Day -767. WorldCup2018.
Andrea Bocelli sang "Nessun Dorma" before Leicester played their celebratory match against Everton today. It brought back memories of summer nights in 1990: BBC's adoption of Luciano Pavarotti's singing that same piece as their theme for their World Cup broadcasts brought a bit of opera to football fans, and meant it forever stands as an unofficial football song.
It wasn't the greatest of World Cups but it did have a few stories. One of them was Italy's star centre forward, Toto Schillaci, who was virtually unknown outside of Italy before the World Cup. Today, Jamie Vardy scored 2 more goals for Leicester today. Could he be England's Toto in 2018? Yes, he won't be unknown, but his meteoric rise from part time footballer to the English Premier League, to playing for England has been a real Roy of the Rovers story.
Here's to a few "Notte Magiche" from that summer and a bit of Italian nostalgia.
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