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Bacheloi Thesis
Li ons on t he
Pi t ch
The di fferences i n the use of metaphors i n
foot ball mat ch reports between the Engl i sh and
the I tal i an press
Baan Zijlstia
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Piofessoi Eiic Kelleiman
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Mi l l e Gr azi e


I woul d l i ke to offer my grati tude to dr. Anna Ri ta Zanobi from the Bi bl i oteca
Nazi onal e Brai dense as wel l as Dani el e Redael l i and Dani l o Ful l i n from t he RCS
Medi aGroup for sendi ng me t he I tal i an newspaper arti cl es from 1934. Wi t hout thei r
assi stance thi s research coul d si mpl y not have been conducted.

A bi g thank you to my si ster Andrea for t ransl at i ng my request for arti cl es i nto I tal i an
and l ast but not l east many thanks t o Eri c Kel l erman for hi s supervi si on, support ,
enthusi asm and pat i ence. I f i n 2010 the Champi ons League fi nal woul d for the si xt h
consecuti ve ti me consi st of at l east one Engl i sh t eam, I hope for Eri c i t wi l l be t he
Gunners, taki ng t he cup wi t h the bi g ear s t o the Nort h of London.
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Cont ent s
The li ne-up


I . I ntroducti on 3

I I . Concept ual Metaphors 6

I I I . I n Search of Art i cl es 8

I V. Anal ysi ng t he Match Reports 11

V. Di scussi ng t he Metaphors 15

VI . Concl usi on 22

Works Ci ted 24


Appendi ces
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I nt r oduct i on
"The Engl i sh tr eat foot bal l as war and war as spor t"


I t i s common knowl edge t hat the Engl i sh are great footbal l ent husi ast s. Havi ng
i nvented the sport as i t i s pl ayed t oday al most two centuri es ago, t he Engl i sh are very
proud of thei r foot bal l hi story. The current state of Engl i sh foot bal l i s not somet hing
to be ashamed of ei t her. The Engl i sh Premi ershi p attract s mi l l i ons of vi ewers
worl dwi de
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and i s thus wi del y regarded as t he most i mportant competi ti on i n the
worl d. The current Champi ons League hol der comes from Engl and, havi ng beaten
another Engl i sh team i n the fi nal . Onl y t he Engl i sh nati onal team’s trophy-cabi net i s
not as eye-catchi ng as that of the count ry’s ri val s such as Brazi l or I tal y. Whi l e the
Engl i sh are pol i shi ng thei r 1966 Worl d Cup gol d over and over agai n, t he Brazi l i ans
and I tal i ans have fi ve and four t rophi es respecti vel y, i n need of attenti on. Therefore,
i f the average Engl i shman had t o choose bet ween wi nni ng a war agai nst Argenti na
(as i n the Fal kl ands War of 1982), or beati ng Maradona and co. i n the 1986 Worl d
Cup Fi nal s (whi ch Engl and l ost 2-1), then the Fal kl and I sl anders woul d be speaki ng
Spani sh t oday.

The i mportance of footbal l to t he Engl i sh has gi ven way to some memorabl e quotes
over t he years. The anonymous Frenchman who stated that “the Engl i sh tr eat
foot bal l as war and war as spor t
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” never spoke t ruer words. Duri ng the Battl e of t he
Somme i n 1916, for i nstance, Captai n W.P. Nevi l l i nst ructed hi s four pl atoons to t ry
and ki ck the foot bal l he gave them as far as possi bl e i n the German trenches. The
wi nner woul d get a pri ze. Captai n Nevi l l was ki l l ed i nstantl y. Two of the footbal l s
survi ved, however, and are preserved t oday i n Engl i sh museums.
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Another, more
famous quote on t he importance of footbal l to the Engl i sh, i s by one of Britai n’s most
successful and respected footbal l managers, Bi l l Shankl y: “Footbal l 's not a matter of
li fe and death ... i t's much more i mportant than that.”
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Baiiis, Nick, "16um vieweis, 2u2 countiies: Piemieiship's woiluwiue pot of golu." The
Inuepenuent on Sunuay 2S Ianuaiy 2uu7. 19 Novembei 2uu8
<http:¡¡www.inuepenuent.co.uk¡spoit¡football¡piemiei-league¡16um-
vieweis-2u2-countiies-piemieiships-woiluwiue-pot-of-golu-4SS271.html>
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Nusic Bantei . Football anu the English. 2 Becembei 2uu8
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Fussel, Paul. The uieat Wai anu Nouein Nemoiy. New Yoik: 0xfoiu 0niveisity Piess,
197S.
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Bill Shankly. In his own woius. 9 Becembei 2uu8
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Bil l Shankl ey’s citat i on on the i mportance of foot bal l mi ght onl y be equal l ed in fame
by a quote from a Dutch col l eague of Shankl ey’s, Ri nus Mi chel s. Mi chel s’ “voetbal i s
oor l og” (foot bal l i s war ) for many descri bes t hei r general feel i ng t owards the sport .
Footbal l i s not merel y a game t hat can be won or l ost; i t i s, however, a rel i gi on for
whi ch wars are decl ared. Al though I share some of the footbal l ent husi ast s’ passi on
for t he game, Mi chel ’s wel l known quote i s of a di fferent i mportance to me. +Foot bal l
i s War+ i s a metaphor; a fi gurati ve way of expl ai ni ng the i mportance of t he sport. I t i s
i nteresti ng t o see that a footbal l game shares many si mi l ari t i es wi t h t he
characteri sti cs of a war. Therefore +Footbal l i s War+, or +a Footbal l Mat ch i s a
Battl e+, i s the underl yi ng base for many more metaphors t hat combi ne aspect s from
a footbal l game wi th aspects from a war (Morri s, 1981: 17). A forward pl ayer, for
i nstance, i s supposed t o have ki l l er i nst i nct. Hi s teammates t ry t o l aunch hi m i n
order t o besi ege t he goal of t he enemy. When a shot mi sses the goal i t was off tar get.
A strong and robust defender i s cal l ed a t ank, whi l e the supporters are someti mes
referenced as a l egi on. A tal l pl ayer can be used t o i mprove a team’s ai r for ce. Duri ng
the bombar dment of t he box, t he goal keeper tri es to keep hi s ter r i t or y cl ean.
However, when hi s opponent l ashes out and hi t s home wi th an absol ute bel ter , the
keeper stands shel l-shocked.

I nteresti ng t o note i s that the man who gave bi rth to the “foot bal l i s war” quote i s a
metaphor i n hi s own way. Duri ng the Worl d Cup of 1974, t he press dubbed Hol l and
manager Mi chel s ‘t he gener al ’ for hi s stern l eadershi p and t he physi cal game he
made hi s team pl ay. The press i s the mai n source for the metaphors fami l i ar t o us.
Pl ayers and managers mi ght consi der a footbal l match a mi ni ature war, but i t i s onl y
because of newspaper report s and mat ch commentators that the +Foot bal l i s War+
termi nol ogy has reached an audi ence.

My ai m i s t o anal yse t he use of metaphors i n match report s publ i shed i n Engl i sh
newspapers and compare thi s to the use of metaphors in I tal i an publ i cati ons. Thi s i n
order to fi nd an answer t o the questi on: “What are the di fferences i n t he use of
conceptual metaphors, and battl e metaphors i n parti cul ar, between t he Engl i sh and
I tal i an press, now and i n t he past?” The I tal i ans have a passi on for footbal l that
equal s the Engl i sh’, are the most successful European count ry i n foot bal l and, not i n
the l east i mportant, have often crossed swords wi t h the Engl i sh many ti mes. By
anal ysi ng and compari ng t he Engl i sh and I tal i an match reports from games bet ween
Engl i sh and I tal i an teams or an Engl and v. I tal y i nternati onal , I want t o fi nd out
more on the fol l owi ng three characteri sti cs i n t he use of metaphors:
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• Are there nati onal di fferences i n the use of conceptual metaphors i n mat ch
reports? I s one of the t wo l anguages for i nstance much ri cher i n t he use of
metaphors i n t hei r match report s?
• Are there di fferences hi stori cal l y? Wi t h regards t o the +a Footbal l Mat ch i s a
Battl e+ metaphor, was there a l arger use of bat tl e metaphors i n the years
l eadi ng up t o a war, than there i s now?
• Are there di fferences wi th regards to t he resul t? Coul d there be a di fference
i n the use of metaphors i n a l anguage dependi ng on the posi ti ve or negati ve
out come of a game?
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Concept ual Met aphor s
What exactl y ar e t hese ‘conceptual metaphor s’ we ar e l ooki ng for ?


That words are often used in fi gurati ve senses is common knowl edge (Ungerer and
Schmi d, 2006: 114). Most of t he ti me thi s happens wi thout us bei ng aware of i t. We
al l know t he expressi on ‘ti me i s money’, but are we al ways aware that we are usi ng
fi gurati ve speech when we say ‘we l ost val uabl e ti me’, or ‘we wasted hours wai ti ng’?
Accordi ng to Lakoff and Johnson, by usi ng t he metaphor +Ti me i s Money+
we t ry t o conceptual i ze the target concept (t he conceptual domai n t hat we t ry to
understand) +ti me+ vi a t he source concept (the conceptual domai n from whi ch we
draw the metaphori cal expressi on) +money+. These two concept s do not seem to
bel ong together by t hei r very nature. Ti me i s not somet hi ng one can gai n or l ose, but
by conceptual i zi ng the target concept ti me vi a t he source concept money we now can.
Because t i me i s l i mi ted i n our l i ves, i t has become somet hi ng very val uabl e t o us. The
noti on that ti me i s l i mi ted and therefore val uabl e i s according to many a
characteri sti c of ‘western ci vi l i zati on’ or ‘modern l i fe’. Thi s means that the concept of
+Ti me i s Money+ does not need to count for every age or every cul ture. I n our
cul ture, however, ti me i s money i n many ways: we tal k about phone mi nutes, hourl y
wages and yearl y subsi di es. Correspondi ng to the fact that we act as i f ti me i s a
val uabl e commodi ty –a l i mi ted resource, even money- we concei ve of ti me that way.
(Lakoff and Johnson, 1980: 7f)
The same goes for other conceptual metaphors l i ke +Love i s a Journey+
(“We’l l have t o go our separ ate ways.”) or +an Argument i s a Bui l di ng+ (“I f you don’t
suppor t your argument wi th sol i d fact s, t he whol e thi ng wi l l col l apse.”).

Cl ose to concept ual metaphors are met onymi es. I n a sentence l i ke (1) “I ’l l have a
gl ass of water” we are aski ng for an obj ect fi l l ed wi t h water, but i nstead of l i teral l y
aski ng for t he obj ect we are aski ng for t he materi al the obj ect i s made of. Next to thi s,
i f we say (2) “I ’l l have a gl ass” we are l i teral l y expressi ng our desi re for the contai ner
(the gl ass) i nstead of the content wi t hi n the contai ner (e.g. wi ne) t hat we act ual l y
desi re. These t wo are exampl es of metonymi es.
Metonymi es paral l el metaphors i n a way. Where i n metaphors the
substi tuti on of one term for anot her i s based on si mi l ari ty, wi th met onymi es thi s
substi tuti on i s based on conti gui t y. When we use the metaphor “The man i s a pi g”
most peopl e wi l l i mmedi atel y thi nk of t he man as di rty, because that i s the
connotat i on we have wi t h pi gs. (Needl ess to say, i f the connotati on we have wi th the
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source concept i s di fferent, the whol e meani ng of the metaphor wi l l change. The
expressi on “The woman i s a cow” coul d mean that the woman i s ei ther fat or stupi d,
dependi ng on t he way one l ooks at the source concept ‘cow’. I n a di fferent cul t ure,
however, where cows are regarded as hol y ani mal s thi s metaphor coul d take on a
di fferent meani ng al l toget her.) Goi ng back to the metaphor “the man i s a pi g”, even
though the di rty man i s l i ke a pi g, there i s no conti gui t y bet ween t he t wo. On the
other hand, when we say “Hol l ywood has had a very good year” we actual l y mean t hat
the fi l m busi ness has had a successful year. Al t hough hardl y the enti re fi l m busi ness
i s based i n Hol l ywood, there i s conti gui ty between the two.
I t i s not hard to see t hat we can cal l exampl e (1) a +Materi al for Obj ect +
metonymy, whi l e exampl e (2) bel ongs t o +Contai ner for Content+ type. But as wi t h
conceptual metaphors, t here are many more di fferent types of metonymi es.
+Part for Whol e+ “we need al l hands on deck”
+Whol e for Part+ “t o fi l l up t he car”
+Producer for Product+ “I aucti oned a Pi casso”
+I nsti t uti on for Peopl e Responsi bl e+ “The Mafi a bombed a car”
+Pl ace for I nsti tuti on+ “Downi ng St reet i s support i ng the bi l l ”
+Place for Event+ ”Bei j i ng was my goal ”
+Control l ed for Cont rol l er+ “The t rai ns are on st ri ke”
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I n Sear ch of Ar t i cl es
Descr i bi ng the pr ocess of getti ng newspaper ar t i cl es of Engl and v. I tal y matches


The i dea of compari ng Engl i sh and I tal i an newspaper arti cl es of foot bal l mat ches
between t he t wo count ri es, or bet ween teams from the two countri es, i n order t o fi nd
out t he di fferences i n t he use of metaphors wi thi n the art i cl es as a possi bl e thesi s
subj ect i mmedi atel y enthused me. Thi s subj ect woul d be t he perfect l i nk between
hobby and study.

That week, two mat ches bet ween an Engl i sh and an I tal i an footbal l team were bei ng
pl ayed i n the Champi ons League; Arsenal v. AC Mi l an and Li verpool v.
I nternazi onal e. I managed to get my hands on several reports from Engl i sh
newspapers on the above matches. The fi rst i dea I had was to compare at l east three
matches; one i n whi ch the Engl i sh team had won, one i n whi ch the I tal i an team had
won and fi nal l y a draw. Thi s t o fi nd out whether there woul d be di fferences i n t he
wri ti ng met hod dependi ng on whether t he j ournal i st ’s country had won or l ost. By
thi s ti me I was sti l l under the i mpressi on that I needed a l arge amount of di fferent
match report s i n order to fi nd out al l the di fferences i n t he use of metaphors, not
real i zi ng how vast t he research then woul d become. Therefore I compi l ed a l i st of
fi ve newspapers from bot h count ri es I was thi nki ng of usi ng. I l i nked t he Engl i sh
newspapers t o thei r I tal i an counterparts, once on ci rcul at i on numbers and t he ot her
ti me on t hei r pol i ti cal background. By l ooki ng at the pol i ti cal background of t he
newspapers to l i nk t hem I was hopi ng to fi nd a si mi l ar wri ti ng styl e bet ween bot h the
Engl i sh and the I tal i an newspapers. However, i t dawned on me that wi t h footbal l
reports t hi s pol i t i cal background was not a bi g i ssue.

After readi ng the I ntr oducti on t o Cogni ti ve Li ngui st i cs by Ungerer and Schmi d I
knew what di recti on t o take i n my research. My i ni ti al l i st of ten newspapers was too
vast and I had t o l i mi t the amount of mat ch report s I was t o use. The fi rst mat ch I
was to research was AC Mi l an v. Arsenal , pl ayed on 4 March 2008. From thi s mat ch I
took match reports from The Ti mes, The Guardi an, La Repubbl i ca and the Corri ere
Del l a Sera (appendi ces E through H), i n whi ch I was to fi nd al l metaphors and
metonymi es and t hei r meani ng.

Thi nki ng about the +a Foot bal l Match i s a Battl e+ metaphor that I wanted t o
research, I found anot her foot bal l mat ch that I hoped woul d have gi ven reason for
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several usabl e match reports; the November 1934 encounter between the nati onal
teams of Engl and and I tal y. Thi s encounter was bi l l ed at the ti me (especi al l y i n t he
I tal i an press) as a contest for worl d supremacy, t he most i mportant foot bal l match of
the century. Pl ayed l ess than fi ve years before the start of the second worl d war, i n a
ti me when fasci sm ran rampant i n I tal y, t he newspaper reports on thi s mat ch woul d
prove the perfect opportuni t y to fi nd out whet her i n thi s pol i ti cal cl i mate j ournal i st s
used more battl e-metaphors t han i s cust omary t oday.

Havi ng chosen t he second match t o eval uate, I had t o go and fi nd art i cl es on t hi s
game, focusi ng on match report s that were publ i shed at the ti me. Bei ng such an
i mportant game at the ti me, i t was not di ffi cul t to fi nd background i nformat i on on
the I nternet. Fi ndi ng actual mat ch report s, however, proved much more di ffi cul t.
Especi al l y si nce most newspapers have an onl i ne archi ve t hat does not date further
back t han 1985. To get my hands on ol d mat ch report s I tri ed t o use the Engl i sh
Newspaper Li brary, based i n Col i ndal e, London. The archi ves of thi s l i brary coul d be
browsed onl i ne at i t s websi te: http:/ / www.bl .uk/ col l ecti ons/ newspapers.html
I tri ed to fi nd an I tal i an equi val ent to t hi s newspaper l i brary, but unfortunatel y was
unabl e to do so.

On my hunt for arti cl es avai l abl e on the I nternet, I tracked down a l i st of di gi tal
newspaper archi ves avai l abl e onl i ne. Some of these were freel y avai l abl e, whi l e wi th
others one had to subscri be before bei ng abl e to downl oad arti cl es. Browsi ng the
archi ves, however, was al ways possi bl e. Usi ng thi s opti on, I uneart hed mat ch report s
publ i shed by the I r i sh I ndependent and The Scot sman on 15 November 1934.
Another accessi bl e archi ve I di scovered was The Ti mes Di gi tal Ar chi ve. Thi s di gi tal
archi ve i s a proj ect on maj or scal e that was compl eted onl y a few years ago and offers
every si ngl e i ssue of The Ti mes, publ i shed between 1785 and 1985, ready for
downl oad. Getti ng access t o t hi s archi ve proved a l i ttl e more di ffi cul t. Access was
onl y avai l abl e to regi stered users or part i ci pati ng l i brari es. Tryi ng t o appl y for tri al
access, I sent out an e-mai l expl ai ni ng my si tuati on and needs and was qui ckl y sent
an answer. Tri al access was unfort unatel y onl y rewarded t o i nsti t uti onal l i brari es and
I had t o go my Uni versi ty Li brary t o ask t hem t o appl y for an archi ve membershi p.

I di d go and ask a l i brari an about The Ti mes di gi tal archi ve membershi p despi te
knowi ng that for the Uni versi t y to go and appl y for t hi s woul d si mpl y take too much
ti me. The l i brarian, however, was abl e t o tel l me that thi s di gi tal archi ve coul d be
accessed from t wo l ocat i ons i n The Net herl ands; the Erasmus Uni versi ty i n
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Rotterdam and t he UvA i n Amsterdam. I contacted t he Uni versi t y Li brary of
Amsterdam about the matter and a day l ater I was abl e to travel t o Amsterdam and
fi nd the desi red mat ch reports wi thout a probl em.

A si ngl e mat ch report from The Ti mes woul d of course not be enough, so I set out t o
get another one from ei ther the Scot sman or The I ri sh I ndependent . Both newspaper
websi tes offered a day’s subscri pti on model and I managed to fi nd several arti cl es,
i ncl udi ng a match report, through http:/ / www.i ri shnewsarchi ve.com
I thus managed to get hol d of mat ch report s i n Engl i sh, but the l ack of any
i nformat i on on I tal i an arti cl es was worryi ng. There was no si gn of a cent ral
newspaper l i brary i n I tal y, and al though t here had once been an onl i ne aucti on of a
copy of I l Gi or nal e d’I tal i a of 15 November 1934, wi th a review of the game on the
front page, t here had been no ot her si gns of any match revi ews avai l abl e. After
brai nstormi ng on what way to get hol d of usabl e arti cl es i n I tal i an, I pl anned on
contact i ng the newspapers t hat had al ready exi sted i n 1934 (La Gazzetta Del l o Spor t,
La Stampa, I l Messagger o, I l Cor r i er e Del l a Ser a) di rectl y. Wi th a l i ttl e fami l i al hel p
I sent out an e-mai l to the newspapers ment i oned. A day l ater I recei ved t wo repl i es.
One was from I l Cor r i er e Del l a Ser a, stati ng t hat al l of t hei r publ i shed papers were
avai l abl e to browse i n some publ i c l i brari es. I was gi ven the address of a l i brary i n
Mi l an, whi ch I i mmedi atel y contacted. The other repl y I recei ved was from an
empl oyee of La Gazzetta Del l o Sport, who t ol d me that he woul d l ook i nt o my request
but needed some ti me for t hi s.

