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We're back again to celebrate the best annual event in combat sports. Last year after some closely contested semifinals the Bianchi of Santo Spirito blew out the Verdi of San Giovanni in a one sided final. Last years tournament provided controversy, clotheslines, slapping of faces and wild hand gesturing. The draw this year will pit the two finalists of last year against each other in the opener on Saturday. The Azurri and Rossi will play the day after on Sunday. Will the Whites remain dominant, do the Greens have something to prove, will the Blues not be complete poo poo this time? I don't know but what I do know is that I can't wait to watch these roided up Italian men punch each other in a sandy piazza What is Calcio Storico? Basically this More Precisely Calcio fiorentino (also known as calcio storico "historic football") is an early form of football that originated in 16th century Italy. Once widely played, the sport is thought to have originated in the Piazza Santa Croce in Florence. Interest in Calcio waned in the early 17th century. However in 1930 it was reorganized as a game in Kingdom of Italy. Today, three matches are played each year in Piazza Santa Croce in Florence in the 3rd week of June. A team from each quartiere of the city is represented: Santa Croce / Azzurri (Blues) Santa Maria Novella / Rossi (Reds) Santo Spirito / Bianchi (Whites) San Giovanni / Verdi (Greens) After playing each other in two opening games, the two winners go onto the final which occurs each year on June 24th. Rules The modern version of calcio allows tactics such as head-butting, punching, elbowing, and choking but sucker punches and kicks to the head are banned. The game is played on a field of sand with a narrow slit constituting the goal, running the width of each end. Each teams comprises 27 players who are allowed to use both feet and hands to pass and control the ball. Goals (or cacce) are scored by throwing the ball over into the netting at the end of the field. There is a main referee, six linesmen and a field master. Each match is played out for 50 minutes with the winner being the team with the most goals scored. What essentially happens is the two teams line up and beat on each other. The team with the ball tries to preoccupy the other team by beating them down or taking them down to the point where a gap is created and the ball runner can go on a run towards goal. The goal is narrow and missing a shot on goal gives the opponents .5 points. Scoring a goal nets the shooting team 1 pt. Because of the penalty for missing, players try to get fairly close before shooting. When it comes to tackling a ball carrier anything goes including kicking his legs out from under him. That's basically the rules but in actuality what happens is a big clusterfuck wherein a bunch of referees and assistants dressed like renaissance clowns run around calling things as they see fit. (Respect this man's authority) Players will break rules if they feel like they can get away with it and justice is arbitrarily dished out. However, players can and frequently do, get ejected for breaking the rules. This usually occurs after the most ferocious of hand gesturing. There seems to be a gentleman's agreement not to kick eachother's asses too bad, but I honestly have no real idea and people do get their rear end kicked. The winners get a year of bragging rights and a white cow. When to watch Semi-final Verdi vs Bianchi - 6/11/ 12:30 pm est Semi-final Rossi vs Azurri - 6/12/ 12:30 pm est Final TBA 6/24 12:30 pm est Where to watch The local Florentine channel that airs the games has a convenient HD web broadcast. http://www.rtv38.com/livetest.html Be wary of when you click on this because they air ads for strip clubs at night Why you should watch Italian amateur striking Italian amateur grappling More importantly- It's legitimately crazy, bizarre and entertaining. Check this poo poo out of you want https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EioSnjSjq00 A semi final from last year. Probably the best game of the bunch. End to end stuff A short documentary focusing on the lead up to the game. Not the greatest, but interesting none the less. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XctCNiDICXo
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Last Year's Highlights tasty goals running clotheslines crucial blocks full blast spears the importance of friendship and hydration Bonfiglio Fan Zone Bonfiglio is the leader of last year's winners the Bianchi. Bonfiglio embodies the spirit of Calcio Storico. A lover A fighter A fashion icon and a man with an uncanny ability to constantly be in the middle of every bust up on the field. Seltzer fucked around with this message at 02:22 on Jun 9, 2016 |
# ? Jun 9, 2016 02:10 |
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HOLY poo poo I AM SO EXCITED This was amazing last year. I miss the weird roidy guy who got himself ejected like two minutes into the finals
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# ? Jun 9, 2016 02:10 |
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Oh gently caress yes, I am so ready for this poo poo.
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# ? Jun 9, 2016 02:13 |
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Oh gently caress yeah this is back again??
