A Firenze, Italia con gli ultimi gladiatori i calciatori storico, antenato del calcio il 2013 giugno. Nella foto : la sede dei 'blues'. Fin dal Medioevo, ogni anno nel mese di giugno quattro distretti della città di Firenze si combattono senza pietà per l'onore di vincere il torneo di Calcio storico Fiorentino, uno sport straordinariamente violento, giocato da uomini addestrati a combattersi fino ai loro limiti.il torneo si svolge con quattro squadre, Il Blues, i Verdi, i Bianchi e i Reds, ognuno dei quali rappresenta un distretto della città. E' una croce tra la guinzra greco-romana

• Collaboratore: Abaca Press / Alamy Foto Stock
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• Data acquisizione: 4 maggio 2016
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In Florence, Italy with the last gladiatorsthe players of Calcio Storico, the ancestor of football on June 2013. Pictured : The headquarter of the 'blues'. Since the Middle Ages, every year in June four districts of the city of Florence fight each other mercilessly for the honour of winning the tournament of Calcio Storico Fiorentino, an extraordinarily violent sport, played by men trained to fight each other to their limits.The tournament runs with four teams, the Blues, the Greens, the Whites, and the Reds, each representing one district of the city. It's is a cross between Greco-Roman wrestling, boxing, rugby and soccer. Fifty minutes of strangling, biting, fighting, and running after a ball. Two teams of 27 players in medieval costumes face each other in a bloody game. The rivalry between the districts is deep-rooted and centuries-old. The closer one gets to the Piazza Santa Croce and to the field, the greater the risk of things getting out of hand. The two teams arrive from opposite directions but the rivalry between the districts is deep-rooted and centuries-old. When one decides to defend a colour, it is for life. To be part of a team is a deep involvement which goes beyond the stakes of the matches themselves. It is plunging into the bowels of Florentine culture. Here, the supporters have their colours in their blood. The rules of Calcio Storico are simple: during fifty minutes two teams of 27 players face each other on a rectangular sandy field, trying to send the ball into the opponent's net. If a player is injured or excluded, he cannot be replaced. It does not matter how the ball lands in the net since no holds are barred. The only things not allowed are two-on-one wrestling, attack from behind, and blows dealt to an opponent already on the ground. The winners are rewarded with a mass of steaks equivalent in weight to the more traditional prize of a white calf or bistecca fiorentina, which was historically butchered for the occasion. The players are volu