Unfortunatel y I heard not hi ng more after these two i ni t i al repl i es. I once more
contacted the Br ai dense Nati onal Li brary i n Mi l an and was rewarded a day l ater. A
very hel pful empl oyee sent me a total of three e-mai l s contai ni ng ten arti cl es on the
November 1934 mat ch. Copi es from 13, 14 and 15 November 1934 of I l Cor r i er e Del l a
Ser a as wel l as La Gazzetta Del l o Spor t had been sent to me, i ncl udi ng an ‘edi zi one
str aor di nar i a’ of La Gazzetta Del l o Spor t whi ch had been publ i shed i mmedi atel y
after the mat ch had ended and of whi ch I had never known the exi stence. Two weeks
l ater I was once more sent arti cl es from La Gazzetta Del l o Spor t, t hi s ti me di rectl y
from t he edi tori al offi ce. These were arti cl es t hat had been publ i shed a day after t he
game.

Havi ng ret ri eved t he arti cl es I needed for my research, I was abl e to anal yse and
eval uate the di fferences i n t he use of conceptual metaphors between the Engl i sh and
I tal i an press, now and i n t he past.
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Anal ysi ng t he Mat ch Repor t s
What ar e the di ffer ences between the Engl i sh and I tal i an vi ew?


When l ooki ng at the four di fferent mat ch reports bet ween the Mi l an and Arsenal
game, i t i s not i ceabl e that the wi nni ng Engl i sh team recei ves prai se from both the
Engl i sh and I tal i an press. Al l four newspapers use metaphori c expressi ons to show
thei r appreci ati on for the game t hat Arsenal pl ayed the ni ght before. The Ti mes hai l s
Arsenal mi dfi el der Cesc Fàbregas as t he team’s hear tbeat, whi l e The Guar di an states
that Fàbregas shaked San Si ro. On t he I tal i an si de, La Repubbl i ca tal ks about
l ’or chestr a Ar senal , whi ch means that they were i mpressed by thei r col l ecti ve
performance whi l e I l Cor r i er e Del l a Ser a prai ses young Arsenal ’s courage for not
havi ng fear of the mythi cal fi gur es of Mi l an (“L’Arsenal dei ragazzi non ha avuto
paura dei mostr i sacr i del Mi l an”).
Thi s sentence i nforms us about t he maj or di fference between the Mi l an and
Arsenal si de remarked by bot h the Engl i sh and I t al i an press. The I tal i an newspapers
di d not di sagree wi t h thei r Engl i sh col l eagues on the deserved out come of the mat ch,
nor di d they di sagree on what was the underl yi ng ‘t heme’ of t he eveni ng; Mi l an v.
Arsenal was past agai nst future, ol d versus young. The Ti mes dubbed Arsenal the
young guns that si l enced San Si ro, a reference to Arsenal ’s ni ckname ‘Gunners’,
whi l e The Guar di an sai d that “Arsenal were everyt hi ng that Mi l an once were”.
Many more metaphors were used i n the art i cl es to descri be t he di fferences
between the two teams. We wi l l di scuss these metaphors i n the next chapter. The
Ti mes and The Guar di an bot h used more t han 30 metaphori c expressi ons i n thei r
arti cl es, whi l e La Repubbl i ca used 26 and I l Cor r i er e Del l a Ser a onl y si x. Al t hough
there were hardl y any di fferences i n opi ni on between t he Engl i sh and t he I tal i an
press, the devi ati ng number of metaphors found i n I l Cor r i er e Del l a Ser a’s arti cl e
attract s attenti on at fi rst i nstance, but one must consi der t hat thi s arti cl e was notabl y
shorter i n l ength.

Al most 75 years ago, however, t he Engl i sh and I tal i an press were i n no way of one
mi nd. The game bet ween Engl and and I tal y at Hi ghbury was a ‘fri endl y’ i n name
onl y. Onl y fi ve months earl i er, the I tal i an team had become worl d champi ons for the
fi rst ti me and the ri se of fasci sm i n the country was cause for unsettl i ng ti mes.
Engl and, on the ot her hand, had a renowned foot bal l squad that, al though the team
was not yet part of t he FI FA and had thus not competed i n the previ ous worl d cup,
was wi del y regarded as the best i n the worl d. The Engl i sh foot bal l team had met the
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I tal i ans onl y once before. Ei ghteen mont hs earl i er t he two count ri es drew 1-1 i n
Rome. For I tal i an pol i t i cs and press, thei r fi rst match as worl d champi ons was the
superi or possi bi l i ty to settl e t he debate about who was the stronger squad and more
powerful nat i on. For them, i t was a contest for worl d supremacy. Accordi ng to t he
now l egendary Stanl ey Matt hews, who was 19 at the ti me of hi s second cap:
"Mussol i ni saw the game as a way of boosti ng the moral e of t he I tal i an peopl e, goi ng
as far as to say a vi ctory over Engl and woul d be a vi ct ory for fasci sm. There were al l
manner of st ori es about Mussol i ni offeri ng massi ve money bonuses and gi ft s to the
I tal i ans i f they coul d pul l off a wi n."
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The Engl i sh press, however, put the game back i nto proport i on. They di d not
l abel t he mat ch as i mportant as t hei r I tal i an col l eagues di d, nor di d they pay as much
attenti on to i t i n thei r sport s secti on. Whi l e La Gazzetta Del l o Spor t publ i shed a
speci al edi t i on i mmedi atel y after the game, compl i mentary to thei r regul ar edi t i on
that was publ i shed the morni ng after, bot h The Ti mes and The I r i sh I ndependent
dedi cated no more than a si ngl e col umn of t hei r sport s page to t hei r mat ch report s.
The bui l d-up t o and the percepti on of the game were thus compl etel y di fferent i n the
Engl i sh and I tal i an papers. Thi s means t hat i n anal yzi ng t he use of metaphors i n t he
reports of thi s mat ch the I tal i an press coverage avai l abl e was much more el aborate
than the Engl i sh coverage, l eadi ng to a much vaster number of I tal i an metaphori cal
use.
The di fference i n i mportance of t he game i n both count ri es i s al so evi dent i n
the underl yi ng theme of both countri es’ di fferent mat ch eval uati ons. Whi l e t he
Engl i sh press were nat ural l y pl eased wi th t he resul t, they prai sed al l pl ayers on the
pi tch. Thei r own el even, for scori ng t hree goal s i n ten mi nutes and beat i ng t he worl d
champi ons, as wel l as the I tal i an pl ayers who were prai sed for showi ng resi l i ence i n
the second hal f wi t h a man short. The I tal i an press, however, found a way to make
the I tal i an vi si t ors t he moral vi ctors of the day. Thi s makes the di fferent opi ni on
between the Engl i sh and I tal i an j ournal i st s i nteresti ng t o read. Whi l e i n 2008
journal i sts from The Ti mes and La Gazzetta Del l o Spor t were i n mut ual consensus
about the out come of t he Mi l an v. Arsenal game, sevent y-four years earl i er thei r
opini ons were mi l es apart. From The Ti mes of 15 November 1934: “L. Monti , the
I tal i an centre hal f-back, was off the fi el d before the fi rst Engl i sh goal was scored, and
so, on paper, i t l ooks as t hough t he I tal i ans were unfortunate to l ose. Actual l y t hey
were not. I n the fi rst 15 mi nutes Engl and scored three goal s, and not onl y won t he
match but pl ayed such bri l l i ant foot bal l that the I tal i ans were forced i nt o the parts of

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mere l ookers-on. The I tal i ans di d not mark thei r men; they di d not seem t o have any
i dea of how an Engl i sh attack woul d devel op, and the Engl i sh hal f-backs and
forwards were al l owed to combi ne wi t h a smoot hness and subtl ety whi ch made a
di ffi cul t game l ook easy.”
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La Gazzetta Del l o Spor t does not onl y di sagree wi th t hei r
col l eagues from The Ti mes, they seem t o have wi t nessed a di fferent match al together:
“Mi ssi ng Monti from the openi ng mi nutes of t he game and overwhel med by the
vi ol ent and di zzyi ng pl ay of the Engl i sh i n t he begi nni ng, t he Duce’s men attacked at
great speed i n t he second hal f, showi ng thei r unequal l ed qual i ti es of styl e and
i ntel l i gence and fi ni shed t he game wi t h fantasti c passi on and a bri l l i ant score” (Pr i vi
di Mont i fi n dal pr i mi ssi mi mi nuti del l a par ti ta e tr avol t i al l ’i ni zi o dal gi oco
veemente e ver ti gi noso degl i i ngl esi , gl i azzur r i del Duce attacano l a r i pr esa a
gr ande andatur a, spi egano l e i nsuper abi l i vi r tù del l a l or o i ntel l i genza e del l or o
sti l e e chi udono l a par t i ta con un punteggi o br i l l ante ed un ar dor e mer avi gl i oso
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)

I t seems that because the I tal i an press and pol i ti cs had l abel l ed t hi s mat ch a contest
for worl d supremacy they si mpl y coul d not l ose, they had to fi nd a way to spi n t he
course and resul t of t he mat ch i n thei r advantage after the i mpossi bl e had become
real i ty. La Gazzetta Del l o Spor t from t he day after hardl y menti ons t he 3-2 defeat the
I tal i an team suffered, yet a bol d headl i ne i nforms us about the “Successo del l o spi ri t o
di squadra” –t he success of the spi ri t of t he team. Thi s ‘success’ has l ead to the fact
that the squad who took on t he Engl i sh on t hat memorabl e Wednesday i n the autumn
of 1934 wi l l al ways be remembered as ‘l eoni di Hi ghbur y’ -l i ons of Hi ghbury
8
. Thi s
ni ckname i s al ready a metaphor i n i t sel f. The l i on i s ki ng of the ani mal s and i s
consi dered a brave and foremost cl ever hunter. Therefore we can concl ude that i n the
eyes of the I tal i an press thei r team had produced a brave and cl ever fi ght and by
taki ng on the Engl i sh, who famousl y sport three l i ons on t hei r crest, had become true
l i ons t hemsel ves.

The best exampl e, however, that the I tal i an press spun the out come of t he match i n
thei r advantage can be found i n the very fi rst l i ne of La Gazzetta Del l o Spor t’s arti cl e
publ i shed the day after t he i nternati onal . Thi s fi rst l i ne i nforms us that the Engl i sh
vi ct ory, “La vi ttori a del l a squadra I ngl ese” was “una vi ttori a di Pi rro” – a pyr r hi c
vi ct or y. A pyrrhi c vi ct ory i s a vi ctory won at too great a cost to have been worthwhi l e

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"Englanu Beat Italy - A vain Rally." The Times 1S Novembei 19S4.
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"Inghilteiia-Italia S-2 (S-u)." La uazzetta Bello Spoit 1S Novembei 19S4.
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"Sfiattati i leoni ui Bighbuiy: sponsoiizzato lo stauio uel mito." Coiiieie Bella Seia 6
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for the vi ctor
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. The phrase i s named after Ki ng Pyrrhus of Epi rus, whose army
suffered i rrepl aceabl e casual ti es i n defeat i ng t he Romans duri ng t he Pyrrhi c War.
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I n both of Pyrrhus's vi ct ori es, the Romans l ost more men than Pyrrhus di d. However,
the Romans had a much l arger suppl y of men from whi ch to draw sol di ers, so thei r
l osses di d l ess damage to thei r war effort than Pyrrhus's l osses di d to hi s. After bei ng
congratul ated on one of hi s vi ct ori es, Pyrrhus repl i ed: "I f we are vi ct ori ous i n one
more battl e wi th the Romans, we shal l be utterl y rui ned."
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The fact t hat i t were the Romans who l ost the battl e to Pyrrhus, yet emerged
as moral vi ctors, makes the use of thi s term after a toi l some Engl and wi n over the
I tal i ans al l t he more appropri ate. The Pyrrhi c vi ctory metaphor i s often used wi th
regards to sports, busi ness, pol i ti cs or l i terature. Used as a headl i ne on t he front of
La Gazzetta Del l o Spor t, i t i s the perfect exampl e that the I tal i an press needed t o pl ay
down thei r defeat whi l e bei ng ardent fol l owers of t he +Foot bal l i s War+ metaphor.


























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"ancient Rome." Encyclopæuia Biitannica. Encyclopæuia Biitannica 2uu7 0ltimate
Refeience Suite. Chicago: Encyclopæuia Biitannica, 2uu9.
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Refeience Suite. Chicago: Encyclopæuia Biitannica, 2uu8.
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Di scussi ng t he Met aphor s
What metaphor s wer e used i n mat ch r epor ts i n 1934 and i n 2008?


I t i s common knowl edge that i n tal ki ng about footbal l or even sports i n general there
i s a l ot of use of words i n the fi gurati ve sense. There are managers who seem to onl y
make use of fi gurati ve l anguage duri ng thei r speeches. Usi ng obvi ous metaphors over
and over agai n l i ke (1) “the referee r obbed us of t hree poi nt s” can often be consi dered
cri ngeworthy. These obvi ous metaphors have been conventi onal i sed, whi ch means
that they have taken up such a promi nent rol e i n modern speech that we take them
for granted and do not t hi nk of them as metaphors anymore. Ungerer and Schmi d
(2006: 117) cal l t hese ‘dead’ metaphors. Thi s negati ve desi gnati on i s hi ghl y
mi sl eadi ng. I n the words of Lakoff and Turner (1989: 129):
the mi stake der i ves fr om a basi c confusi on: i t assumes that t hose thi ngs i n our
cogni t i on t hat ar e most al i ve and most acti ve ar e t hose t hat ar e consci ous. On t he
contr ar y, those t hat ar e most al i ve and most deepl y entr enched, effi ci ent, and
power ful, ar e those t hat ar e so aut omat i c as to be unconsci ous and effor tl ess.
Metaphors that have thus unconsci ousl y been bui l t i nto t he l anguage by l ong-
establ i shed conventi ons are i ndeed t he most i mportant ones (Ungerer and Schmi d,
2006: 117). I n exampl e (1) the vi ctory t hat the manager di d not pul l off i s seen as a
val uabl e commodi ty. Not money as i s most often t he case, but three poi nts. Of course
the referee di d not break i n to steal t hree poi nt s, but by maki ng certai n deci si ons t he
manager feel s that the referee had a vi tal i nfl uence on the out come of the game. The
fi gurati ve expressi on onl y adds t o hi s injusti ce.

Appendi x A i s a match report on the Engl and v. I tal y game, whi ch appeared i n The
Ti mes of Thursday 15 November 1934. Wi t hi n thi s report we can fi nd other exampl es
of ‘dead’ metaphors, whi ch have become conventi onal i sed foot bal l jargon. These are
expressi ons i n t he fi gurati ve sense, al though we do not i mmedi atel y concei ve of them
that way. I n “the I tal i ans di d not mar k t hei r men” the message t hat the I tal i an
defendi ng was bel ow par i s cl ear. However, we must real i se that the mar ki ng i n thi s
sentence comes from the verb ‘to mark’; make (a vi si bl e i mpr essi on or stai n) on
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.
Therefore what we are l i teral l y sayi ng i s that defenders need t o make a vi si bl e
impressi on on t hei r opponent s, so t hat they wi l l never l ose t hem out of si ght. I f t he
I tal i ans di d not mark thei r men we can concl ude that t hey di d not know whom t o
defend and t hat thei r opponent s recei ved t o much space t o move.

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"Naik." New 0xforJ Americon Bictionorv. 2nu Euition. 2uuS.
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“I n t he fi rst mi nute of t he match Drake br oke t hr ough”. Nowhere i s there any
menti on of what i t was that thi s pl ayer Drake act ual l y broke through. The answer i s
that there i s not hi ng t hat thi s pl ayer broke through, except for the I tal i an defence. A
defence, however, i s not tangi bl e but merel y the i dea of three or four pl ayers worki ng
toget her. Therefore t he i dea of a defence i s here conceptual i sed as an obj ect; a wal l to
protect the goal behi nd i t, whi ch i s hard to break through. I n t he same sect i on we
read “Britton pl aced the bal l i n the goal mout h”. The goal mout h i s the area j ust i n
front of the goal .
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I t i s conceptual i sed as a body part because i t shares characteri st i cs
wit h t he properti es that we have of t he concept ‘mout h’: ‘part of the body of peopl e
and ani mal s’, ‘openi ng through whi ch food i s taken i n’. We coul d thus concl ude that
‘the goal i s the mout h of t he footbal l pi tch (i n respect of shape and functi on)’.
I nteresti ng i n regards t o t he term goal mout h i s that very often the pass of a bal l
towards t hi s area i s phrased as ‘t he bal l i s fed i nt o the goal mout h’. The
conventi onal i sed metaphor of the goal as a mout h has i nfl uenced even the l anguage
wri tten i n rel ati on to t hi s term. The bal l has become the food for t he goal t o consume.
The sentence “a movement on the r i ght wi ng gave had gi ven Drake t he
chance” refers t o the posi ti on on the fi el d where t he movement t ook pl ace. The
pl ayers who take up the posi ti on on t he far l eft and ri ght of the pi t ch and who move
from the hal fway l i ne t o thei r opponents’ goal l i ne are cal l ed wi nger s. The foot ball
pi tch i s suddenl y conceptual i sed as the i mage of a bi rd, wi th wi ngs outst ret ched t o
far l eft and ri ght . The wi ngers are often fast runners who are sent fl yi ng by a l ong bal l
i nto t he corners of the pi t ch.
I t i s not unti l the thi rd sect i on that we fi nal l y come across speech rel ati ng to
battl e metaphors. Al though the ti tl e of the arti cl e si mpl y i s “Engl and beat I tal y” I do
not feel that ‘beat ’ i n thi s sense i s deri ved from battl e i di om; “defeat (someone) i n a
game, compet i ti on, el ecti on, or commer ci al vent ur e”
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i s the second l i st i ng for ‘beat’
i n the di cti onary. I f we woul d count thi s as a battl e metaphor, terms such as attacker ,
str i ker or defender woul d al l have to be consi dered battl e metaphors. They are,
however, regular foot bal l i di om. When Engl and “for ced a corner” or “was for ced on
the defensi ve” i t i s, however, a di fferent matter. Engl and managed t o get a corner
ki ck by putti ng t hei r opponent under pressure. Not wi th vi ol ence, as i s normal l y the
case when force i s used, but by pl ayi ng i n such an (aggressi ve) manner that thei r
opponent had t o pl ay t he bal l over thei r own goal l i ne. The I tal i ans managed to do t he
same to t he Engl i sh, when t hey forced the Engl and on the defensi ve. “The Engl i sh
defence, however, remai ned st aunch to the end.” Here t he defence i s once more

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"Beat." New 0xforJ Americon Bictionorv. 2nu Euition. 2uuS.
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conceptual i sed as an obj ect; staunch i s “(of a wal l ) of st rong or fi rm const ructi on, (of
a shi p) waterti ght.”
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Once more the defence act s l i ke a wal l that wi l l not l et anyt hi ng
pass. The verb staunch stands for rest ri ct i ng the fl ow of bl ood from a wound. So t he
Engl i sh defence i n thi s exampl e di d not bl eed, t hey were not found wanti ng.

