by Matteo Marzotti
AREZZO
The national team’s debut was a particular one, at least in the city, where the first match for Spalletti’s Azzurri at Euro 2024 also coincided with the career draw for the Giostra del Saracino in June. When Arezzo plays, as the Cavallino anthem written by Pupo says, “the Arezzo forgets the Saracino”, but with Italy it is not exactly like that, or at least we are divided between the passion for jousting and that for football , as happened in the years coinciding with the World Cup and European Championships.
Thus in Arezzo the crowd that usually accompanies the appointment in Piazza della Libertà certainly did not skip the event, the same goes for those who crowded on the natural steps of the Duomo. Then there are those who remained in the neighborhood to follow Italia and Giostra. A sort of lounge has been set up at Porta Crucifera to experience Italy’s debut, but giving priority to whoever will challenge the King of the Indies first. Followed by the “Ceres Nazionale Party”: at 11pm the DJ set began with the participants invited on the eve to wear the colors of the national team, with particular attention to the retro shirts. A few meters away is Porta Sant’Andrea which has reserved a space in the courtyard of its museum where the match of Spalletti’s men was screened.
Ditto at Porta del Foro where since yesterday afternoon the boys and girls of the staff have set up a giant screen and projector to watch the Azzurri, but obviously without forgetting the appointment with the Giostra. There was also room to cheer for Italy at Porta Santo Spirito with the screening of the match which was held outdoors, in the gardens where the giant screen was installed.
A blue passion that obviously involved the venues – pizzerias, restaurants, bars and so on – who, in addition to tricolor flags, set up corners for their customers to follow the meeting. In Castiglion Fiorentino also on the eve of the Palio dei Rioni heard and followed the meeting with Albania, then waiting for this afternoon’s appointment between Cassero, Porta Fiorentina and Porta Romana.
In Foiano the summer carnival was in full swing, obviously influenced by the continental competition. This is why, as also advertised via social media, a giant screen was set up under the portico of Corso Vittorio Emanuele which captured the attention of adults and children well before 9pm, also thanks to the presence of food stalls in that stretch of the historic centre. of the road.
In fact, the match was a sort of watershed between the events of the afternoon program and those of the evening which at 10pm culminated with the presentation of the new graphics for Carnival 2025, one of the most anticipated events. This was followed by music and DJ sets that accompanied the long night of this summer carnival that animated the center of Foiano.
