist salute to his fans. Totti is one of the protagonists to be the player who has played more derbies, and Vincenzo Montella, Fiorentina coach today, the only one who has scored four goals in the 1-5 victory over AS Roma in 2002.

Genoa - Sampdoria: Derby della Lanterna

Genoa was always one of the most important and prolific ports of northern Italy and known is the beacon that lit the arrival of the ships, and was the light that gave name to the clash between the two most powerful clubs in the city, Genoa and Sampdoria: the Derby of the Lantern. The Genoa, which claims to be the first club in Italy, founded by the English, and Sampdoria, local response, make one of the most traditional derbies in Italy, and even the more we seem Sampdoria who between them because of the large their successes in the early nineties, when he was runner-up champion Italy and Europe, is the traditional strong team Genoa Genoa by the nine league titles in Italy he did in the closing stages of the century XIX and early twentieth centuries.

Palermo - Catania: The Sicilian derby

In Sicily, the ball hitting the boot, Etna region and home to some of the most dangerous mafia bosses, the ultimate football game on the island could not be less than a flamboyant duel with all the necessary ingredients for an exasperated rivalry. Palermo and Catania, separated by over 200 miles, have faced some eighty times, but only fifteen times in Serie A. These matchups have resulted curious anecdotes, good fighting games but also marked by tragedy and altercations between the two hobbies.

Especially dramatic was the 2007 duel played at the Angelo Massimino stadium in Catania, when he had to be stopped several times due to clashes between ultras of both teams. But the shock did not give there but, once the match, the battle continued outside the pitch, where reigned the riots and a policeman died in the chaos of the streets of Sicily. Fortunately not all the news is in this draft: both sets last year to help fund allocated to affected families in the flood of Messina, another Sicilian cities. One of the last heroes of the derby was Javier Pastore, who scored three goals for Palermo in the crash of 2010.

Fiorentina - Juventus: the Vecchia, enemy in Florence

This is not a rivalry due to geographical proximity or the legendary confrontation, but the hate generated after a year you will never forget the amateur firenze. Was the 81-82 season and Juventus and Fiorentina reached the last day fighting for the Scudetto. Juve visit to Catanzaro and Fiore to Cagliari. That day the official present in Cagliari legal annulled a goal to Graziani, Fiorentina striker, while Juventus Catanzaro won by 0-1 with a penalty goal doubtful. The final tie Florence club gave the title to Juventus and the undying hatred of the purple passion for what he considered an injustice.

The situation did not worsen but eight years later when a young Roberto Baggio, who had starred in three seasons at an excellent level as Fiorentina player and made ​​him one of the best players to have his jersey dress, he transferred to Juventus exchange for ten million euros, a record then. To make matters worse, this year's final UEFA The two clubs with Baggio would dispute and signed as a player of Juve (eventual champion) but still wearing the shirt violated. The signing of the Italian star caused by the hated rival even riots in the streets of Florence. However, the anger of the fans was always directed toward the policy and not to a Baggio who never forgot his appreciation of Fiore, as on the first occasion in which he faced his former team and gave up a penalty throw.

Juventus - Torino: Derby della Mole

Named for Mole Antonelliana building representative of the city, the Turin derby sport has lost weight recently because of estrangement between both teams as far as level is concerned, but it is still one of the most traditional games of Calcium and also returns this year after the rise of Torino in Serie A. But the Toro is, despite being one of the Vecchia Signora clubs with more followers Alpine country, the club with the most fans in the city of Turin. This may be because, with the union of the Agnelli family Juve in 1923 and employees of the Group FIAT (Owned by the Agnelli) most of whom were immigrants, and seemed linked to the spirit of the new worker Piedmont, while the Torino was originally tied to Turin. The first clash between the two clubs took place in 1907 and is the top scorer Boniperti Bianconeri.

Napoli - Roma: Derby del Sole

The Derby of the Sun is so known because Napoli and Roma were the first club to participate in Serie A. Something I do not like to Lazio, that was the first club in the south-central Italy. Formerly known as Derby South, but the Romans did not like being considered southerners despite being geographically closer to the south than the north. In the capital, more like being recognized center and recognized all over the north to the south in a country where both geographical locations that are more differentiated.

Other derbys

The exhibits are perhaps the most important but not the only ones: there's the Derby delle Isole derby or the islands of Sardinia and Sicily between Cagliari and Palermo, the Derby or Derby dello Stretto Strait (which separates the Italian Peninsula Sicily Island) between Reggina and Messina, the Derby of the Apennine mountains between Fiorentina and Bologna, the South Derby between Napoli and Bari, the Tyrrhenian Derby between Pisa and Livorno Calcio, the Derby d'Emilia between Bologna and Parma, of the Emilia that takes its name from the Roman Via Emilia, or the Derby della Scala of Verona between Chievo and Hellas, named after the great knight weapons veronés I Can Grande della Scala whose arms decorate the shields of both clubs.