Appendi x B i s a mat ch report from The I r i sh I ndependent of Thursday 15 November
1934. What i s i nstantl y evi dent when l ooki ng at the metaphors used i n t hi s arti cl e i s
that the I r i sh I ndependent makes cl earer use of the +Footbal l i s War+ metaphor t han
The Ti mes di d. The subti tl e to t he arti cl e reads “conti nental team’s gr eat fi ght under
bi g handi cap”. Here, the foot bal l match i s compared to a battl e. I t i s not a regul ar
foot bal l term (l ike “beat ”) si nce t he term fi ght i s used in sport s onl y in regards to
boxi ng
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. Even more evi dent i s t he ti tl e of t he mai n arti cl e’s second secti on:
“Engl and’s Rapi d Fi r e”. Engl and managed t o score three ti mes i n ten mi nutes and we
see that the scori ng of goal s i s compared to shot s from a gun, fi red on target. Thi s
spat e of scor i ng, a sudden fl ood of goal s, made i t extremel y di ffi cul t for t he ten
I tal i ans t o come back i n the game.
Next to the battl e metaphors there are many exampl es of conventi onal i sed
metaphors to be found i n the art i cl e. “The I tal i an keeper was agai n i n t he l i mel i ght
when savi ng from Bowden and Drake.” The l i mel i ght i s an i ntense whi te l i ght,
formerl y used i n t heat res
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. Thi s stage l i ghti ng was used to put peopl e i n t he focus of
attenti on. By savi ng from Bowden and Drake, the I tal i an keeper di d j ust that. The
end of the arti cl e speaks of “Sound posi ti oni ng by Barker”. Sound here stands for
rel i abl e, secure, and i s used i n a posi ti ve sense. The adverb sound i s most often used
i n the combi nati on wi t h asl eep. ‘Sound asl eep’ means that someone i s sl eepi ng
deepl y. I t stems from the German ‘gesund’, whi ch means heal thy
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. ‘Healt hy
posi ti oni ng’ has thus become competent posi ti oni ng. I n the fi nal sect i on of the arti cl e
there are t hree exampl es of metaphori cal use of t he defence as an obj ect , as was al so
the case i n the arti cl e i n The Ti mes. “To work very hard for openi ngs”, “anot her gap
i n Engl and’s defence” and “Guai ta ran thr ough” are al l sentences i n whi ch t he i dea of
a defence i s conceptual i sed as a sturdy obj ect .

Appendi ces C and D are the mat ch reports from La Gazzetta Del l o Spor t, I tal y’s most
renowned sports paper. Appendi x 3 i s an edi zi one str aor di nar i a, a speci al edi t i on
that was publ i shed merel y hours after t he math had ended. I ts mai n art i cl e i s a

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"Fight." New 0xforJ Americon Bictionorv. 2nu Euition. 2uuS.
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"Limelight." New 0xforJ Americon Bictionorv. 2nu Euition. 2uuS.
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"Sounu." New 0xforJ Americon Bictionorv. 2nu Euition. 2uuS.
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conci se recapi t ul ati on of t he mat ch event s. Appendi x 4 i s the paper from t he day after
and the mat ch report here has become a poet i c descri pti on of an unfai r battl e
between t wo boxers; i n the Engl i sh corner a powerful gi ant , i n t he other the more
el egant, refi ned and del i cate athl ete. Accordi ng to La Gazzetta Del l o Spor t, I tal y v.
Engl and was art versus power.
The mat ch coverage i n La Gazzetta Del l o Spor t was much more extensi ve
than that i n t he Engl i sh papers. The arti cl es on t he mat ch are much l onger and thus
consi sted of many more metaphors. But even rel ati vel y there are more exampl es of
battl e metaphors t o be found i n the I tal i an arti cl es t han i n t he Engl i sh. Especi al l y
appendi x D, whi ch has al most become a pi ece of propaganda on the st rength of the
I tal i an athl etes, i s very expl i ci t i n the use of battl e metaphors.
The ti tl e of appendi x C transl ates: “The mer ci l ess attacks of the power ful
Engl i sh t eam shook t he l i nes of the I tal i ans, who, depr i ved of t hei r mi dfi el d pl ayer ,
fought back unti l t he ver y end but di d not manage t o over come t he di sadvantage.”
Besi des al l the st rong l anguage i t i s i nteresti ng to read that the l i nes of the I tal i ans
were shaken up, as i f the I tal i an defence acted as an army pl at oon that had drawn up
thei r l i nes (“l a l i nea schi erata”) before goi ng to t he battl e. The shot s on the I tal i an
goal are “proi etti l e vi ol enti ssi mo”, vi ol ent proj ect i l es, whi l e the I tal i an defence was
l i teral l y besi eged (“l a nost ra di fesa è letteral mente assedi at a”). By usi ng thi s battl e
speech, a chance for a goal (i n I tal i an “occasi one” or “possi bi l i tà”) i s suddenl y
descri bed as “l’i nsi di a”, whi ch t ransl ates as a tr ap or an ambush.
I n Appendi x D the l arge use of battl e metaphors makes the arti cl e read l i ke a
pi ece of (fasci st) war propaganda i nstead of a foot bal l match report . Engl and and
I tal y were “due pugi l at ore di rango al ti ssimo in l otta per il pri mato”; two boxers of
the hi ghest rank i n a fi ght for supremacy. Al t hough the Engl i sh pl ayers were of the
opi ni on that the I tal i ans were pl ayi ng t oo physi cal a game (“They (t he I tal i an pl ayers)
were ki cki ng anythi ng and everyt hi ng that moved bar the referee. The game
degenerated i nt o not hi ng short of a brawl and i t di sgusted me."
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), the I tal i an press
hol ds a di fferent vi ew. Engl and “hurl ed themsel ves agai nst thei r enemy” and I tal y
was “overwhel med by thi s vi ol ence of thei r ri val ” (“I l col osso si scagl i a con vi ol enza
contro l a sti l i sta”, “Sopraffatto del l a vi ol enza del ri val e”). I n a game l i ke t hi s you do
not get beaten, you get “muti l ata” (cri ppl ed) and “massacr at i” (sl aughtered). The
I tal i ans, surpri sed by the r ush of vi ol ence from thei r ri val s and sl aughter ed by
mi sfortune, however, di d not col l apse (“Gl i azzurri sorprcsi dal l ’ i mpeto del l a
vi ol enza dei ri val i , massacr at i dal l a sfortuna non sono crol l ati ”). That t hi s was no

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si mpl e fri endl y becomes cl ear from t he fol l owi ng l i ne al one: “Pi ù che non atl eti , gl i
uomi ni del l a nazi onal e ci sono comportati come sol dat i val or osi ssi mi ”; more than
mere athl etes, t he men of t he nat i onal team shoul d be regarded as cour ageous
sol di er s.
When the goal scori ng of the Engl i sh was menti oned i n the Engl i sh art i cl es,
the scor i ng of the goal was repl aced by t he verb ‘r egi st er ’. ‘To regi ster a goal ’ l i teral l y
refers to the acti on t he referee has to undertake after a goal has been scored, but t he
expressi on has become synonymous for scori ng a goal . I n I tal i an, as i s hi ghl i ghted i n
appendi x C, the same metaphor exi st s i n the verb ‘segnar e’. I n appendi x D, however,
thi s verb has been repl aced by a more powerful equi val ent. The Engl i sh team “non
avvrebero conqui stat o tre goal s”; t hey shoul d not have been abl e to conquer three
goal s. Even t hough t hey were “l anci at e come catapul te”; l aunched as catapul ts.
Bei ng sel ected for the nati onal squad i s bei ng compared to a cal l-up for
conscri pti on. The I tal i an nati onal pl ayers were cal l ed upon to battl e (“chi amati a
battersi di forza”), and t hey were requi red at the front (“comportati di fronte”).
Everyt hi ng was permi tted; the Hi ghbury stadi um became t he battl eground t o a no-
hol ds-bar r ed fi ght (“Condotta sul terreno del l a l ot ta senza escl usi one di col pi ”). Even
though the foot bal l mat ch ended i n a 3-2 l oss for t he I tal i ans, La Gazzett a Dell o
Spor t adopt s a forgi vi ng tone: “La squadra ha bri l l ato …I di eci atl et i hanno gi ocato
come un pl ot one di gl adi at ori ”; The team was bri l l i ant …The ten athl etes have pl ayed
l i ke a pl atoon of gl adi at ors.

Seventy-four years l ater the styl e and t one of the mat ch report s has changed
dramati cal l y and so has the use of battl e metaphors. I n appendi x E, an anal ysi s of the
AC Mi l an v. Arsenal mat ch pl ayed on 4 March 2008 from The Ti mes, t he use of battl e
metaphors i s restri cted t o “hi s appet i te for the fi ght ” and “thi s (match) was al ways
goi ng to be a fi ght ”. More i nteresti ng, however, i s t he descri pti on of Arsenal
mi dfi el der Fàbregas’ mi nd: “he arri ved wi th the qui ckest mi nd, the shar pest
i ntel l ect”. The brai n i s here conceptual i sed as an obj ect. An obj ect that moves wi th
varyi ng speeds, the faster the more posi ti ve (compare ‘qui ckest mi nd’ to ‘a sl ow
thi nker’), as wel l as an obj ect wi t h a certai n form of whi ch the sharpness defi nes t he
qual i ty. Fàbregas i s referenced as the ar chi t ect , because he i s the one who desi gned
and set up al l Arsenal attacks. I t was i f these attacks had been dr awn out by hi m, l i ke
a real archi tect does. Together wi th Hl eb, “the pai r str etched a massed defence”. Once
more t he defence i s conceptual i sed as a l arge concrete obj ect. However, due t o t hei r
speed and passi ng game, Fàbregas and Hl eb managed t o st ret ch thi s concreti on to i ts
li mi t s.
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Appendi x F, a mat ch report from The Guar di an, makes a l i ttl e more use of
battl e metaphors than The Ti mes di d. Champi ons League hol ders Mi l an were
“el i mi nat ed”, after Arsenal “t ook on a r apaci ous t one”. After the break Mi l an
“yearned to r et al i at e but Arsenal kept danger at bay by mount i ng constant attacks”.
The use of battl e metaphors gi ves the match report an edge; when compari ng the
match report of The Ti mes to that of The Guar di an i t i s as i f the l atter descri bes a
much more i mportant mat ch that was pl ayed wi th much more i ntensi t y than The
Ti mes has made us bel i eve. I nterest i ng too, i s the descri pt i on of posi ti ve and negat i ve
feel i ngs wi thi n The Guar di an’s match report. Posi ti ves are al ways descri bed as ‘up’,
whi l e negati ves are ‘down’. Therefore, ‘hope’, whi ch i s a posi ti ve feel i ng, i s descri bed
as “r ai ses t he hopes for hi s team”. Hope here i s ‘r ai sed’, but you can al so get ‘your
hopes up’ or ‘have hi gh hopes’. Mi l an, accordi ng to the match report , “l ooked
burdened …wi th t oo much hi stor y to be bor ne on dr oopi ng shoul ders”. AC Mi l an’s
sadness (or di sappoi ntment or shame) for not bei ng abl e to control the mat ch has
gi ven the pl ayers a dr oopi ng post ure. After Arsenal scored t he 1-0, the pl ayers’ heart s
coul d have sank. Al l these are metaphors for the negati ve emoti on sadness, descri bed
as ‘down’.
I n appendi x G, I tal i an newspaper La Repubbl i ca’s match report from 5 March
2008, the number of metaphors to be di sti ngui shed i s comparabl e t o t hat of t he
Engl i sh report s on t he same match. There are, however, a l i ttl e more battl e
metaphors to be found. “Carl o Ancel otti … schi er a davant i i l gi ovane Pat o e i l
veterano I nzaghi ”. Schi er a l i teral l y means ‘to l i ne up’ and i s most often used as a
mi l i tary term; ‘una schi er a di sol dati ’ i s a formati on of sol di ers. The end of the arti cl e
menti ons Fàbregas’ shot t hat beat Mi l an. I t i s referenced as “l a staffi l ata … che
pugnal a i l Mi l an”; t he l ash, or stroke of t he whi p, whi ch stabbed Mi l an to death. Thi s
goal “soffoca l e speranze rossonere”; i t suffocated or st i fl ed Mi l an’s hopes.
Adebayor’s 2-0 si x mi nutes l ater was “i l col po di gr azi a”, the coup de gr âce, for
Ancel otti ’s team.
The match report from I l Cor r i er e Del l a Ser a (appendi x H) surpri si ngl y
enough contai ns far l ess metaphors than al l previ ous mat ch report s. I t i s, however,
the shortest mat ch report of al l . Li ke i n appendi x G, “st affi l ata” i s used t o descri be a
powerful shot. Thi s i s t he onl y exampl e of battl e i di om t o be found. There are some
exampl es of conventi onal i zed metaphors, however, t o be di sti ngui shed. An Arsenal
ful l of youngsters exti ngui shed Mi l an’s dreams (“L’Arsenal dei gi ovani spegne i l
sogno del Mi l an”) and Fàbregas became the aut hor of Arsenal ’s advantage. The l atter
can be consi dered an +Agent for Acti on+ metonymy (Ungerer and Schmi d, 2006:
156) i n whi ch t he noun ‘author’ has been converted i nt o a verb that can onl y be used
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i n combi nati on wi t h the subj ect pr i nt medi a (‘t o author a book’). However, i n the
exampl e of appendi x H the verb ‘t o author’ has been used fi gurati vel y i n combi nati on
wi t h the subj ect goal scor i ng.
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Concl usi on
What ar e t he di ffer ences i n t he use of conceptual metaphor s, and battl e metaphor s
i n par ti cul ar , bet ween t he Engl i sh and I tal i an pr ess, now and i n the past?


I f one woul d onl y l ook at the absol ute numbers of metaphors found wi thi n the mat ch
reports, a concl usi on woul d be easi l y made. The I tal i an press makes the most use of
fi gurati ve l anguage and 74 years ago t here was a l arger use of metaphors than t here i s
now, especi al l y regardi ng battl e metaphors. Wi th 59 exampl es of metaphors detected,
the arti cl e i n La Gazzetta Del l o Spor t from 15 November 1934 i s the ri chest i n
fi gurati ve l anguage. Wi t h more t han 1,500 words, however, i t i s al so the l argest
arti cl e of the ei ght . Compare thi s t o the arti cl e that was publ i shed i n The I r i sh
I ndependent on the same day: 21 exampl es of met aphori c use were detected here, but
the arti cl e was onl y a thi rd of the l ength of La Gazzetta Del l o Spor t’s mat ch report.
We suddenl y see that i n numbers, t he di fference i n the use of metaphors bet ween t he
arti cl es i s not as conspi cuous as fi rst expected. Rel ati vel y there hardl y seem to be
di fferences i n t he metaphori c use at al l .

Before I started anal ysi ng the mat ch reports, I was under the i mpressi on that the
I tal i an l anguage woul d make much more use of fi gurati ve speech than the Engl i sh
l anguage. I tal i an newspapers tend to wri te i n a more poet i c fashi on about thei r
subj ect s than the Engl i sh do. Engl i sh art i cl es often start wi th a bri ef summary of the
subj ect matter before goi ng strai ght t o t he mai n poi nt s. I tal i an j ournal i st s, however,
have a tendency to couch thei r opi ni ons on t he subj ect i n a parti cul ar way, l i ke the
story of the two boxers that was t he i ntroducti on to La Gazzetta Del l o Spor t’s match
report. I was expecti ng thi s ‘poeti c’ styl e of wri t i ng to consi st of a l arger metaphori c
use t han the Engl i sh strai ghtforward st yl e of wri ti ng. At l east wi thi n footbal l
j ournal i sm, I am proven mi staken.

There are not many stri ki ng di fferences i n regards to the use of conceptual metaphors
between t he Engl i sh and the I tal i an arti cl es. I f anythi ng, most notabl e to me was the
fact that certai n metaphors kept ret urni ng i n di fferent mat ch report s but al so i n
di fferent l anguages. The defence, for i nstance, i s al most al ways conceptual i sed as a
concrete obj ect, regardl ess of the l anguage t he art i cl e i s wri tten i n. The concepti on of
a robust concrete obj ect i s posi ti ve one, and therefore thi s exampl e of fi gurati ve
speech i s very easy to use i n cases where the defence was fl awl ess. I f thi s, however,
was not the case and the defence i s referenced i n a negati ve manner, t he concepti on
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of the defence as a concrete obj ect i s st i l l very much i n order. Thi s ti me, however, t he
negati ve aspects of a concrete obj ect woul d ri se to the surface; the defence woul d
have been sl uggi sh, or i t woul d have di spl ayed si gns of cr umbl i ng. Next to thi s we
have al so seen the exampl e of ‘r egi st er i ng a goal ’, i n whi ch t he verb ‘to score’ has
been repl aced by a di fferent acti on that i s si mi l ar i n Engl i sh and I tal i an.

Not onl y the l argest number of metaphors was found i n La Gazzetta Del l o Spor t ’s
match report of 15 November 1934, thi s arti cl e al so presented us wi th t he most
exampl es of battl e-metaphors. Compare thi s t o exampl es of battl e-metaphors found
wi t hi n the match report s of 2008 and i t becomes evi dent that 74 years ago t here was
a l arger use of fi gurat i ve battl e speech than there i s now. However, out of si x di fferent
newspapers onl y La Gazzetta Del l o Spor t and The I r i sh I ndependent had wri tten
arti cl es that consi sted of vari ous exampl es of di sti ncti ve battl e metaphors. Therefore
I am unabl e to state that t he use of battl e metaphors i s l arger i n t he years l eadi ng up
to a war t han i n a qui eter peri od. Regardi ng the match report s of 1934, my opi ni on i s
that i t i s not poi nt i n ti me that i s responsi bl e for a l arger use of battl e metaphors t han
i s the case i n 2008, but t he pol i ti cal cl i mate of t he count ry i n whi ch the newspaper
arti cl e was wri tten. I tal y i n 1934 was a fasci st country and t hi s pol i t i cal movement
tends to have a bel i ef i n the supremacy of one nat i onal or ethni c group, contempt for
democracy, and an i nsi stence on obedi ence to a powerful l eader.
20
These
characteri sti cs have l ead to a bel l i gerent st yl e of wri ti ng, i n whi ch t he use of battl e
metaphors can al most be taken for granted.

The t wo matches t hat I anal ysed both had an Engl i sh vi ctor. Therefore I was unabl e
to research whet her the resul t of a mat ch woul d have consequences for the
metaphori c use wi thi n the mat ch report. Thi s i s somet hi ng I woul d l ook i nto next.
Al though one woul d at l east need t o compare si x arti cl es t o (tentati vel y) answer thi s
questi on, I thi nk i t woul d make for an i nteresti ng research. I f one coul d fi nd a greater
vari et y of mat ch reports, from a l arger number of di fferent newspapers I feel that one
coul d come up wi th more convi nci ng answers to my research questi ons. Even i n a
year l i ke 1934, di fferent newspapers from the same count ry coul d have had di fferent
styl es of wri ti ng, leadi ng t o di fferent resul ts i n the use of battl e metaphors. And coul d
a great use of battl e metaphors i n mat ch reports al so characteri ze ot her pol i ti cal
movements? The greater t he number and the vari ety of mat ch report s researched, the
more preci se t he resul t s wi l l be. But al so, the more ti me i t takes to get to t hem.


2u
"Fascism." New 0xforJ Americon Bictionorv. 2nu Euition. 2uuS.
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Works Ci ted

Lakoff and Mark Johnson. Metaphors We Li ve By. Chi cago: Chi cago Uni versi t y Press,
1980.

Lakoff and Mark Turner. More Than Cool Reasons: A Fi el d Gui de t o Poeti c
Metaphor. Chi cago: Chi cago Uni versi ty Press, 1989.

Morri s, Desmond. The Soccer Tri be. London: Jonathan Cape Ltd., 1981.

