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Those radios often caused friction between couples, as men out for a walk were more taken by the broadcast than ๐ธ by their female companion. At least the radios never physically kept anyone from their families; otherwise Sunday would be spent ๐ธ at the stadium or at home in front of the television. Rita Pavone sang about it, scolding her companion for ๐ธ preferring football and leaving her alone; Dino Risi painfully portrayed it in his episodic movie, The Monsters, where in the ๐ธ episode What a Bad Life! , Vittorio Gassman plays a poor family man who spends what little he has to ๐ธ go to the stadium; Alberto Sordi reiterated this in the memorable scenes of The Husband and I know That You ๐ธ Know That I Know .
Church, lunch, and the game are the three pillars upon which the Italian Sunday was built. ๐ธ Three clustered events spaced a few hours within each other: first duty, then necessity, and finally pleasure. Even if it ๐ธ does seem excessive calling it a pleasure, for all the times an afternoon defeat made our baked pasta go down ๐ธ the wrong way and along with it, the entire weekend.
At my parentsโ house I discovered a drawer full of old ๐ธ pocket radios. I then found an identical one when we emptied my grandmotherโs house. I was reminded of them present ๐ธ in family photos, with that unintentionally vintage design, often surrounded by an engrossed group of people of all ages, hands ๐ธ cupped around their ears. I remembered afternoons in the mid-nineties when they were still used. As a child I used ๐ธ to take them with me on Sunday outings for the same reason everyone else took them: to follow the ball ๐ธ game.
The cult of the game does not have specific areas of competence, no typical geographical indication, like wine does, but ๐ธ it has always brought people together within its single large leather sphere. From North to South, from the countryside to ๐ธ the big cities, from the mountains to the sea. Those who could went to the stadium, up to the time ๐ธ it was more comfortable to watch matches on TV. Lunch was at home, then down to the bar, until the ๐ธ call of the family became too insistent to be ignored. At that point the pocket radio came in handy.
But like ๐ธ all cultural symbols, fans have had to deal with the progression of the sportโs economic sector growing disproportionately in just ๐ธ a few years. The first change was the match schedule: after more than half a century of Sunday afternoon starts, ๐ธ the delay was born. It was the 1993 of great changes, with Italy in political turmoil and television rights becoming ๐ธ a greater feature of the sport. It was the first upheaval of many. In February 2024 the first round of ๐ธ the Series A schedule was split between Friday afternoon and Monday evening, with no match played at the same time. ๐ธ For the older folks this was an outrage. Who knows what my grandparents would have said, used to arriving at ๐ธ Sunday dinner knowing the rankings were already updated. Obviously it was no longer possible to follow games on the radio ๐ธ minute by minute, as I did as a child. My parents were never big fans, but when we would go ๐ธ on our Sunday outings in the car, we listened to the live broadcast on the radio, which started immediately after ๐ธ the iconic theme song, A Taste of Honey, by Herb Albert & the Tijuana Brass. And when we went for ๐ธ a walk, I had the trusty pocket radio with me. The excitement was palpable as the reports came from field ๐ธ to field, the format used then by the Rai network for live football events. The reporter was often interrupted by ๐ธ the jingle announcing a goal in another stadium. I clearly remember the sensation I felt seconds before the correspondent would ๐ธ give updates on the match; moments when I hoped news would be about my favorite team but โ careful! โ ๐ธ also in that moment the opposing team could have scored. I swayed on that swing between relief and disappointment each ๐ธ time, every Sunday.