You once more. I am not shocked, you recognize. You once more. However I assumed we weren’t presupposed to see one another any extra? (Translated lyrics from the tune ‘Ancora Tu’ by Lucio Battisti)
Regardless of how far, even on the opposite facet of the world. Two-sided tales, regardless of how onerous you attempt to push them away, discover a manner of coming again collectively. And more often than not, they arrive again collectively typically. That is the story of Juventus-Inter, the Derby d’Italy, polar opposites, like evening and day, extremes trying into one another’s eyes from a distance. And maybe there has not even been time to recuperate from that evening in Milan on the finish of October. The San Siro packed to the rafters, Inter opening the scoring, Juve coming again and going forward, the Nerazzurri reacting strongly and taking a two-goal lead, the Bianconeri seeking to be on the ropes earlier than salvaging a match that appeared misplaced to make it 4-4. That marked the most recent whirlwind chapter of a saga with Tolkienian traits, when it comes to size and cultural grandeur in sporting phrases.
Retelling matches, rattling off statistics or recalling historic objectives would maybe be all too simple, as a result of the followers of each groups keep in mind the fun and sorrows skilled within the historical past of this encounter all the way down to the final element. The extra mature followers nonetheless depend on almanacs and pale sticker albums; the youthful ones, however, want solely click on on ‘Derby d’Italia’ on the net to delve deeper.
Derby d’Italia. Maybe not everybody is aware of that the time period was coined by the legendary Gianni Brera, who way back to 1967 recognized this match as an iconic image of Italian soccer, a confrontation between essentially the most profitable groups of that period on the nationwide stage. The expression has stood the check of time and even in the present day once you consider the Derby d’Italia, you consider Juventus-Inter.
The Sixties. The period of Anastasi, Sivori, Mazzola, Facchetti. A soccer revolution, but in addition a musical one. Sure, as a result of if on the one hand Gianni Brera was narrating soccer, on the opposite Italian music was experiencing one of the crucial impactful eras in its historical past.
It’s mentioned that he was an important Lazio fan, however his songs by no means had any affiliation or religion. Free, like his singing, Lucio Battisti moved hundreds of thousands of Italians, making everybody fall in love together with his introverted however intriguing fashion. Easy but eternal. These have been the times of Maestro Mogol: phrases changed into artwork, wrapped in Battisti’s music. And so, we began this text with a translation of his lyrics.
Ancora tu is a single that was launched a couple of years later, in 1976. The tune tells of a gathering between two lovers, a secret however passionate relationship.
Nonetheless you, sadly the one one. Nonetheless you, the unapologetic one.
They each realise they can not get away from one another. The variations, the quarrels, the clashes, all a part of a relationship that’s maybe unhealthy, however inescapable. These lovers, like Juventus and Inter, hated one another, and exclaimed their anger. An anger that at all times turns into mutual curiosity ultimately. As a result of the journey should proceed, the separation won’t ever be remaining. To be nice, you want nice opponents. A candy, tempting and recurring poison.
However leaving you is unimaginable. No, leaving you is unimaginable.
Collectively once more, head to head, Sunday evening. Attraction, and need to indicate you’re higher than the opposite.
Juventus-Inter, you once more!