Ungerer and Hans-Jörg Schmi d. An I nt roducti on To Cogni ti ve Li ngui st i cs. 2
nd
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Harl ow: Pearson Educat i on Ltd., 2006.
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Appendi ces
Li st of Met aphor s

The Ti mes – 15 November 1934
Engl and Beat I tal y – A Vai n Ral l y

1. forced int o the parts of mere l ookers-on
2. to combi ne wi t h a smoot hness
3. broke through
4. goal mouth
5. to hook t he bal l i nt o t he net
6. dropped back
7. ri ght wi ng
8. to part wi th t he bal l
9. three goal s down
10. forced a corner
11. to take i t of t hei r t oes
12. was forced on t he defensi ve
13. run wi l d
14. opened the way
15. steer
16. staunch
17. wi ngs
Article - Untitled Article
Publication: Irish Independent; Date: Nov 15, 1934; Section: None; Page: 13
9/3/085:05 PM
ActlveP.oer"
ITALIANS'
England's 'Three
Five Minutes
DEFEA-T
,-
,
CONTINENTAL TEAM'S GREAT FIGHT UNDER
BIG HANDICAP
I
N a" ga.me full of thrills at the Arsenal's. ground, ,London,1
yesterday, England defeated -Italy 3·2 after leading 3·0 at the
Italy were badly handicapped by the loss of Monti
(cent....half): who was Injured before the first goal was scored.
.An outstanding feature of the glllue was the brWiance of CeJ'csoli,
the Italian goalkccpcr, who time and again was chccl'cd by. the 50,000
Too milch vigour, however, \nl.S introduced 'into the 'gllme
l!nd the crowd wore not il1o\I' to voico their disapproval 0; tbo tactics
01 some oI the Ha1inn pln)"el's who did·not relish tho shoulder .IIhnrge.
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9/3/085:07 PM
Publication: Irish Independent; Date: Nov 15, 1934; Section: None; Page: 13
BASTIN'S FINE -SCHEMING
T
IlE I::no;::lilnd tcam's passin; and 1>.'\11
"co.utrol on tlJ.o yicldin
D
turf \t>C!re
Tl.'m:lrk"blc. Droke wn3 too big"n Imnrlful
for Hal.y':;: b..-Ick:!', while Dastin (inside
left) TO:\n\ed about aod scbemed a\Dlost
at will.
Soon aft'er Ule start Drnk'o \rns going
IhrouZIt wheD lie "":IS fouled six J:lrtl.s
from ;001. A }>Cn3H;r was n't>:'Irdcd. ltnt
nrook shot strai:;ht at Ceresoli. who sa\:cd.
The., Italian keeper" was lI'.;nin in tho lime-
Jjzllt when sadu;, from lJOlnlt!D :lIId DrOlkc.
England's Fapid:Fire.·
Then c:"mc' :t" of sL'Orjn:;, England
"lhn-o :;00.15 in Ih'e
'fhe ih'sl came after nil\c minutes' 11111)'.
Druck lIe3dfoc;: throlli)1L froUl a free ttl ken
h.,- Briton.
With Monti off injured (dislocated
knee), .the reorganised Italian defence
was compldely :tnd had little or
no chance to settle down.
A (0111 Oll Droke J('ll to En:;I:llld's second
gO:11, Urook SCOdllf: frOIll the freo 30 .}"Drus
Ollt with :l brilliant shot that CCJ"csoli IU"O·
IJlIhly saw \ll\tilloo late.
In (he fonrlccnth minute En:.;:land were
11'1"4:'0 II!, :lrICl' iIlCC;O,":llIt Dmko
fOl" nUll tho h:\ll WII";) llUUdll'd
[.ut, but tile centre-forward nl:ldc DO lUis-
tilkc wHll his eD"art.
Too Much Vigour.
Hal,I' rcm;ljnc·d still OIlO JIIan short on
)laltbcws, who bad \H!CI\ gh'cn
"hart l'ihrift by the yj:;orous
.:;,mA more into prominencC!, but tho Eng.
lantl left wing l"emainctl much. Hie
... trolls;:'cr. DrHl·"n.lI·us Imcll}' foulcd. The-II
Hastin wn" hurt, but in Dcither <::lose W:'lS
the trollblt"! serioliS. A corller to Italy was
poorl}' used, Orsi ldcking behind.
Excessive still spoiled HID came.
which went on "midst frequcnt storms of
hOQjllg. A. Jjr:hter fouell was I'l'o"hJctJ
'\"hen. wit.h Brook to a eonlcr
kid. CC!rc,'>01i took np Jlis position in (;oo.J
with the 1>..11.
\lO:,itioning Burhr \l'[lset
Jt:ll:r's (on,'ard work. and GU:liln took over
tlJe leadership, The policy po.id. Dod, nfter
14 mtDutes' bctwecu Ferrari nnd
ended in ;\((':l7,z0. scorin.:; witli n
Lnlhaut shot hom 1::; )'anb.
Italy's Great Effort.
A :;00'\1 t.o ltnt)' had a l"cm:u"knhIe effect.
nIl t"('I1' CLJe... and skill to beD.r,
I he lla inus swept uown n;::aiu. A freo
kick was cOIlL'CIletl, Qud ),IcD.l.l.:\ &CorelL
Xo,,' n g-rC:lt CSC:lpc for ltaly,
Allemnndi miskickecl. but the boll
otf the post when Drake tried to make n
::oal of it. A. twenty J·llJ.uS' drive from
Bowden spell outside. Engln.ull.
their in numbers. were forced
to work yery ;}l11rtl fOl' ojlcJJilJl:s.
'rho -1 t:lltnns found Rnother gop in Eu:;-
I:wd's defence. i\[e.Ul..1, and
ran throll,::ll. hilt came to the
reSCH(! '\'ihen n froUl ltc.l'rari bounced
up hard at him. .
(Ar!ellal); Male nnd
(Aritnal) (Cllpt. l; . UrlLlon «(:;nrtoo),
Darker IDl:rb,. C('l:mt;rl. and (AUpnul);
15l-oko), Uowd<.!Q (Arsenal]. lJrake
Uaslill (.\r$(!n:lJ), Dud Brook PI:IlJ.
cheSler Cll!). "
( ..\mlJrosjn.1): )tonze:;tlo (Do·
IO;;lIa) and AllemuluH (Ambrosinil)' Ferraris
(Lul(). !UontJ (Ju\·eu[,;I!). Dlld !l('rfol(nf (Ju\"cn.
l":i); Quail:'! (IIom:I). S(rrunlOnl fJu\,eutn5),
(o\lDbrosiaa). Ferrari (JU\"C'lll115)1 Orsi
(JUI'ClllO!),
Releree-Jlr, O. Olssen (Sweden).
POlgf: I of )
Li st of Met aphor s

I r i sh I ndependent – 15 November 1934
Bast i n’s Fi ne Schemi ng

1. great fi ght
2. voi ce thei r di sapproval
3. schemi ng
4. too bi g a handful
5. l i mel i ght
6. Rapi d Fi re
7. spate of scori ng
8. regi steri ng
9. Vi gour
10. gi ven short shri ft
11. wi ng
12. Excessi ve vi gour
13. spoi l ed
14. storms of booi ng
15. Sound posi t i oning
16. pol i cy pai d
17. swept down
18. were forced
19. openi ngs
20. gap i n England’s defence
21. through
,
" ,
,
-
Al 25' OI"lli 1ll.J1cia GlIattA ('hI:' .sua.
\'olta dff'ttu!\ il pll&'l,nggio a Ff'rrari."
Ll\ mezz·a,Ja rpeMt' i1 pallone
dw "if'Ill' rllccolto da Drakt.'. Ba.<;oo,
e lllllciato dal (,f'!ltm e Bowdt'.11 eirn-
bN..'Cato da.lIil m(ozz'.alt\ sini"trR.
AlloillR,lidi "lltra. dN.·j&() 8\1 qut\'>t"u]·'
timo e ri1\\"il\ l\ Be\1olini Pl\SS& a-
li·cn-uri. Ml'az.za ra.ceoglie il }>-ll..'l..'W.ggilJ
del ml\ C\loping libe-ra.
II rim'io eperi) corto. Ripl"lmdo Fe-r- _ I
raris 1\", ma Coppirtg aneom tT1l/\ 1;'" I,
ta. ril"::>'Ct' ad ill("I"Cl'ttaro il tenlat-h'o di f:
Plk"-"Il.gglo, .·\JIl'tnalldi quindi u-
n8zionr di Drake, lauriato dal media· r
. . ,
no
Sui rill\·io di .\IlClllfltldi, Ol'si {ugget '
litlt'rRndo"i "\Iccl\l<.."in,nH'utt' di duo
\'c""ari. Guaita, chtl putra poi in pos-
seS'So ddla palla Iibera a GUll volta:
di due !lV\"en;ari {} imbccca Mea.zx.a,cho
gira 8. 1<\'rrul'i.
11 tiro dl'l1a ltll'zz'aIa sinistra cfise- :
co t' III. bd!l\ oceasiollr;>., favoro\'oJe per'
cO.l.;lit'rll it soopirato pareggio. ShUltll•
, E il pubblioo italisno ctutto prot.cso
J\cll'inm{anu'nto vt>l'ro i suoi atleti.
L'lt.slia e sempl"tl a!t'aUA'ecU.
Un'wontl di Xer"lUltonj iii conelude
oon t.iro R. lato, AI 19', AI 20' I"egistria-
mo una brHilmlf' RZ.iolle ..
ta, OIl' Barker ricsco a interecttaro " ..
rt'llpingure.
! La l;quoora () ora tutta
sClTlIsliata in difu.."A e \-1. .imaue an"
001'& tino al 22', roe pcraltro ,U
: italiiUl.i rie.scwl0 .,"anaro altri tiri
eflicSCJ. ",' ,
I Al :!2' si snOOIl I\UO\"a!lIt'nw I'attaeo:.
ingh'sD: llaswn a Bmok eho ecmtrll.:
Bertolini, I)rako riprrode;: '.
,CI.'n'.50li dl'\'o pararo di PUStlO it lorto ,:
tiro {\ filllllmcl11e IY rosphl"
,Ire. La Ilcbbia illtanto 5i fa 6Cmpl'O pil\
Iitt.a.
: AltI'S azioll(' ing-lt'S!! di t-utta 1& Iinca
schierll.ta, nl :!J': Cere:soli sBlva tuira-
. colOS8mcntt' f;ul limito dcll& port-a.
I Ora l'Inghiltcrrn iii malltie:no sU'at·
tacco; due altro ar.ioni condott.o dal
. vt'loci&>illm R8.'ltin obbligal1o dappri·
lila c poi MOllze.glio ad iutol'"
venire Ji {0f"l,R. Riamo a.1 24'.
Un'occ.sione di p.reggio perdul.
-
perfetto tappeto V1Jrde menlrt"i
e si di UlTa strutlllfll alled-
en strapott'ntl'. hudll110 a fronto·
Ii. mn pnntano diritti sui !;,"Oat licnza
rispllrmiare 10 cariehe.
J nostri sono truppo inc('l'(i c forse
!lnche troppo artisti, it ciTe to IlU gruli-
:>0 di[cUo.
Ecco lI11'altra adona llcricoIo$8 1)('\'
II
II


yolmcnto. Moss quindi si libera con si-
cUNzza.
Le .prooeue di CerUlli;
Ed eccoci.di nuo\'o diJl/Ulzi alIa por-
t8 di Ceresoli ehe e, fino a Questa rna"
I'uomo pili impe-gnato' della
.'l'iornata.
un' tiro

glqCO
Invlalo speciale)
. \1 uecimo minulo di
noslro (Dal

La partita di Londra
1.0 8TADIO_DLHIGHBURY, DOVE 81 E' 8VOLoTA LA PARTI'1'A
In 'Itst8 otlva, 0106 qualohe.storno prima dell'lnlzlo dulla staglone oalol,t1oa. VI slstanno dando gil unlml
. . alounl glooatorl oomplono un allenamento aU'Uoo.
_. ... ..
'II primO tempo
---
(Brook 2 • Drake I)
1::: ...on i1IlP minuti di anti-
.' ,\·'iiO:· ".".; -''' . ,.;"
. . I
, .
Meazza valoroso artefice della riscossa azzurra
,

bilita fra 101'0 una sorta di ,...lomita
intens&. clIe durer&. per tutto il tempo
dell, P"flim.
Ci I!li Vuol bene totti, anche tra eon·
Duionali cbo 8i 8ODO visti oggi per la
prima volta.
VNKlitori di leooomie, di 6igarette,
di tJ,ue di te, di programmi, oircoleno
em Ja folia iOOn i 101'0 eamiciotti blan·
chi. Poebi polirJotti eli sta-
tura presidiano a largbi intervalli il
t&ppttto verde, che neasun piede pro-
fano calpesta. Lagghi, O1"a, .ventola
tina srando handiera trkolore. E' IIB-
lutata da un boato di acetamazioni.
L'in,placablle offenslva della poderosa squadra inglese sconvolge in parlenza Ie file degli azzurri che • privi del
--- - -centro mediano • si battono generosamente fino all'ultimo ma non riescono asuperare 10 svantaggio

II· memorabile speltacolo del campoI
LONDRA, 14 .ovemb""
DltQOgiomo I'Anenal apre 10 aue
porte. Lo apettaeolo ebe OffroDO i pa..
raAAi del eampo " impreW.onante.
Una lolla enonno.voeiante. ma di..
rd ineolonD. in oomspon;
lienze del numel"Oli acooni allo stadio.
roliziotti a piedi «l a cavallo ft'golano
11\ 'circolaziono. Musiche di 8couesi, nei
loro earattorilltici coalumi variopinti e
, a gambe nude, "uonano canzonette po-
'»olari ebo gruppi di spumvi 8OCOm·
pagtiaDO a piena gola.
lIoItitadille-eoonae
L.._:_ di .....A .J:--utilrile'
I muri deSIi edifici f1ono lettcralmen- UVIUC 'UonV tIIK
to ricoperti di eartelli che annunclano Mentro ci inoltriamo verso Ie ore po_
III partita. II Daily Mail, avvertendo meridiane I;} manea 6Oltllnto un'ora al-
-j lettori italiani che pubbliohera. un re- l'inizio della gara, la infittisce.
60<:onto della. partita. nella nostra lin.. Oli spcttatori dei posti popolari, eli-
8"118, chiude 18 sua. scgnalazione con
------iiifc:-ala:lA>:in pati come Ie sardello, sonG visibili I'ml-
:.1::- tRnto per I'uniforme colore giallastro
lnogb
e
Q riC1.1:rve sea· doUe loro facee.
lee dei posti popolari rigurgitano gin NessuDa novitll. circa 1a
di spettatori, Udiamo ,distintamente delle squadr-e. E' eontermato che il
Bli aecenti footosi c;fclle piu popolari eentro.a.vanti dell'ArsanaI Drake, gio-
cauzoni nosirane, Distinguiallio, incap_
sulati nella. fall a eho ha. gli aspetti dBl- chera.--iLl eorolll1do del quintetto della
. ' . 'd' squadra nazionala. Ammontano quindi
la m\)raglia Vlva, gruppi ,folhsslml I a sotte gH ¢ arsenalotti:t> ineluai neUa
ita.Jiani.
_ iqgll'!.II_6.
8000 rioono.sclbiti daUa bandl6t'illo,'
A quooto proposito un giornalu del
- .d. .. tticolori cbe infloTlino i mattino Ia Ie spese delle risn.te -gen
e
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IQro abiti. Nurnorooissimi sono i con-
rali, per una. ollila battuta divenente:
naziona.1i arrivati &- Lond.ta can Ie ca- scrive ohe la squadra italiana non "po_
rowne delle agenzic eli viaggio. Ma trl!. vineere, data che di esSa non fa
numerosissimi Eono altrasl-queUi cbe pat10nessun giocatore dell'Arsenal...
Eiono qui giunti datle phi .remote 10' All'ultimo momento era ancbe coraa
C'alit<\ della Gran Bretta.gna. Stamane voce cho Ill. oocietA londineao avrebbo
..... il nostro alberso tll letteralmente in- dato alia rapprcscntativ& anche il me-
vl\so da un battaglione di operaJ. ita- diocontro Roberts. Si e protestato con
liani dislocati nella Seozia e fcrvidi di veemenza contro il pescecaniemo del-
nmor pa.t,rio, (!I'lpmso dai loro occbi i'Arsenal e Roberts, preannunciato fra
lustri 0dai pitt9re_schi emblemi inalbe· Ie rjghe e ,poi ricacci&to Ira. Ie quinte,
ralt a guiso._dLbcrl'ettLe_dLe&ppelli. dovrR 88sistere alia gara dalle tribune,
Altri italiani 80no giunti da paeai Merita di essere segnalata la lettera
remoti per assiatero alia. parlita. degH rli "n ...... nnilo .tii "nnrii"i I n....,.,in..;...
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Arbitro: Otto OJ,,en (Sv.,.';a).
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, ,,;"' '>' i, Ijjj:&ti u-unJ):oatO di accl&11iUiOIlL J Altra. adone inglesa di tutta I.. iinea'< '..
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,;., - c", ,- -;;.:"- 'd'" _.'- ¥entN,e,a'lootfriamo Ie-ore IVLo. ' I 'Ora 1'I1lgbiiterra Bi mantieno aU'..t· ;J., , 'I
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.. '-,' '1-- " ',.' -. U.'occasl'one d,· par'egBl'. pe··mta.······ ..' '.',' ',.',1,'. I... "
' ,-,,: to, -.,;,<'Y • ". -, ", anw-per I'um[onpe, <:olore ,gtallastro - - -' -
'tihl' sea- 1010 facCe '.i --- - nl Hl.G.HIUlRY, DOVE: 81 E' 8VOL,TA' LA 'PART,ITA
_.::}i;:< gis '-- '. _ In ..t. utlv.,. 0106 9ualohe.. llor!l0 prima dlll'Inl110 della VIII.tlnno dando perfetto tappeto- verde mentrl!, AI Orsi Ianda, Guaiw, Cbe & ; 1: i
ill ,:Udiarnd-,distintamente Nessuna Circa la " aleunl glooatorl oomplono un all'Qlftento atllUoo. ' volta. ('Ifettua il passaggiO: ',.'p\"-:
-'11 '"aooentr festosi ijelle' piif delle ,E, conferma.to che. I1 . 0 ., La. llJla sinlstra. iperde 'il pallone- : I, ':, 'fH
,. incap. <lent:o.a-vanti dell Arsenal, Drake, glO· 1I chf'J VIene raccolto, da. Drake. BMti,n'.' , :"f'
nelltnoIla:Qn6 b$,-gti cbem del qwmetto • • e 'lancia-toO dal e e im.. "'f: '" 'I': i
;"; gruppi Ioltissimi di squadra D.&ZlOnale. ,
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lumbe<>-cato dalm me...z::ala Sllllostra. 'I >', J -,
_,'./ , -. ','. ' 8 aetta e:h mdusl nella " . Sll quBSt'ul.,;,: -' ,i; ,:,.' ;;
". ";-::' -:-: Swttl--;'iO&.6ictbm' :dille btmdtotfne, _ '. " .. ,: ' " ,.' tlffiO e a 13crtolhu che p8$8, a· . r ":f";
'. :,<', '. U!!f i ,A !lueeto proPOBlte un del . Ferrari, Meazza.: raccoglie iI passagglo:' "f >,'-.,;.
, , ,'!or<Eabiti;"Ntime i .7 n ._ n- mate _. , _ ...--...,;-;:"--) .:' del juYcntino, ma o,oping libera-, ,-}' ,:, ,-.::
'M . -- -10-"-1 80---- .a·rl· .f·I··c··. -.-d-ell, .r·I·.SC-O· --s's"-a az'Z·u-'-'r-r·'a- t. ;'(
; ..7' '" ..." ) "I' . I 11_ h tra VlDcere, dato che di essa non fa • allI t& nescc ad mtercettare 11 tentatiVQ di fl l " >" "
',' < a -que J c e parte -nessun giocatore deIl'ArsenaI... ' - -- passaggio. AlIcman-di ,rQmpa ql}indi i ,
qUI gJ,untLd&lle_plu_remote, --AU'ultimo corsa- _ _ -=- _._ _ __ ,_ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ nazione di Drake, lanciato dal media:- ,-t:, " , c
,g..l'4n', ,Stama.ne voc:e', che '1a 'societe londioeso avrebbe ' , ' " ' , , -,-- . - - no sinistro, ! I ' ,:
;Ii :'",:;;;o'iJ." nostro',;al'hergo fu ,Ietteralment(l, 'd'- II" . t Ii" ch'l " , ,', ,> - • • ' " .". • Sul rinv.io di .Allemandi. Orsi ful' ...... i. I"'" .'
',-,-" II-,rl.m'''-, -" PO'" Moss quindi si libera e 51 palesano dJ Tuna struttura atlell·' di dU.6':;. ( '.;',1,
__ la,',SeoZl8. : veemenza oonb'o -il----pescecaniemo del.. ' _, _ :... : •.'. '. c,a strapotcnte, a-_;fronzo-- versarl. Gnalt-a, cho ent1"a pOi ,ill. pos- ;, ::
,:-: ", d&l, 10:0. OOCbl:' e Roberts, preanntinmato fr& , ", .- ,'u--:-p[oc1eue<'di "Ceresoli h.. ,lD-a J?unta,no' d!rIlh sui goal .sesso della. palla si libera. a 6ua VQlt-a-;' ; 'I i'
. __ emblenu -le, rig-he e 'poi " ,- ',' ---D k "') nspamuare Ie earwbe. , di due avversati a imbeooa Meazza ehe (: '1' ,
t dIlier.r.elt II fA' I -cia '.. --=e-,-.-:, por,- 1 nostri sono-, troppo mcem e_ forse, gira,a Perrari." '" , , ,- --
) 'ti d' '}>4 ,. Q\!-' a-:gar&- De bib' ,. , ' "--------, - n n__ - ' __mn ta,,dio.CeWiQIi-:-OO6-e-.'fino,a:questo mo· ancbe troppo art-isti, il <:be e Ull gros· Ii tiro delta. mezz'alaainistra.-e-fiac.; t-,-,,-i' ,_
:';, , "" 1 a laO!, tono d' eli ,', Merita eli essere 'segnalata 1& leltera " di .. _ mento, "I'uomo piu ,impegnato . della so ,_, bella. occasione.-iavorevole per :. ,
"', " I, -per P, ',' eg, <Ii ,gl'Uppri di spomVi c pftwiricla- "Si cominoia:' con 'due minuti di anti.. dechUQ miuuto gl<!;CO 'un' tiro giomata.' " , . , -Eooo un'altra azione perieolosa per cogIiere il sospirato opareggio, ,I. ;;:
", '.. " -: ' , "," , c _'.. Ii-:I"-che bamio levato 'Ie ;010 filippica 'cipo. 'll'gioeo 'e'immediatamente velo- di- ,punizione calciato 8. poehi ,metri Egli, Si produce in:' due fantastiche nOl: calcio di punizione dallimite del. G.li .italia:ni SOllO ora. netta-mente ".'" "':. '.,
',.....:.__ in tin grulJPO il '.00- cantro)8 Commissione tecniea per aver cissimo., ' . daJI'aroa di rigore contro I'ltalia e volete !itt-raverso 1& porta per rim:an· l'area. nQn. r- 'f ;-
:', .' -fonnaw: I", sql1adra. ;nazio,nale con un Da entrambe 1&, parti" it pallone e dirctlo in porta. da Brook ehe' segna.. dei magnHic'j e potentissimi tiri L'h di dn' dM Al 28' l'arbit-ro decreta. un nuova 'i.
'I. '::. iqu, tro'ppo. 'arsena- rimessO una volta in gioco. A'duo,mi. Sial"!!.tJ giil. a 2-0 a.' nostro aella mezz'ala Brown e qtiindi an 'cap e assenza i onti calcio di pnnizioneo contro l'Italia. ,,( I" '.'
", 'cbi '-'aunt per r'gloQl, eli lotto. ", nutf daJl'inizio, 'per 'un f&lIo di AHe' L'arbitro c severo,' Ma' 11011---51 rend dell',ala sinistra Brook. ,Tutte Ie volte Questa. volta Brook ricsco solo s caI- 'eli non riescono 'S drnttarlll ,',
, ,YOlO; ,nui;' eommossa, DO- E': 1'01& dei ,f3uoni. 'Una. banda, di rarbiti-o assegJ1a un <:alcio ill conto' demmorroe differenza- di che egH ha abbrancato un pallone, due, cial'o alto e fuori. e SOfiQ inveee gli itali-arli che tentano
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'1' • p'd-n su. pr'-. moVt' • '. II I·t.- n·go,. o'o' n'ro l'ItaIi. . deg'Ii e degli inglesi'.,'Qui aern· 1-.a,l.t,·,'n m·.gl'·',b,·oo,. gl,' .nno ad· L . di .... .. . di
,', II, a, gra 1 "" '" a, _ - 0 wul e fa: a wsa con ,'.' ,,'.. \ • It"" "... a mancanza di Monti fino dai pri- nuovamcnte ,ponalSl. DeI pressl
; 'aeZZia; , una ,serie di 'm8l'C& rorette con anglo- . T.".• Broo. . k, I ala' ,II 9,uale bra I
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. 'Pdermesso. lId'"lol'gOl,no, doasO-ineso.rahilmente. . 'mi minuti di ..ioeo eapparsa incolma- Moss.
d d t6 fmettile vlOlen sbalottat! a una. par..., e a 'S ra J Ilostri so,no assolutarnente disorien. '"
-'. -, .. -, :e:a bril:' eppurc i tid di puWzioue contro di Doi, taH da questa estrema violenza del e La pressioM italianl Continua :.t' ,;
: "ii' , - ",' .- ',,' "do' ' " ' Notato, tribuna centrale, i1 do.. para. 'Lo. e un £ioccano. co Inglese, No sono disorientad spe· stituito iI juventino al posto di' centro Al 20' Bowden ,sbaglia un tiro abba·
",. ,opo tempo, lscreto. Cit. eli Connaught,: clIe dii. alia p.artita clamore di applausl per la brJllante E,'ich'ntemcnto'i giocatori -itaHani cialmente i reparti di sostegno, non e ancore. riuscito a tro- stanza. fadl£'. <i
, 'JI,.cl.elo, 51 'II Totoo e 1& :sua' etiehetta. aulica. Sono aoche esibizione del nuovo pGrticrc della. nR.- non rir,o;coim 'n marcare con Ie regole Gli attaccanti, tutte Ie IVGlte cbe so- \'are il giusto tono di gioeo. "oA, ;.'1 ":!
'" " ' & s,9pr8 ..n. ,eam. preeenti'l'ambaseiatore d'It&lia a Lon- zionale italiMa. . deU'arto' caleistiea britannica. no riusciti a distendersi non mancano Vi e stato un assalto di sorpresa L"'. ,<, "'"u ..
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__ , ',' , :biolina con· e:t rno .. ran .. e ug Ie mo, "ar-, ',Iooti foon gioco' .14°, miDuto' II terzo goal'inglese mente in questa parb, del pri: :r.i:a e e arte ad Orsi, che prro nOll <I. " ,;
'rlutt.c;"re' __:...._:,'" ......tIe • di Ceresoli e ripe. rno tempo, Ie nostre azioni di prima _, l.n_mancanza __di ,Monti, 1a nostra <lalla \"igilallza. llv\"{·!'Sdrin. , :; ; : \.
, '" '-':I'd '; : :, -d 11' , ' EDIijjG mcampo lua , tuta iinmcdiatamenlomijopo per un 'Ed ('('{''CJ£"hiopo-due-nrinuti, al terzo nco. sono.- q,U4
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.,' ,pl00a,,',..ra J oppm scen8110 e a " -, '--, , ' -- on '_n_ d 1'1 "uOVO Corte tiro ,del mezzo destro BO\v_ goal drJrlnghiiterra. QUe6ta volta il stanza mtl e e pcnco ose. primi 45 minuti di gioco, riuscendo ad a em 1111-'::00 C(lntro tn 1,1 a • " "I'
ver;- -'-:-.--E' Fora tie e den"il qualii-iiuseendo a scappare aIle PUl.lto -e s{"guafiJ'"SU aziollo in linea che UJia--ieUa azione ai"Orsi opporre ai fonuidllbili avversari UI1 \-allo. Sllhi!n t'l\latlIH-'w,", rhe-im· 'i: j .",
.-'-,, do, 'del camPo <Ii, gioco; , ' " , squ9:drq. , cg I a'd' az- maglio della di[esa italiana, a pochi part{' ulli piedc del m{-'diano di destrs., gioco ordinato e costruttivo.· PPg'llR. ('(·f"·' 'l i JonllllJO, -
--, " 'L" cure dei 8i8rdinieri ne'hanno fat. ha.Ia fest?S!ta dl un volo .1 metri dana porta calcia in rete. si prllllllwa !julia traiettoris. dell'aIa. Ecco infatti una. bella discesa. di un·l\r.iorJ(' eli :Il('!lu:l. chc epero 1" !:
.' to: un,a,utentico paJcoscenico erb080 aul d.IOI.' Gh A quattro minuti dall'inizio Monti, destra )latthews, it quale cse-guo una Meazza, iI quaIe pc,rcorre"'pltre quaran- L r<lto: nl'lJltl:! f1l0d. .' (/ i,
quale Ie linee biancbe di demare&Zio-- I'1splendono!I1 Nel gngtore in una mischia. e azzoppaw. mac:njfiea cent rata che it centro·altac- ta metri di terreno col pallone e riesce a rl"'resa AI 3,1' aHra !JI'!la l:l1.ione drgli entu-
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0;Un iiitido""aoa(tante Sara que'sta. Ia ,perdita pili dolorofla eo ])rakll raccoglie, converge in porta a lanciare magnificamente Orai. II ti- ... sil\smanti az:mni J:\lH'iati: )tei!zza, Or- I!' ,c
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'goo '-m noo ' '1 d I pe' I. 0."'. ,quad,a ,be .', .1 .,.;.". ,',np"rabilmente can un fortissimo tiro ro del iuventino pero finisce a lato pa' r (Meazza 2) "i, trn\'('NJnC; l':'.ccoglic (iuaita, cho' .: ' ,.
,'" " .. ' ,. .' .. '. "Ii induce ad accentuare J e .' t' . ' ',I:l U"". .. un palmo. IJlllli;:i<.Fl1e t'omro rItl!.liu. '.'.'.'

AS.otti amvano. aU",. sport.wi uaha-.. loro' ,alulo. " pnvata per tu ti 1 quarantacmque ml- rasa tl'rra. E' qUNlto probabilmente iI I . .
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,n " d" d II' d I t mon,rnlo m.r....-iore di dominio inl'lps". E' questa forse l'azione tecnicamen· La riprcsa efischiata aile 16,2':; en minul" d(!)1" '/Vionc nprte. . .
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··P'. ·con. loro.c.•ppoth.·peaan" p,'u'. u&dra'·,.·. compa".•' ,,', p!ae,'d,·. nu I 1 glOCO e opera e suo cell ro 0 ." ' "] I' f . 11 q ,,.,.. t te pill bella alia. quale abbiamo assi- liano. ?Ie:ll1.:t {J I ta la, rUl!;ce a ' ,
, crl:bati'pip entrano.' gli inglesi. E' una IJfilata ill italians. sembrs essen' stito fino ad ora in queati tumultuosi II gioco sub:to t' Ja -<;ua W!i.l di un c::]eio di punizione. ',; I
, re, 0 ann . s.. e' giganti giovinetti. Il oontrasto co_n le sorpresa ,dana violllnta otIensiva degli del climpo. E' Ol'lli, it' quale non trenta minuti di gioco. squadra 'italiulla wnLa invano di n·a· II finale nella nebbia rolfa I': ', ..... '
,srnza rabbnvldisell-no e stature e,le sagome atlctiche nostri ingIesi. t· Ma 10. reazione inglese non tarda, lizzare di SOllll'csa, Himalle II] l"ar- ,
battano,l dent!. .,.'" gioeatOri II palese, s.o .. ! Ferrari, in uo primo momento passa parc in brutta giomata. Adesso la nostra difesa lSembra meglio tacco per alClllli'm:riUti. mil. Ja Iwc!rro. L'lLilia ('OnlillLia ad attaceare, rna 1 i'," i t
__Salut18lU-O---t:On-Jsxghl-cennr..deUa mlk: 1e--_Jn8glliLdc.t nostn gUlz- a.I- posta di centro S05tegnO, mar vi du. )Ia l?\·iuen lcmentc, anche. lui, an...i regiSll'uta, E' primo a spez· sa difesa ingJe.,;p vi!;iJn € lllai I(('1'1'0\ ",i ,<rill;.;e in serrato gio-- l ,r,:: c.,
"110 VaR Bege. 'Ed' ecc6 Ugo M,eisl, col zano i nervi.' , rera' soltanw qualche' minuto, poicht> Iil j' pi U che gli altri, e tropiJO 'fragile zare Ie azioni dei bianchi, e quindi AI· l<lre ncgli energid inler..-rntL co vo, ,Fa <I iIlCO!H:ludent1 da\' 35"" t '-; ,
;S110 volto'diabo-lito di ironi.co Mefiato-- Le squRdre sono coal composte: in tale posizione il commissario POZ1,o per Ja poderosissima difesa della nB.'- lemandi. Altra 8zione della. linea ita· ,I doe ponti di Meazza al 3\1', quando!' >iU Mcazza: • '\' '"I, ,I
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. II All . "I ' I' '1 lidO' v . (Ju(\;ta, timo inuirizza. un bo-- '
e. , ' .' ' , ' ,_ Italia:' CerC(i(lli; 0, invia'subito Ferraris, mentre i1 PfJsto ZIOIl" (J mg.L,"". lana: 1 pa one va a rSI a .l-·errarl,
" ,A D'oi cbe la "lnuadta italians manrli.. , Ferraris, MOllti, di qllCSti e ricoperto da Serantoni. l"n'altra discesa, italLana e fermata da. questi a Meazr.a, da Meazza a Due voll(', lwi primi ,j nlillll1i, )Icfl1.- !ide· ch'" s stento a pal$-fO 'L I
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,Ia la, di. vincero, Xa. i"pa.. Guaita,. ScppeUi. Meszza, .0;' ertar, t'81.. Irru'anza a potenza d.ll'allacco ,'.g'lese f a un fllori gweo I ualta a .. .' I .'" I'] I I' I '
.. 1'1 'I I lla ad " I ., hI' t I II bruno gioeawro ,tiro. ncll'e.ngolo ricato rur.ieliJl:nt .... , pui, al IJ, ·la ia fa,;c <Ja segna- arc hnQ a 41, mentre i
di IJIeisbwi10 tanti'quant&-.sol'!o, e lnuhilterra:' OOlli .. a e, ; lng mtflntQ anno eggermen e ra· fruL"{'e (Ji UIL cakio cl"allJ.(o;o di(' Or::;! la w'b. bia 5i fa piit c pili fitta..'sui ca.m· I
f,.yo·ll. o-u. qual,' ••1,' dett. Ie 'sue- Bn't'on, Ba,kor, Coppin"; Matthewa,. II giooo inglese e. di una potenza Icntato iI loro ritmo di gioco, tontQ dn alto, ma Moss d' II
, k d" b' h· ') iJicarica di caleiare Il'etlamcnle po, f]flO a na-l>condeto qUagI 'a a. V:l8ta:
intern!'!te-. E'-il simpatico camaleonte Bowden, 'Drake, Broo : • atraor mana. Attaco I au attace J. pcrmottcrr: a Bastin di calciare da quu- II ritmo del gioco rallent! fUHri i g;o-cator: # Hpallone, \
de.1 moma·li.mo omn-ivo euro!""' •. ·.. Arb,itro .Otto Ol.esen.;. el:l:. ,La nostra difcse. e Iottcralmentc aB· ranta rndli dalla porta. italiana. 11 tiro I h'l 'I l' . II I I' h
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n. nn -'Ppo·sll·.ltro gl"!labam !!"r IInghdtcrra !3,l'" I fl, per a Be IS a e 1 ,-""nlOI e tL nazlOnao . natura mente va fuorl. ...,...,,, no .. " , , ..
••• 0 I'" ""·on••I'a M".""•• •. " d,' n,HJVO a l') la re!.e itaiialla (} Hn1toll, a I, ura na occaSlOllU per dl .
.. • ,,' ,b,·amano. S, <I. JIll>. • ha rag. De RenZi13. _ g gloc.ano a me campo. El'cO lim'!. num·a minaccia aHa porta '" v.......... " 'l"1 r ,-, 1 'I ' .. I
v. punta-, auha porta di Mo,,;s. :lna pnnil.HIJI" contro la., .Ja va ro 1 p-are;;;p.o, rna un a, cen..
i rJi JIll. Mehi' que[jta volta l'arbi- .. S " . d 13 l ,d t " d F . I
: que:ita volta nulla di faHo. ' l'r:t;1 om, r;prcn cae; In e mar a ro € 0 a 'crran, non rova ne;;-
,.",'d1.l"",/1 ' , die mpo fro hi! iI nO:-llro Guails in po· furri sun italiano pronto a raccm;liere. In
E:e'J sq,ua re n a qizj'Jl]p' Ili fllori giocq. Sino ad ora. II glo'CI) adeSBo €I liP-ematl) di rilm/). -;\1' H)' l'Inghifte-rra c@:"('f,'Ue iI r-;e· tal rw;do, Britton PUQ sventare Ii serlo
=;==========::;, hll-- 'ioltanto una parata ch(· D'altrondlj In cw;u G comprr.n8ibiJr:, (-{'<lIdo C'ilr:io ',j'all[."'Jlo riprr.."!",·a, .,

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.
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, ,_ llgiof:f/ fji P-W);,t!J. ,'!empm V{J- inJi/i.volatu, (''(In JI'( qua]IJ Illi ing!r::,i r.(,'{li()· FI-rrari • Guaita • OHi. Cop· r-;alllJ..-) a F!:rrar-is IV. C)rsi &Jaflf:iatQ da
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Li st of Met aphor s

La Gazzet t a del l o Spor t – edi zi one st r aor di nar i a - 14-11-1934
I nghi l ter r a batt e I tal i a: 3-2 (3-0)

1. i mpl acabi l e – rel entl ess, merci l ess
2. poderosa – powerful , mi ght y
3. sconvolge – t o upset, t o shake
4. l e fi l e – t he l i nes
5. val eroso artefi ce del l a ri scossa azzurra – courageous creat or of I tal i an
recovery
6. proi etti l e vi ol enti ssi mo – vi ol ent ‘bul l et’
7. assedi ata – besi eged
8. segna – score (to si gn)
9. poderosi ssi ma – mi ghty
10. pescat o – has caught
11. prodezza – prowess, bravery
12. l anci are – t o l aunch
13. a l ato per un pal mo – i n t he si denetti ng by an i nch
14. spezzare l e azi one dei bi anchi – to break the acti ons of the whi tes
15. l ’i nsi di a – the t rap, the ambush
16. scemat o – t waddl e, nonsense
17. andatura i ndi avol ata – furi ous, hel l i sh, devi l i sh pace
18. asseragl i ata i n di fesa – bl ocked i n defense
19. snodare – t o undo, to l oosen
20. schi erate – l i ned up
21. i mbeccat o – i s fed (t he bal l )
22. rompe un azi one – t o break an acti on
23. fugge - t o dri ve* out, t o dri ve* away; to di spel
24. i mbecca – feeds
25. fi acco – weak, exhausted worn-out
26. sfuma - to vani sh; to go* up i n smoke, t o come* t o nothi ng
27. vi gi l anza – supervi si ng
28. stri nge – to grasp, t o cl ench
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La vlttorl. d .....qu.dr. Ingl•••• un. vlltorl. dl PI.ro
priui dl 10011110 dll or111sS111110U11 d0111 oarllla 0travolll all'lnlzlo dal Iia.10011 e
ingleSI, gil Izzurrl del Ouco anaccano la aorando aodalura, smlalle Illoorablll ill della
inlelligOOZI edel loro SllIo 0chludono II coo uo DUOIOUDIO ed un anDre moraVial
INGHILTERRA-ITALIA: 3-2 (3-0)
(.rook ••rook • Drake· Meazza • Me...a)
CD.I nosl.1 Invlall speelall)
CAffC;;ELE-De lance n. 34 por l
Bnmo RoPi
cialmtoto nello cireootanze in eD. II
aJleaoo in JUolti, uomini e
impreveduw. per lenlare di ridurli in
""",,lion.. piu cho non per cereare di
vincerli.
L'inoontro di Londr& b pa88ato. !lis
Ja partita ltalia·Illghilterra non Il sta·
Ul combat/uUl inVaDo.
Piu alto cbe mai ","entola cia oggi il
della oport, potcDZiato, di·
lcoo, ,'a!oriuato <lal Duoe.
Emilio Colombo
Balilia • Arf;llta -1934 .
Augusta· Aslura
BROOK
(ala s1nislra)
Vcrlliamo l'acqu4 atlata del ,.agUr
namento ji<.lmmo del no6trl) eucr
rc. Ric03tJ'Uiamo la partila CO" IQ ma!J-
aiore pacate:za ponibile.
La parttm%a C 4lata di5cutroaa per i
no"t-ri colon. L'arbitTo aueua appena
ordinato 'il c via:t, e la 8quadTCJ i"glc-
come mor"a do ulta talantola, .ca-
tcnava la .UG ol/emi-
va. ETa come 8e, col &uo pupa d. !J1O.
cho azzurro. Gli incerti banno ..puto
essero compionL J campioni, lCNi in
campo nella picnezza dci loro mezzi,
.ono .tati dei gig,"ti. ] singeli hanoo
faUo blneeo. Sono riluloi, la cJ...., 0
10 .tile, I'intelligcnza 0 10 bravura di
ogm;no. !IIa 80pratullo, la lICluadra ha
brillato per un a1li..ooo .pirito di
corpo. I dieci adeli banco giocato eo...
mo un plotollB di gladiatori. Dieci com,
ballenti, un cuoro solo.
Gli inglesi !!!Ianno da oggi eome Ii
baUono i eampioni del FllSCiImo, spe-
nito. al1e3S0 tolto il 7'Upiro
liam·.
Quest. ripieoavano plccipitoS'amente.
Piil. ehe la&ciar3' andare alla deriva, eS'-
3; apparie:ano inmu:diatamente di"o-
Ti6ntati. Oani pallonD era 8cavato da-
gli ingles. 3ui piedi dei 1I03tT; Qioca-
tori.
La .quadra o.:.:u"a, in una con!u...
siono e1lormc d; pauaggi /ortuno"i e di
Tupintc occasionali, Icntava rabbioBa-
menle di t:edere davan'. a &c quale/If:
O"l1'o.'tJUrme crolla. E' lHutat<> ;J -...
rello tkllo ,on..miJ<>rc /,,"e;'la. ••
B,,"14 eol medWcentro uppiccieat<> ..
centlavanli avvu,alio, balta colic ..'
nilla tattica del gWcD Ali
llanelli dcll'an/u/JOniJIta. B,,"lo eo' di·
'pre::o delle ,eoulo ehe i.pirlUOO il fliI>-
co cleflUllte, ,eattante, ar;OID. BallA eo'
met,o dell'c E"I1land-ArlC1lol" ,1OfI-
oialo eon prOlopl>pc4 dog/i inglui _
me l'ultimo (Jrido del taleroto tl del'-
,"oda 4portif1rl. in/i1le. colla 1M'-
t,ta che .tiva uPia do::;rsa Ii. lIomiMit
Uri bGrilc d; acci"yhe.
,Jm;e' ill!'}I,,;, buOftG MUe.
La ''1uCldra itaJiona. TGppre,ewltJ1ll4
.plendida ,te' Fa3CUma tl .,110 II...
tempo rivendicatrice 0 cCftdicalriu dd-
l'Europa .po,tim, IwJ dale O//Ii i1IfIluO
una terribil. I,:ione. Ho tkllo COJI ".
role lucenl;" .he il (JWco del C11le;" •
No; aUertdcmmo con amia utrcma prima dl tullo u,,'arte. Ha ddtD clt.t; il
la ftuova chiamota dell'atbiuo. E (JiocD di disltu::ione, aI/a etl onwga tid-
quando ci accorgemmo chc mlla II/ila- la partita. G la mo,,;fico=ione _fUM
hI deglt a::urr; manoova Monti, ci dello ,port, corw;epilu, di/uo ed atb••
pauammo la mono ..ull'.J frontc per to come 10 't'QCQft:a glU'lTiera della iii'"
/eroerne il .udare 'redda. vine::a.
.... Ho delto ehe 10 ..olonlG di I1u.e- C
Lo ";cenda dcllo ripr.... rimarra 10 legO' _Ira dci popeli ehe, .......
,tampalG pt,. HmpTe mIlo 8ehermo dei do l'avveniT6 d611altli a ,i, -r;oglia:Jleo
no.stri occhi. camminare CO" pa.sao mar:iale.
La .quadTa iJtqluc incomincia agio- Ha delto, in/Ute, che la t:'olontd: ..
caTe il .econdo tempo col ritmo tem... non peTdne - "ella quale tattica A
p<11alUCO CM l'aveva ai::ata durcmte ulrin8eca il !Jioco in!11e.u incetltato ..
10 prima porI. del (Jioco. Chapman per wo 0 eonsumo del ..ariZ-
Ma gli no» pczuarao. Di mi- lante Ulolo aruMlotto - ela colmdi
nuto i .. n.mtdo C, l1CCOlgiamo ehe, Ita di chi ha paUla del do1JwJni.
Ie brume della d61a clle caw, Ie Tupin- In. quuta iJ ev:i ."...
Ie dei nO&tli ter:ini dicentano ,empTS /icato tra.sccnde Ie de1lo .port,
piu. trieure, i l'ouaggi in profonclita dei la potmul
M-I(ri nudiani diuentano .tempre piil. :ton. deUa -.quadra
lrequmti • 4brigatici, 10 ,pinto di i,l- tre floite al/erTll4=iO'MI perdae Is
·tra]>l'eildC1l:CI tid flNlri attaccartti di- MJUadTQ cite ftel c tid
uc"'a ,emprts piu. incal:antc c aCC£4O. tmzento h.a sUpeTato d. Vfl(J
La p<Jltjta cambia 4e1l4ibilmcntc il 6COMcrtato, o1J't!bbiato -
8UO 'netra. P,r tTS quart; d'oTa abbia- c "tala 1a .talimIa.
7110 auuto l'imprusionc che i tlo"t,; at- ChfU$!JTa de.lie Ro.ttr.
leti piccl,ilUsero con pugni di uelro note della t:lg,IUJ" che la partita Qtn'eb-
contro uno coro:=a cfacciaio. l1la OTa i be anche paluto 'Me!Jnare qualcle co.
colpi degli a:::uTri trovano e toceano ",a agli inu1e8l.. .
bcT"O!1lio. SOrl() ali inglai. OTO. C'he oft eua. ]'0 uVC!1nato molto.
incopon;"cono nel giTole 16 viii del 10- m'!!t,umlo. E&!t. "tasera. do,..
agli ita- TO gioeo ",oTdo, di"oldinalo. eoUerieD. mlrt: guo?c,ale !on:na.to cia, 10f'0 1..
E'JtTO in campo un. fiolto di lucc ac- rna t: un [l'Qc,glf,! eel
cecante. E entToto il demouo cqulVoco. ilia PO'. "0 .!lr. a!11ta11 do,..
telligcn:a latina. II (JiDeo degU italia- mienti dcinno un·occluata alia fIICIUG
ni battuta per baUula. "i "broglia dal- !1r;gia du; i in fondo al lettC!., ckbboM
la'malaua delle ireMc eombina.:ioni in... ricono.scere in as'a Ie mc:cene del 10l'e
gl&1i. Rupira, e.tplora il teTTeno. t,0VD bUUoto al.
"caU. elo&tici, idee limpidt, geometric far,a dagl' allet, ,
verligino&e. .rolrcto la C'c ."..
Gli ingleS'i hanno attimi di autenli- f,UC .tr.9Ie3C.: chc, traJoua
co "balordimento. I lora tiri divcnta- te. drce CD.f:: la jOCCJa>. B
no PaceAi. Si "caraventano di qun e di lIanuo salvato 10 /attla...
Id come un ·r"'"ante chc "i "bTaed per •••
leUCle lontano l"at--ver"aTio che indo- ]I.-ou i:. pouibile d,dicare Uri Q&lt:ri.
vina IE; apeTluTc utili E; Iocca can frc- &co di lode ai :lingo'i g;oOOlor; a::uni.
qusn.:a c can bravura, non :lcn:a «110 Ogni o"terisco divC'fItcrcbbe u"a colo.....
vena di can.::onaturo negli occlli. na... La :lpinto della squodra: cceo il
LfJ 3quadra italiana gioca fl1E;!Jlio prolagolli"ta ide.ale, ,ni$/ieo della PO""
della .quadT« inglcsf:. tita.
Impone lei, ora. la leggc della par- Vi $OAO 'ticIle bcltaglio
!ita. I "o.!tri attaccanti, individuato il spoltivc. in cui polpito nd «nlro
punto di minor rui.ttcn.:a dc1l'elc/an- -'0 ddfavcrnimcl1!o tina ;or=o chc c
tuco mtema an!Jlo$(J3.5om:, guiz=ono para!J()Jlabilc al dc!fuomo. IJftG
via.. C··f; in f:)ro ten roraguio scn.:a pa- for;a clic rompom: u,JO (·(TII:0"C,.
rio If: a/avilla ne! IOTo gioco una belle:- itnprimc al rongllc un
:a ·s(:n.:a con/ronti. tigmooo. III momenti 10 '&JX"tta-
Meaz:o ",cgna il piti bel punta della toTe r;,,'c ill uno stato eli &JXf'"
rfio"7lata. Poco dopo 10 M f'a==a sllIodica. EbboJc: 10 della squa-
'mctte didTO lc spallc d€l dm italiallt; i $latCl .1 dclFcr-
It: il &ccondo vullonc. Due a trc. :'rnimcll:o. if' LUI C!lro i stato it
Gli a.::=urri 110n pagh; del jaTO che lie il c-{ll1tpo••Q"e:
&ullato raggiunto. StriN!JOPlO Ie TUO/£: slo faro. deNa ha obb!JgllGlo •
della dfln.:a. minacciano sen=a poso It [llot'Ulori illg!c$!. , . •
retrogtlardic La moltitudim: f (!eTe$oli ho ronltnclelo Ie paT:':
coso d, chiaro. Tu:to era tau:bra nel muta. st!lpe/aUa. Vibro.'JO. gli i.nc;la: ta c?n un fOlIoJlt. a
(Jioeo degli italiaJli; (; Ie teuebre sono men:;, vtbraPio Ie bandu:'rlllc trlcolorl do 1'Icl btQIl("t) t: t!
lacerate dni /tdmi,.i, rappresentati dol ddle migliaia di conna=ionali. c11(:, col della .dd
II!oCO tamburc!1giallte degli ati-accallti euore in 3eguono Ie "Thmc ngorc. E' ro)Ut- ('lit: • !!a'1:'& d, C€-
inglcsi. chc «vt>t'ano la 'oro tutt delfe$a..!pcmnte. SIJlpcllda partda, $0"0 dopo dMe
bilE: climore "clla :ona di CCluoli (: Ia Gli a:::UTT' harmo pii4 di una rolta Imi!1,.,i d, !JitX'G, ed Jl'!CatoJa 30ft-
30tloponevano ad· un auten/ieo bom- &!ioralo il partggto. HI1 paroto tl bolide ('Cn, 11"
baroomento. Due volte Guailo. $C o&Si&tito dalla I bcl=o do paRtC'N. La paro'a :tpEl'al"'O'-
Durantc qUl\'ta lase di giaco Monti forluna avrtbbt. anlto 10 pMsibilita It)..ota. suUolinro'a da UM lut lghiuimo
:lalta .. ia. Era il bulionE: cetitralc dl'11a di il 'nglC36.. L'om.. IJIormoriQ «lelia jolla, hR dato fQCttn-
mocchina cite .Sf Ed era Pcr- brd/o verck d; lrellington rlon fila co- to aC'ldo alia partitQ dd no."tro por-
rarls 11'. il gladiatore i'UllpCNJbile di lute, . ti('rc. An ron.
tulle Ie pili. /anf,O&c partile it,terna.:io-, Donemo pcr questa at- COrogg.,O c:: C9R
nal. degl, che prE:ruler;a it po. 10 &confitttir n;. Q rofJteltc dcg" atcCC'<'QM
"to dcll'alusondrino. galiamo 1:010n116n al c-TO'tIJ$h del I"oles,.
cio intcrnazionalc una J'uc:::a do::ina Dopa a prim' tn: pu,,'. deUr. '"91£'00
...«: di 'tlostre l'iUOlic, .$i. QUtlluta'Mt:Rtc impcrabili, ha at.":"
..·11 10' di gioco !JJi Ol,·et.'ano in/atti tltI punta cardinale do to o«"io. $coUo, pobo,. /rNdt:::--o. f/i....
Oia Ire. nldl6TC in lucr. La "quadro 'taliaua di de tutti i pallon" l ..dubbiomfJfttc
palloPli .utlit. 0. tm .colclo d, Tig01C che 000; f!. "tata pi" grandt,. pili bella. pill I: critici ;flglC'.$i JaraUlto d. Crrc.... ;1
Ccr("..$ol, TW$C' to. con una voleta cara e pii't l'aloro$a delta -3t€MO aqua.. piccolo (roE': della. giorttOtn:..
lantastica la rdft. a .svcn· dra cho Ita "'i,ito il Mmpio"Qto del llrrita "0" gUt, !lflilon; d. eaporallf...
tare. _ _ _ • . mondo. E' 10 partita del ,:crttt€.. 1a uta 10 j£hcro di nlaJ"C.$'Cialio.
Trc (1. Gd nunuh dl de/initica COll&C%cro::ionc del rolcio La gClrc dci tt'r=i'ni C stata ''''G..(Jft.i!i-
oioco ocehl. ed allff. ,no- liana Ji Irontc ttlla jolla. pi"" sceuico, .:111<:mandi r; .llou.:cglio. ,.i.nrcciia:ti
3ulle dc& diabouci u1ul£..<tt. Co:IQ. "areb- piu e.sig£ntc e pi'i upc::rto d'Europo.. dol \'orti«, asro"te il pi-
bo della "Ntro. .Jquadra! La .... mo qNQrto crora
cotu&lro.le.. • gi()('() AonHO troL-oto
II prImo tf;UlpO c :tc'tl.::a ul- La :POrtlta 11« la slIa tltOralc.. f' .;. I ·tid _ a '1 lore
t€riori marcatuT(: dci leoni d'Albione.. Noi "iamo It" d'om 3icI&fi cAe la pC'f'oo QMtontu e a Xl e_CI (.
.'olevano 63:ti tenere o&ciuttc It polvc- tito degli a..:::UrM, .!Oprattdto 10 "tam- .s J •
ri pE;r r(k"'Salto Jee:t&ivo ehe avrebbeTo po del loro &eco"do telftpo, calcra"'lo
&!erroto ,.ella &cconda la.se del combat· un colpo d, "'az.:<I in-
timen/ot gle.. del (Jioco .iel calCio. 11 "ia/""'" (V_ la conli"""- lit S" __
brutalit/> e la troppo spavalda sieure.·
z& di .wenari, j quaH non &\'ovano
penuto due volle a minsro la 80lidiIA
del pilastro centralo della eootru,ione
azzurrs.
Quando i nostri calciatori ritome-
rallno in patria, il pubblieo, quanta di-
re j connazionali, potranno accoglicrIi
can affettuoaita piena, Gli anurri han·
DO ben meritato oggi deBo masse 0 si
sono resi dogni dol plauso doi dirigen·
tt. Si temeva per la preparadono ., per
Ie condwoni lIoicbe 0 di forma di qual·
Sueeesso dello splrRo dl squ.dr.
LONDRA, 14 novembre.
McTaviolio.o.
E' la paTola, comu-ne c rafJQiante,
chc "gorga dai nO$t" cuon.
Londra cavvolta in una peBante col-
lTe di nebbia. Ancora dUTa I'e30do vtr-
la dUG delle migliaia t:l J'ni!fliaia di
"poitivi i"ole&i CM; 80tlO vcnut' alia
partita can la convin:ionc Ji CJ.s8i8tne
ad. un tTKmlo dei lora colori, a una du-
ro 6pedi:ione punitiva del foro adClTato
A".nat,
Ma i lora volti ,ono chiU8i. Le 10To
bocel.. 'OM chiu,e. Oi guardano, i buo-
N i1lolui, con mal di&".mulato ,tupo-
Te. Non riucono a conto del
come e del la 3quadra italiana,
lungi dall'e",ere .chiantata dal gioco
i"{lu,., l'abbitJ. allrontato e "upBrata
C01\ .10. qiegamet'lto, til i.
c:Wmabilf! e di UJlO "tile 8pwmeggiant•.
10 conmlOvsnc. parole cRe 'Roi
leggia,no 3uUe labbra andc de. 1&O&tT;
OIpiti.
Invidiano la oo&tra jrc&che::a, la
M&tTa giovine;:o, la ftO.!tto fantasi06a
il timbre .tU30 delle 'tIO-
stTC voei. la patiM dei 1I000tr, volt. Ie-
liei. C. invidiano cordialmenle.
L'invidia dt:!fli inglu,', ... ltpre.:.:anti
per costums 0 per tladi:ioPle di tulia
quanto '.,., campo ".porlivo si wola6 al
di 1Q del/a 1010 flmraglio i; il
p,iJ bol dono cho la com'tivCl az=UTTQ
portera acco in Italia.
E' il dono della lora /icrc::o la&ci4ta.
I gioroloTi italiani hanna bon meri-
lalo della Po/ria ,po,'iva.
.,..,
Bi i: pcrdtlto. 11 P1UlteOOio 110n (.'on-
'61lt6 itlterprotadoni romanticlle. E noi
"wmo tTOppO orgoglio"i del Oioco t del-
la condotta 8/oggiata n03tri atleti
pel arrampicard "ugl. "pecc/,i dd n-
8ultato crudo. Ma a 'twi que3to ri&ul-
tato interul'a alquanto relativamentc.
L'importante ;, con.stalale che la .squa-
dTa italialla r;torna 1u Patria cou una
"conlitta cke vale due volle piu. di una
vittorio.
L'eloquen::a dei latti epi-tl 1nordente
e limpida della reltorica delle /ra&i Jot·
teo 1 latti sono dUB, categoTici. La
&quadra italiana ha perduto ai pnnii
minllti di aioeo il suo mediocentro
Monti. t'ittimo di un incidcnte, che 10
1m f'elegato de/init,ivamerate negli Bpo-
gliatol. La italio'tla, co3i "'m-
titala, e3tata pel il primo quart-o d'oTa
di combaltimenlo 1m coranella di vctro
nC!Ju i ngranaggi d'acciaio del gweD
(J1C8'.
QIJ6&ti dltc danno il tono alia
pOltita. ['accento al multato, Ie ali al-
la provlJ dC!Jli a==urr;.
Monti (; mane410 a, 8uoi nd momen-
to sle.s"o in cu. la -3quadra italiana era
dalle oPldale tTauolgcnti de·
Uti inglc3i: e la 8quadra italiano lie dD-
vuto tirarc avanti. pi,; di otlanta mi·
nuti, con i f'(parti ridotti « dieci gio.
catori.
I primi Irc punt; della .tquadra in-
g1ne 30no "tali Tealiz:::ati nel primo
quarto d'ora di OWCD. Un diluvio. uno
8tnorrimento, una Cri&l te"ribt'lc di po,....
ten:o.
· Immaginato tle pltllti "cguat' in a-
pertura di !lioco dalla .squaara padro·
na di ca.,a, tra Ie acclama.:ioni loW Ji
una moltitudine crudelmento &ieura di
6:J3erc "lata invitata ad a,,,i,,tero al ca·
pitombolo de/inith.'o del vanoalorio&o
antogonista continentale. I mtJIaginate
quesla .,il"o:ione tcenica c morale.
Ed ora "oltate of ucondo tempo. l'e..
dete chE: la sqrladra italiano, eli mipw-
to in minu£o, /or:a, ",.C1l6:':0.
inci"il1ita. entu8iGlmo. vola. A.rriva 81d
tl0guaTdo con died oiocalori. ma con
due Tsti all'aUivo. Gli ingle."i "ono Ti-
masti a bccco C14ciutto per un'oTa ed un
quaTto.
TllltO questo non ha , uumeri e gli
fZ4petli d; un miracolo, 3t:l la paTola
miTQcolo t.on /0"30 cancellata dal vo·
cabolario della gents italiana, emina
eli tuUo Ie impre"e1
que minuti della pamta Inghilwrra'
Austria di duo anni or .ono. Con la
differenza eho allora era .tata l'emo-
ziono chB avev& con!ognato j giocato.
ri di Aloisi, como automi nelle mani
dogli avvereari. Oggi, senza quella
specie di eolpo di folgoro cho parvo il
hanna aggiunto 81 volume della., mo,,; rigoro in parte-nz.&. e la
ria. dol calcio intemazion&tle? dlSgrazla toccata a Monti, gil av,..er-
Perehe le confusioni non siano pas.... sari dcgli enurri. pure Ianciati eQme
sibili diremo che gli iug!""i, rudi'e ca· catapulte, non &\'rebboro conquistato
parbi
'
dall'inizio 801 t.ermine della me- tre in una dozzina di •
morabilB partita, non hanoo pcnsatil Un nura..lo da parta deglt tlaharu
a1Jo.tto di vivere sui vantaggio dei pri- aHora! a.ffatto. Gli azzurri, wc·
aU 15 minuti. Nel finale del primo cati duramente, malmenati. dalla sor-
tempo e duranto 14 ripresa non ha.o· t-<:; So in
DO tralasciato nulla pur di aumeuta... ru eli svantagglo sempre p1ll gta\"1.
re if bottino. Risultato! hen-no gigenteggiato nolla lora prover·
FortW1ati i campioni del ealcio in· bielo e OODliocrata qualit& <Ii combat-
se Ia tenzone spasmodiea non si
ecOnch_ eon un risull.alo di pantS! Costref.ti in una formaziono di rio
Gli assODti non potrenllo renders! piogo. obbligati a deeuplicare 10 ene....
cooto di cll> che e ocenduto, -]0 peuso. gie, I'impeto. la resislen,a, iI coraggio.
infatti ebe vi ai·ano &V\·"nimenti atle- chiamati a battersi forza Del gioco
tid. e ancor meglio risultati di gare fa..... agli a.....versari. rit.enuti fisi-
che non possODO totalmen,te convince: meglio
re ne gli appassionati ne 1 competent.) dubbJO eli saTta, prep8rati megho. 1 no-
che non abbiano 8vnto Ia. venturA. di stri rappresententi banno commosso
vederli svolgersi. Sono gli avvenime!'- p.er 10 spirito di qualo
ti e sonG Ie gara ehe si coneludoDO In Sl S?1l0 comportab dl fron!e uraga·
maniera sbalorditiva. no unproy,,·lsamcnte sea-ghatosl contro
II <Uverso anaamenlo dei due tempi Ie loro ]£'gittime e contro ]0
costituisce Is. carattcristica basU8J'C 10ro bravo prObllbJliw.
dell'incontro odiemo. Nulla di nuoVO sul.terre,!o deUa sen-
esiste neUo sport calcisHoo. E' anche za t'SChJS1,?ne dl }a ha
d to ehe una squadra 1& domina· avuto fasl elOOZlonanti. Ed 0 stata
:: campo abbia cin- ncttamente ,-iota atleti Me han-
que, sei roti 0;1 primo tempo c si ·sis no 8ovuto & sostegno dt\Jle toro
fatta. raggiungerc do. no goal o.",·orsQ.- un oucre.. cosi, e 180 d a-
rio nella ripresa,. senza piil scgnare. cbe 601tanto J cam-
rna non come e &vvenuto neIl'incontro P10tU dJ MU8S0IwJ aembraoo posscdero.
Inghilterra-]Wia. . . . .... « . .
Come it spiegabilo quella cho scm- I G,h lOgles., per non arreSI
bra la e.tranezZA oIamorosa deUn con- 1e\·.tdenz8. banDo J1 gra"e lJ:
tess, obe .i Il chiu88 eon la vittoria sehlo della. lora di...
realo dci· padroni di casa, rna che pu· d?1 .eolclo •.. 8, .sono
re coetitu·isce un trionfo morale per la dapP.Mma. PO! furtbon-
rappresentativ& italiana! eiI, mfme sconc.e:tatl 0 b.attutl da11l' '·0-
Nionte altro che can Ia maggioro in· dallo spmlo sublime, dal corag-
teIligcnza dei' giocatori nostri, con glo. dalla f?ga 0 bravura coma·
volontA che hl' animato e sospinto gh pov?le degh azzurrl.. ..
Ilzzurri nella reazioDo ostinata, gaglia;r- sarebbc detto cbe 1.
da e violeota? . ton dan or-
Con 1& miglior teonica del gioco ita· dl rlmottere 10
u· , una sltm12aonc, aUr&veT!iO 1& quale tI
iug]esi hlUlno travolto la nostra dello ope:t correve
squadra COD 10 stesso impeto c con ,IB pencolo. E S1
!itess& - come dire! - crudele VlO- ,ebo quel
lenz& che 4V6\'amo visto spiegare merltevob ognuno di
tro it Wunderteam. nei primi venticin- aJtisslmo, combatteva per punue 1&
MERAVIBLIOSA ,
EFFICIENZA
ASSICURATA •
Atleti del Fascislno
LONDRA, l4 novemb",. Qual. altr& aquadra e quaU altri
Una partita drammatica, La deBni'j campioni o. nOli quelli temprati alia
ziono non de"e eonsiderlU'lli gr...a, oeuola e .rlllciuU nel elima della sport
abu,ata. Figuratcvi duo pugilatori di f..oi.ta avrebbero patuto s.rivero una
rango a1t,,,,,imo in latta per i1 prima. pagina cosl rioca di fatU 0 eosl densa
to. L'avvenimento 0 di quem de.tin,,· di inaegnameoti quale b quella ebe i
ti a segnaro una data. Nell'attosa im' dieoi uomini dolla nazionalo italiana
minente Ie masse dogU sportivi di due
l)aosi sofJrono.
Gli o.v,"C'rsari sono clistinti da carat..
leristieho differenti. L'ingl..o tI un cn·
Joeso 0 1 quanto meno. sembra un eo·
1""'0. L'italiano Il piu elcgante, pill
5Otti·lc, piiI fine. L'ano contro 1& lorza!
Squilla i·1 eegnalc del gODg.
II colosso si scaglia con violenza
coni", 10 stilis1.8. i1 qunle .i difende
como pub. Si ba immediatamente
)'impr"",iono del disastro. 80praffatlo
dalla "iolcnza del rivale piu <he non
..rproso dalla sua bravura, iI combat·
{enl'"' chc pare meno dotato nel fisico,
con.. ,lette un fallo. L'arbitro interv:t'-
nD e I'attimo pauroso si risolve in mo-
do fortunoso.
Ma il giganto Il lanciato. n colpo
del k. o. [Jon puo tardare. Una, due,
Ire volte l'aHeta del nostro CliO..... quel.
10 per iI qualo spasimiamo, e &terra.
Anohe Is sorte gli e avversa. NOll ha·
!ta Ia brutaJe eapbcita. del rivate
J
an...
rbe la ofortuna gli i\ addOl8O.
Kord.r" la po/va.... per iI """to to·
tale iJ rappresentante <Ii una lCuola,
per non dire' di un popolo di
l'espouonte di una. razz&, I'altier" <it
una causa cho !i /, distinto in tu/te 10
battaglio della sport, e ebo II" ra;-
giunto vittoriooamento traguWi <he
parevano inarri\'abili!
E' durato t<rnta minuti au-
goscloso. AI ternuno del prin'" tempo
In !qupJra ita!Jana. mutilata, rigUB""
<!a\'a LD faccia la squadra rival••
Do. quel momento e conlindata
un'altrll partita. II pugilatore in p"'"
ti(lSSO della tecDiea miglioro imponev8
al rh·ale violento il proprio stile. II
cuore, l'intelligenztl, la 6&mma di pas·
sione d('j calciatori azzurn realizzava-
no tutto quanto la nestra fodo di ita·
Iiani e eli fas('isti polevano &neora di...
speratament& attendere, e tutto cib cho
nessuno dei settanta. mila spettatori
inglosi avrebbB forse potuto ammet·
tere.
Puo darsi che, leggendo
impressioni & reeoconti, i .
giomali itaHani 8"·vertano ripetiZlODl
do. parle dej loro informatori. Non
conta. La giomata vissuta nell'atmo·
.fBra grigia 0 p..ante del campo
I'Arsenal non sam ma; ilIustrata suf·
ficicntemente. E Ie ripetizioni non 811'"
St<'ranno.
Lo gridano tutti cbo gli italisni
no combattuto contro i grandi dow-
natori del calcio intereontinentale in
dicci contro undici. bastavano i
vant.assi offerti al riva.Ie: campo,
blico, data, ambiente, clims. La. parti-
ta ha voluto il saeri6cio <Ii Monti. Non
ci rirnaneva piil nulla da offrire agli
inglcsi.
Gli azzurri sorprcsi del-
lA. violenza dei rivs.1i. massacrati dal-
la sfortuna non sono orollati. .
Allorche hanno potuto orientaT5\,
l'a,,,-Yersario ha dovuto segnare·il PAS-
ro, Xci secondo tempo gli azzun1 han:
no conquistA.to clue goats. Gli jn!!lCSI
:ioOno rima..c;ti collo tra reti del pnmo
quarto d'ors.
Come ,"ecleto gli sforzi por non ripe-
l.f'rci saTC'bbero vanL La p8:-
tita londineso poggia su cardini form!-
dabili. II suo s\'olgimento e la SUR. OSI-
50no nppsrsi limpidi come quel
solo tutti noi conoseiamo e cbo le
folle indesi non vOOooo sov£'nto. .
8i con piena coscienz& e una
volta tanto parlaro di un incontro
duto come se si trn.ttassc di una splen-
df'lntC'. IOnia In. piu Eplendento afterma-
zionc.
••i<
La nostra memoria di anziani, se·
guuci dello sport calcistico non
dn nulla di simile. L'incontro odiem?
nzzurri rimarra. net nostri cuorl.
Piu cho non atleti, gli Domini dena
nazionalC' si sono comportati come tiol.
dati \'H.iorosissimi.
Li st of Met aphor s

La Gazzet t a del l o Spor t - 15-11-1934
Atlet i del Fasci smo

1. vi tt ori a di pi rro – vi ct ory wi t h devastati ng costs t o the vi ctor
2. gi oco veemente e verti gi noso – furi ous and di zzyi ng game
3. spi egano l e i nsuperabi l i vi rtu del l a l oro i ntel l i genza – they unfol ded thei r
unbeatabl e vi rtue of t hei r i ntel l i gence
4. ardore – ardour, passi on
5. pugi l atore di rango al ti ssi mo – boxers (fi ghters) of the hi ghest rang
6. i n l otta per i l pri mato – i n a fi ght for supremacy
7. col osso – gi ant
8. L’i tal i ano è pi ù el egante, pi ù sotti l e, pi ù fi ne. L’arte contro l a forza! – The I tal i an
i s more el egant, more subtl e, more del i cate. Art versus power!
9. si scagl i a con vi ol enza - to hurl onesel f, t o throw onesel f, to rush; t o assai l wi t h
vi ol ence (si scagl i ò ver so i l nemi co – he hurl ed hi msel f at (agai nst) t he enemy)
10. l ’i mpressi one del di sast ro – feel i ng of di saster
11. Sopraffatt o dal l a vi ol enza del ri val e – Overwhel med by the vi ol ence of t he ri val
12. i l gi ganto è l anci at o – t he gi ant i s at ful l-speed
13. il col po del k.o. non può tardare – the knockout (bl ow) cannot be l ong
14. spasi mi amo - to suffer agoni es, t o be racked wi t h pai n
15. l ’atl eta del nostro cuore è a terra – our bel oved at hl ete i s down on t he ground
16. Morderà l a pol vere – t o bi te the dust
17. l ’i ncubo angosci oso – pai nful ni ght mare
18. muti l ata – cri ppl ed
19. I l cuore, l ’i ntel l i genza l a fi amma di passi one di cal ci at ori azzurri – the heart,
i ntel l i gence and fl ame of passi on of t he I tal i an footbal l pl ayers
20. sorpresi dal l ’impeto del l a vi ol enza – surpri sed by t he rush of vi ol ence
21. massacrati – sl aughtered
22. crol l ati – crumbl ed
23. conqui stato due goal s – conquered two goal s
24. fol l e i ngl esi – l unati c Engl i sh
25. Pi ù che non atl eti , gl i uomi ni del l a nazi onal e ci sono comportat i come sol dati
val orosi ssi mi – More than mere at hl etes, t he men of the nati onal team shoul d be
regarded as brave sol di ers
26. temprat i – hardened
27. tral asci at o nul l a pur di aumentare i l bott i no – omi tted nothi ng merel y t o
i ncrease t he pi cki ngs
28. tenzone spasmodi ca – agoni zi ngl y pai nful combat
29. padroni di casa – l ords of t he house
30. sospi nt o – pushed on, dri ven on
31. reazi one ost i nata, gagl i arda e vi ol enta – a stubborn, vi gorous and vi ol ent
reacti on
32. travol t o – swept away, overwhel med
33. consegnat o – handed over
34. automi – robot s
35. nel l e mani degl i avversari – i n the hands of t he opponent
36. speci e di col po di fol goro – ki nd of l i ghtni ng stri ke
37. l anci ati come catapul te – l aunched as i f by catapul ts
38. conqui stato – l i ter al l y conquer
39. mal menat i dal l a sorte – beaten up from the begi nni ng
40. chi amat i a combattere – cal l ed up t o fi ght
41. gi ganteggi at o – to t ower over someone or somet hi ng
42. combattenti – fi ghters
43. decupl i care l e energi e, l ’i mpeto, l a resi stenza, i l coraggi o – t o mul ti pl y by ten t he
energy, t he vi ol ence, the resi stance, the courage
44. chi amata a battersi di forza – cal l ed upon t o forceful l y battl e
45. comportati di fronte – acted at the battl e-front
46. al l ’uragano i mprovvi samente scagl i atosi – i n the sudden hurri cane cast
47. Condotta i n sul terreno del l a l otta senza escl usi one di col pi – Permi tted on t he
battl eground of a fi ght wi th no hol ds barred (combatter e senza escl usi one di
col pi, t o fi ght usi ng fai r means or foul (t o fi ght wi t h no hol ds barred)
48. un cuore grande così, e l a fi amma d’amore e di passi one che sol tanto I campi oni
di Mussol i ni sembrano possedere – a heart t hi s bi g, and t he fl ame of l ove and
passi on t hat onl y Mussol i ni ’s champi ons seem t o possess.
49. corso i l pi ù grave ri schi o – run t he bi ggest ri sk
50. furi bondi – furi ous, enraged, fumi ng
51. foga – passi on, heat
52. combattessero el ett ri zzati dal l ’orgogl i o fi eri ssi mo – fought el ectri fi ed by fi erce
pri de
53. puni re – to puni sh
54. mi nare l a sol i di tà del pi l ast ro central e del l a costruzi one azzurra – t o mi ne (as i n
attack) the sol i di ty of t he central pi l l ar of t he I tal i an construct i on (bui l di ng)
55. di ri genti – l eaders
56. ri ful si – have shi ned bri ghtl y
57. l a squadra ha bri l l at o – t he team has shi ned
58. I di eci gi ocat ori hanno gi ocat o come un pl ot one di gl adiat ori – The ten pl ayers
have pl ayed l i ke a pl at oon of gl adi at ors
59. Pi ù al t o che mai svent ol a da oggi i l gagl i ardett o del l o sport , potenzi at o, di feso,
val ori zzato del Duce – From t oday on the fl ag of sport i s wavi ng hi gher t han
ever, st rengt hened, defended and val ued by the Duce.

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Cesc Fabregas is Arsenal heartbeat as young guns
silence San Siro
AC Milan 0 Arsenal 2 (Arsenal win 2-0 on agg)
Eyes down: Bacary Sagna, the Arsenal defender, escapes
Ambosini, the Milan midfield player, left, during the Arsenal victory
at the San Siro last night (Damien Meyer/AFP/Getty Images)
Martin Samuel, Chief Football Correspondent, in Milan
If there has been a better performance by a visiting team at the San Siro, it must have been some match. If there
has been a better individual display than that by Cesc Fàbregas, it must have been the work of some player. This
was the night when youth and beauty beat age, guile and experience, and it was a joy to watch.
Even the locals stood to acknowledge Arsenal before the end. Spontaneous bursts of applause greeting another
round of fleet-footed passing, as Arsène Wenger’s young team steered the match gently to its resting place,
safely beyond AC Milan’s reach. They picked the right time to score, too, after 84 minutes, when Milan then
required two goals in six minutes to progress, and rounded it off with a second in the final seconds to post a
scoreline that properly reflected their supremacy on the night.
This was the Arsenal we have been waiting for, and the masterclass from Fàbregas, too. Recent blips in
domestic matches have coincided with a downturn in form from the player who had defined Arsenal’s start to the
season. In that time his ability to sustain influence on the campaign had been called into question, as had his
preparedness for the long haul and his appetite for the fight. And this was always going to be a fight.
Delightfully, Fàbregas was up for it and entered the fray with fire in his belly and a score to settle. More than that,
he arrived with the quickest mind, the sharpest intellect and the most mesmerising array of skills on the pitch. But
most significantly, he returned with a hunger that took him beyond all competitors — even Kak�, the World
Footballer of the Year — and scored a goal fit to win any match.
It came quite simply, but with stunning effect, the blueprint of Arsenal’s success on the night. Alexander Hleb,
another star on an occasion when Arsenal’s midfield positively sparkled, fed the ball into Fàbregas in the heart of
the Milan half. As Andrea Pirlo and Massimo Ambrosini backed off, the Spaniard sensed his chance. His shot
dipped and bucked just in front of Zeljko Kalac, the Milan goalkeeper, and nestled in the corner of the net. With
no way back, the home team’s fans sat stunned.
At that moment, Arsenal had succeeded in knocking out the champions of Europe on their home patch, territory
on which no English team had won. Having dominated for much of the match, created the best chances and
played the finest football, the locals could only stand back in admiration. As they politely clapped the team from
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played the finest football, the locals could only stand back in admiration. As they politely clapped the team from
England, Arsenal provided a bitter-sweet thank you, a second goal, scored in injury time, the first European goal
in Arsenal colours for Emmanuel Adebayor, the striker.
Fàbregas was the architect here, too, his raking pass finding Theo Walcott, a substitute, on the right, his pace
outstripping Kakha Kaladze, the full back, almost to the point of awkwardness. For once, Walcott’s cross was
spot-on, too, and Adebayor arrived at the far post for a simple conversion.
Even though these teams ploughed deep into a third hour of football without a goal between them over the two
legs, no one could fault the quality of the match. It was for the best part thrilling and open and different from the
cat-and-mouse nature of the first leg. Arsenal were largely to thank for that.
While Milan played safety first at the Emirates Stadium two weeks ago, Arsenal were expansive and high-risk last
night, getting at their opponents with superb, passing football that banished the memory of Manchester United’s
failure to launch when playing here and losing heavily in the semi-final of this tournament 11 months ago.
On that night, United were undone by the brilliance of Kak� and their star performer, Cristiano Ronaldo, was all
but anonymous. This match could not have enjoyed greater differences. Mediocre in recent weeks, Fàbregas,
Arsenal’s key player, was inspired by the surroundings and set about Milan with the craft of a master puppeteer,
pulling strings all over the pitch, each move given life by his sense of invention. Like Hleb, his mind seemed to be
working at greater speed than his opponents and the pair stretched a massed defence to its limit, with darting
runs and pass after incisive pass.
The one villain of the piece was Konrad Plautz, the Austrian referee, who wrongly booked Hleb for diving in the
33rd minute, when he was brought down by Alessandro Nesta, the Milan central defender. Replays showed that
Nesta had committed a foul, on the line of the penalty area, too. A spot-kick may have been a controversial
decision with 81,000 packed into the Giuseppe Meazza — to give the San Siro its rightful name — but Hleb’s
booking was a travesty. It came at the height of Arsenal’s first-half pressure on the Milan goal, yet it did not
knock them out of their stride.
A minute later, Adebayor slipped a ball to Fàbregas from the left flank and he struck the bar with his shot from 20
yards. By this time members of the Milanese crowd were becoming strangely subdued. They are used to
dominating here and to seeing English teams taking an ugly, direct route to goal. To be outplayed by one on a
purely technical level will have come as a shock, although the sweetness of Fàbregas’s delivery owes little to his
adopted home.
Everything he did had class. His corners were dangerous and should have made an unlikely hero of Philippe
Senderos in the 47th minute, his long passes turned route one into a delightful country lane, not least when he
picked out Adebayor in the twelfth minute, setting up a shooting opportunity for Abou Diaby.
Milan’s chances were rare and the closest they came was through a corner by Pirlo in the seventh minute that
was headed goalwards by Paolo Maldini and cleared from the line, by Fàbregas, of course. If Milan had got a
penalty, he would probably have gone in goal and saved that, too.
AC Milan (4-3-1-2): Z Kalac – M Oddo, A Nesta, K Kaladze, P Maldini – G Gattuso, A Pirlo, M Ambrosini -
Kak� – F Inzaghi (sub: A Gilardino, 68min), Pato. Substitutes not used: V Fiori, Emerson, D Simic, G Favalli, Y
Gourcuff, D Bonera. Booked: Inzaghi, Kak�, Pirlo.
Arsenal (4-4-1-1): M Almunia – B Sagna, W Gallas, P Senderos, G Clichy – E Ebou� (sub: T Walcott, 70), M
Flamini, F Fàbregas, A Diaby – A Hleb (sub: Gilberto Silva, 89) – E Adebayor. Substitutes not used: J Lehmann,
R van Persie, Denilson, N Bendtner, J Hoyte. Booked: Hleb, Ebou�, Clichy.
Referee: K Plautz (Austria).
At home in Europe
Great Arsenal away wins in Europe
Juventus 0 Arsenal 1
Cup Winners’ Cup semi-final, second leg, April 23, 1980
Li st of Met aphor s

The Ti mes – 5 Mar ch 200 8
Cesc Fabr egas i s Ar senal hear tbeat as young guns
si l ence San Si r o

1. heartbeat
2. young guns
3. si l ence
4. steered t he mat ch gentl y to i ts resti ng pl ace
5. beyond reach
6. bl i ps
7. cal l ed i nt o questi on
8. appeti te for t he fi ght
9. goi ng to be a fi ght
10. up for i t
11. entered t he frey
12. fi re i n hi s bel l y
13. score t o settl e
14. qui ckest mi nd
15. sharpest i ntel l ect
16. most mesmeri zi ng array of ski l l s
17. he returned wi th a hunger
18. took hi m beyond al l compet i tors
19. the bl uepri nt of Arsenal ’s success
20. Arsenal ’s mi dfi el d positi vel y sparkl ed
21. fed the bal l i nto Fabregas
22. the heart of the Mi l an hal f
23. backed off
24. sensed hi s chance
25. nestl ed
26. knocki ng out
27. stand back i n admi rati on
28. bi tter-sweet thank you
29. Fabregas was t he archi tect
30. pl oughed deep
31. pul l i ng st ri ngs al l over the pi tch
32. each move gi ven l i fe
33. stretched a massed defense
34. darti ng runs
35. packed i nto t he Gi useppe Meazza
36. travest y
37. hei ght of Arsenal ’s fi rst-hal f pressure
38. knocked t hem out of thei r stri de
39. come as a shock
40. sweetness of Fabregas del i very
41. turned route one i nto a del i ghtful country l ane
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Wednesday March Wednesday March 5, 2008 5, 2008
The Guardi an The Guardi an
Cesc Fábregas eliminated the Champions League holders
with a 30-yarder that was no bolt from the blue. That
skimming drive, six minutes from the end, smacked of the
inevitable. Arsenal were everything that Milan once were,
overflowing with technique and energy to dominate the
match. So inexhaustible were Arsène Wenger's side that
the substitute Theo Walcott beat Kakha Kaladze in
stoppage time before squaring for Emmanuel Adebayor to
score a second.
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Graciously even the home support applauded. This was a
greater result than Arsenal's 5-1 trouncing of Inter here in
2003. The vitality and confidence was such that there
were intimations of foreboding in Milan ranks throughout
the night. Carlo Ancelotti's team could not bear the
relentlessness. Nothing definitive has been achieved yet
but the manner in which Fábregas reclaimed his best form
when it was most needed raises the hopes for this team.
The display was redolent of the 1-0 victory over Real
Madrid in the Bernabéu two years ago, which spurred
Arsenal towards the final. Here there was once more an
authority in every area of the line-up. Kolo Touré was still
absent, yet that went unnoticed while Philippe Senderos
was in so decisive a mood. Though Fábregas dominated,
Match Facts Match Facts
Champions League last 16, second leg
Tuesday March 04, 2008
FT FT AC Mi l an AC Mi l an 00 -- 22 Arsenal Arsenal
33' Hleb
55' Inzaghi
56' Eboue
72' Clichy
80' Kaka
84' 0 - 1 Fabregas
85' Pirlo
90' 0 - 2 Adebayor
AC Mi l an AC Mi l an
Zeljko Kalac, Kakha Kaladze,
Paolo Maldini, Alessandro Nesta,
Massimo Oddo, Massimo Ambrosini,
Gennaro Gattuso, Ricardo Kaka,
Andrea Pirlo, Filippo Inzaghi
(Alberto Gilardino), Alexandre Pato

Arsenal Arsenal
Manuel Almunia, Gael Clichy,
Emmanuel Eboue (Theo Walcott),
William Gallas, Bacary Sagna,
Philippe Senderos, Vassiriki Abou Diaby,
Cesc Fabregas, Mathieu Flamini,
Alex Hleb (Gilberto Silva),
Emmanuel Adebayor

Referee: Referee: Plautz, K

Venue: Venue: San Siro

Attendance: Attendance: 81,879

Corners: Corners:
AC Milan 8
Arsenal 3

Goal Attempts: Goal Attempts:
AC Milan 17
Arsenal 12

On Target: On Target:
AC Milan 8
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was in so decisive a mood. Though Fábregas dominated,
Alexander Hleb demanded nearly as much admiration in his
slightly more advanced role.
There could be nothing less welcome than visitors with
verve who knew they had several good years ahead of
them irrespective of the outcome here. Milan have
depended dangerously on the Champions League and have
so let their competitiveness in Serie A lapse that European
football might have to take the form of a Uefa Cup
campaign next season.
Ancelotti would have been uneasy beforehand. The
goalless draw at the Emirates had been not so much a
result as an agreement to settle the matter another day.
For the good sides, away fixtures do not have the
intimidating aspect of yesteryear.
Milan were the ones who looked burdened and they had
the sluggishness of famous footballers with too much
history to be borne on drooping shoulders. Episodes in this
game had symbolic overtones. Who could not sense a
shift of power when Hleb, for instance, dispossessed
Andrea Pirlo before setting up Fábregas to break the
deadlock?
Arsenal were barely respectful. It was as if they had come
to the home of their ageing relatives and could not stop
themselves from stealing a look at valuable belongings,
such as Champions League silverware, that they might
soon inherit.
In the first minute Milan had to be ready as Adebayor
stretched them in an attempt to break straight through
the middle. The repeated impact by the Serie A club in
this tournament has persuaded rivals only that their time
must be coming to a close.
There was no resemblance to the mauling endured by
Manchester United in last year's semi-final. Any prospect
of an onslaught lay in a display by the visitors that
teemed with confidence.
Arsenal have dimmed a little in the Premier League but
their play here blinded Milan with its intensity and
accomplishment, especially in midfield.
The decision by Ancelotti to have Kaka and Alexandre
Pato playing off Pippo Inzaghi in attack was misjudged
since it let their opponents enjoy too much possession in
midfield and so develop mastery. Any defect lay in the
failure to score before half-time.
After 14 minutes Fábregas won the ball from Kaka and hit
a pass down the right from which Adebayor picked out
Abou Diaby for an effort that was fired wide. There were
mere flurries from Milan, when Pato caused anxiety and a
Pirlo corner provoked unseemly panic before Adebayor
cleared from near his own line.
Arsenal took on a rapacious tone. With 33 minutes gone
Hleb was caught on the ankle by Alessandro Nesta
perilously close to the line of the penalty area but the
referee Konrad Palutz mistakenly decided that the Belarus
midfielder had dived and so booked him. Nothing, though,
could upset Arsenal.
Milan were in great alarm. After 28 minutes, for instance,
Paolo Maldini shanked the ball straight to Diaby, whose
drive was turned over the crossbar by the goalkeeper
Zeljko Kalac. Fábregas was nearest to breaking the
deadlock before half-time. Adebayor broke through from
the left and laid the ball off for a finish by the Spaniard
that hit the bar.
The opportunity to take stock at the interval had no
benefits for Milan. With their pride and talent they yearned
Arsenal 6

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benefits for Milan. With their pride and talent they yearned
to retaliate but Arsenal kept danger at bay by mounting
constant attacks. If Wenger's heart fluttered, it might
have been when Emmanuel Eboué, booked already, dived
in the penalty area and risked dismissal. Before long he
made way for Walcott, a sharper presence on the right.
No matter what turn the game took, a masterful Arsenal
guaranteed that life would just keep on getting worse for
illustrious rivals who are not accustomed to such
indignities.
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Li st of Met aphor s

The Guar di an – 5 Mar ch 200 8
Fábr egas shakes San Si r o as
Ar senal toppl e t he champi ons

1. shakes San Si ro
2. toppl e t he champi ons
3. el i mi nated
4. bol t from t he bl ue
5. ski mmi ng dri ve
6. smacked of the i nevi tabl e
7. overfl owi ng wi th techni que
8. trounci ng of I nter
9. rai ses t he hopes
10. was redol ent of
11. spurred Arsenal t owards
12. deci si ve a mood
13. demanded admi rati on
14. vi sit ors wi th verve
15. hi story to be borne
16. droopi ng shoul ders
17. sense a shi ft of power
18. break t he deadl ock
19. stretched t hem
20. maul i ng endured by
21. prospect of an onsl aught
22. di mmed a l i ttl e
23. bl i nded Mi l an
24. mere fl urri es
25. provoked unseeml y pani c
26. a rapaci ous t one
27. to take st ock
28. yearned t o retal i ate
29. mounti ng constant attacks
30. Wenger’s heart fl uttered
31. a sharper presence
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Lo spettacolare gioco corale degli inglesi non lascia scampo alla squadra di Ancelotti
I rossoneri partono bene, ma alla fine si arrendono ai gol di Fabregas e Adebayor
L'orchestra Arsenal gela San Siro
il Milan s'inchina, Champions addio
Ambrosini in scivolata su Fabregas
MILANO - Un perfido rasoterra di Cesc Fabregas al 39' della ripresa soffoca le speranze
rossonere, sei minuti dopo Adebayor infligge alla formazione di Ancelotti il colpo di grazia.
Finisce al Meazza il ciclo vincente del Milan. La squadra dei successi internazionali, dei trionfi di
Tokyo, di Montecarlo ed Atene lascia la scena di Champions League contro un Arsenal più
giovane e fortunato. La squadra di Arsene Wenger passa ai quarti, al Milan non basta
l'esperienza, contro la giovanile brillantezza dei londinesi.
La partita è equilibrata. Il Milan manca molte occasioni ma alla fine l'Arsenal merita la vittoria e il
pubblico applaude ugualmente i rossoneri.
Carlo Ancelotti, privo di Seedorf e Jankulovski e con parecchi giocatori reduci da un periodo
difficile (Nesta e Kakà), schiera davanti il giovane Pato e il veterano Inzaghi. Wenger deve
rinunciare agli infortunati Tourè, Rosicky e Eduardo: centrocampo folto e una punta, Adebayor,
sostenuto da Hleb.
Nella prima mezzora il Milan domina la scena, spingendosi in avanti con aggressività: l'Arsenal si
difende bene proponendosi in avanti da sinistra con le incursioni di Clichy, da destra con le
puntate di Ebouè, ben fronteggiato da capitan Maldini.
Il Milan ha in Pirlo (che Flamini cerca di non far giocare) e Kakà i playmakers di una manovra che
dovrebbe trovare in Pato e Inzaghi i due terminali: il giovane brasiliano costringe all'8' la difesa
avversaria a una deviazione in angolo con un bel tiro e poi di testa, su calcio d'angolo, obbliga
Fabregas a un salvataggio sulla linea. L'Arsenal risponde al 13' con una bella manovra
Fabregas-Adebayor-Diaby sfociata in un tiro che sfiora l'incrocio dei pali.
Poi un periodo tutto rossonero con Inzaghi che al 14' non dà forza al proprio sinistro su input di
Maldini; una volata di 50 metri di Kakà al 18' e passaggio a Pato che tira debolmente; uno spunto
di Inzaghi al 20' su cui salva Clichy; con un'azione Oddo-Kakà al 22' e sinistro poco fuori del
brasiliano.
A questo punto il Milan subisce l'Arsenal che si riversa nella metà campo rossonera. Una
pericolosa azione Diaby-Adebayor sulla sinistra e bella botta deviata da Kalac. Ma l'azione più
pericolosa della squadra di Wenger è messa in atto da Adebayor e Fabregas al 34': lo spagnolo
colpisce la traversa dal limite.
Il Milan dà l'impressione, dopo il buon inizio, di aver perso mordente: a centrocampo la squadra
di Ancelotti cede qualche palla e l'Arsenal si fa veramente pericoloso.
All'inizio della ripresa (3') Senderos su calcio d'angolo si trova fra i piedi la palla del vantaggio,
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All'inizio della ripresa (3') Senderos su calcio d'angolo si trova fra i piedi la palla del vantaggio,
ma la regala a Kalac. Poi al 6' è Ebouè a metter fuori una bel assist di Adebayor. Il Milan cerca di
reagire: una punizione di Pirlo al 9' costringe Almunia a una deviazione.
Un tiro alto di Pato su azione di Oddo, qualche pignoleria dell'arbitro Plautz, poi il momento
dell'ingresso di Gilardino e Walcott. Un tentativo per cambiare il volto del match. Una palla
ballerina in area (30') con Walcott al tentativo di tiro e salvataggio a terra di Kalac. Una bella
azione di Pato da destra e tiro fuori (34').
La partita sembra avviata verso lo 0-0, stesso risultato dell'andata, e quindi verso i tempi
supplementari. Ma arriva la staffilata di Fabregas che al 39' batte Kalac sulla destra e pugnala il
Milan. Poi al 47' Walcott mette in mezzo la palla del 2-0 per Adebayor.
MILAN-ARSENAL 0-2
MILAN (4-3-1-2): Kalac; Oddo, Nesta, Kaladze, Maldini; Gattuso, Pirlo, Ambrosini; Kakà; Inzaghi
(24' st Gilardino), Pato.
In panchina: Fiori, Bonera, Favalli, Simic, Emerson, Gourcuff.
Allenatore: Ancelotti.
ARSENAL (4-4-1-1): Almunia; Sagna, Gallas, Senderos, Chichy; Ebouè (26' st Walcott),
Flamini, Fabregas, Diaby; Hleb (45' st Gilberto); Adebayor.
In panchina: Lehmann, Hoyte, Denilson, Van Persie, Bendtner.
Allenatore: Wenger.
ARBITRO: Plautz (Austria).
RETI: 39'st Fabregas, 47'st Adebayor.
NOTE: serata ventosa e fredda con nevischio, terreno in mediocri condizioni. Spettatori: 81.879,
per un incasso di 2.569.863 euro. Ammoniti: Hleb, Inzaghi, Ebouè, Clichy, Kakà. Angoli: 7-3 per
il Milan. Recupero: 1', 4'.
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La Repubbl i ca – 5 Mar ch 200 8
L'or chestr a Ar senal gel a San Si r o
i l Mi l an s'i nchi na, Champi ons addi o

1. gi oco coral e – choral game
2. l asci a scampo – l eaves no escape
3. al l a fi ne si arrendono – at the end had t o surrender to
4. L’orchest ra Arsenal – t he Arsenal orchest ra
5. gel a San Si ro – froze San Si ro
6. i l Mi l an s’i nchi na – Mi l an bowed
7. perfi do rasoterra – t reacherous shot cl ose to t he ground
8. soffoca l e speranze rossonere – suffocated Mi l an’s hopes
9. Adebayor i nfl i gge i l col po di grazi a - Adebayor i nfl i cted the coup de grâce
10. schi era davanti – l i ned up i n front
11. Wenger deve ri nunci are – Wenger had to renounce
12. Mi l an domi na, spi ngendosi i n avanti – Mi l an domi nated, pushed i n advance
13. trovare i n Pato e I nzaghi i due termi nal i – found i n Pat o and I nzaghi t he end
14. sfoci ata i n un ti ro – t o fl ow i nto a shot
15. sfi ora l 'i ncroci o dei pal i – ski mmed over t he woodwork
16. i l Mi l an subi sce l 'Arsenal – Mi l an overwhel med/ tortured Arsenal
17. aver perso mordente – havi ng l ost t he sharpness/ bi te
18. l a regal a a Kal ac – he gave away t o Kal ac
19. una puni zi one di Pi rl o – a puni shment by Pi rl o
20. qual che pi gnol eri a del l 'arbi tro – some fast i di ousness by t he referee
21. cambi are i l vol to del mat ch – t o change the face of the mat ch
22. una pal l a bal l eri na – a danci ng bal l
23. l a staffi l ata di Fabregas – t he l ash of t he whi p from Fabregas
24. pugnal a i l Mi l an – stabbed Mi l an
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Champions: rossoneri sconfitti per 2-0 a San Siro. Mercoledì Real-Roma
L'Arsenal dei giovani spegne il sogno del Milan
L'Arsenal dei ragazzi non ha avuto paura dei mostri sacri del Milan. A San
Siro i gunners si sono imposti per 2-0, con due reti nel finale. I campioni
d'Europa in carica, così, non potranno difendere la Coppa vinta nella scorsa
stagione, malgrado la fiducia del numero uno della squadra rossonera, Silvio
Berlusconi, che si era detto sicuro di passare il turno e approdare nei quarti.
Il successo dei londinesi è stato firmato da due dei talenti più brillanti: lo
spagnolo Cesc Fabregas, autore del vantaggio al 40' della ripresa e al
togolese Adebayor, che ha arrotondato il risultato allo scadere. E mercoledì
al Bernabeu tocca alla Roma difendere il 2-1 dell'andata contro il Real
Madrid.
IMMAGINI
TEMPOREALE
Le partite in diretta
FORUM
Il parere dei lettori
I QUARTI - Ai quarti, oltre all'Arsenal, si sono qualificati anche il Barcellona
(1-0 contro il Celtic al Nou Camp, malgrado un preoccupante infortunio
muscolare per Messi) e il Manchester United (1-0 al Lione). I turchi del
Fenerbahce hanno centrato a Siviglia, ai calci di rigore, una storica
qualificazione: mai una squadra turca era andata tanto avanti nella
Champions League. Un errore dal dischetto dell'italiano Enzo Maresca ha
spalancato le porte del successo al club di Istanbul, la prima squadra della
mezzaluna a superare la fase a gironi. I 90 minuti regolamentari si erano
conclusi sul 3-2 per gli spagnoli, lo stesso risultato dell'andata. Senza reti i
supplementari.
MILAN-ARSENAL - Dopo lo 0-0 dell'Emirates, il successo dell'Arsenal - che
a San Siro aveva già vinto due anni fa contro l'Inter, addirittura per 5-1, nei
gironi di Champions - è apparso tutto sommato meritato. i londinesi hanno
giocato meglio, sfiorando ripetutamente il gol anche nel primo tempo.
Clamorosa una trasversa di Fabregas, ancora lui, al 35'. La stoccata decisiva,
come spesso avviene, è arrivata nel momento migliore dei rossoneri, quando i
biancorossi sembravano stanchi. E' stato però premiato il coraggio del
giovane spagnolo, che ha scoccato una staffilata angolatissima da 25 metri
sulla quale Kalac non è arrivato. Il raddoppio di Adebayor è giunto quando il
Milan era già, con la testa, sotto la doccia, a riflettere su una stagione
compromessa. Tra i rossoneri tanti errori: un pallonetto (maldestro) di Pato
avrebbe potuto cambiare la partita. Alla fine, comunque, molta sportività tra i
rossoneri: Ancelotti ha riconosciuto che «l'Arsenal, nei 180 minuti, è stato
superiore. E ha meritato. Noi adesso, senza coppe, avremo il vantaggio di
poterci dedicare alla rincorsa Champions». Ha parlato anche Silvio Berlusconi,
presidente del Milan: «l'Arsenal ha mostrato un gran giuoco, ottima forza
atletica. Direi che è stata una vittoria assolutamente meritata, per un certo
periodo non ci hanno fatto proprio vedere la palla». E poi su Ancelotti: «L'ho
detto anche prima del match. Il prossimo anno il nostro tecnico ha un
contratto e noi rispettiamo i contratti. E poi ormai ci siamo affezionati».
Li st of Met aphor s

Cor r i er e del l a Ser a – 5 Mar ch 20 08
L'Ar senal dei gi ovani spegne i l sogno del Mi l an

1. spegne i l sogno – exti ngui sh the dream
2. paura dei most ri sacri – fear of myt hi cal fi gures
3. potranno di fendere l a Coppa – can defend t he cup
4. autore del vantaggi o – aut hor of the advantage
5. una staffi l ata angol ati ssi ma – a powerful shot from the corner
6. con l a testa, sott o l a docci a – wi t h the head under the shower

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