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# ? Jun 9, 2016 02:17 |
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Detroit_Dogg posted:Oh gently caress yeah this is back again?? You better believe it
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# ? Jun 9, 2016 02:22 |
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God drat I can't wait for the old lovely dudes to hog the ball and limp across the field and refuse to leave it when the refs tell them to
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# ? Jun 9, 2016 02:29 |
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What are the vegas odds on this?
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# ? Jun 9, 2016 02:30 |
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Unfunny Poster posted:What are the vegas odds on this? -25000 to be totally sick
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# ? Jun 9, 2016 02:35 |
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Alright I'm in. Edit - According to https://www.visitflorence.com/florence-events/calcio-storico-fiorentino.html the matches and dates are as follows. June 11th: “Greens” of San Giovanni vs “Whites” of Santo Spirito in the internet famous Piazza Santa Croce. June 12th: “Reds” of Santa Maria Novella vs “Blues” of Santa Croce. Both matches take place at 5pm in Italy. Mekchu fucked around with this message at 02:51 on Jun 9, 2016 |
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This is my favorite. The two guys methodically boxing and then he just runs in and murks some fool in the background
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# ? Jun 9, 2016 02:50 |
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Unfunny Poster posted:Alright I'm in. It's in the OP. If things go the same way as last year the games will start at 12:30 pm est
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# ? Jun 9, 2016 02:54 |
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BONFIGLIO
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# ? Jun 9, 2016 03:19 |
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Someone posted a video of this in the NBA thread a while ago and I had no clue what was going on. Thanks for the post, OP.
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# ? Jun 9, 2016 04:42 |
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this was the greatest event of 2015 and i hope there are some other similarly roided out grandpas this year
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# ? Jun 9, 2016 10:49 |
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Is Bonfiglio the one who's gonna be representing calcio fiorentino in MOAT FIGHTS late in July, or some other random roided Italian man?
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# ? Jun 9, 2016 14:46 |
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This looks incredible.
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# ? Jun 9, 2016 15:58 |
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Bushmeister posted:Is Bonfiglio the one who's gonna be representing calcio fiorentino in MOAT FIGHTS late in July, or some other random roided Italian man? How did I not know this was happening. No, it's not Bonfiglio going to Japan it's Michele 'Iron Mike' Verginelli (18-11 mma) who also plays for the Bianchi. What a stacked team Also in my yearly research I've found out that Bonfiglio has "TOTAL CAOS" (sic) tattoed on his back and was ejected from the finals from last year because he kicked that dude in the gif in the head when he was on the ground, I don't think it was intentional though, who knows. Other Gossip includes that Lapi was playing for the Verdi because they had a lot of injuries and expulsions, apparently the midfield was ravaged in the final and for those two reasons he had no one to pass to. It totally isn't because the Michael Jordan of Calcio Storico wants to die in the piazza during a game. What a legend. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLbPy-cgGa0 I actually hope he still laces up his clown pants this year again for my lifelong team the greens provided he just aims for goal this time and doesn't attempt to run. Seltzer fucked around with this message at 17:35 on Jun 9, 2016 |
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If I wanted to see a bunch of roided up wops beating the gently caress out of each other in the dirt, I would just go back home to long island for July 4th and see my family but seriously folks you're a great crowd thanks for coming out e: I missed last years this looks awesome
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# ? Jun 9, 2016 19:18 |
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You don't call Italians in Italy wops. That only applies to immigrants as it means without papers. Step up your racial epithet game.
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# ? Jun 9, 2016 19:35 |
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Glad to see chesttat Bas Rutten is back. Also those white shorts are still sick as gently caress and I want a pair.
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# ? Jun 9, 2016 22:07 |
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When I first started watching this stuff I was wondering why the guy holding the ball just stands around for like the first 15 minutes. Then I understood once I saw somebody make a run for it and then get swarmed and murdered.
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# ? Jun 9, 2016 23:19 |
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Dr. Abysmal posted:When I first started watching this stuff I was wondering why the guy holding the ball just stands around for like the first 15 minutes. Then I understood once I saw somebody make a run for it and then get swarmed and murdered. I was trying to explain it to a coworker today, and after gooning out to him trying to explain it in vain, we pulled up a match from 2014. He started getting bored after the first 5 minutes, I was like "Just skip ahead 15, 20 minutes." Dudes getting murdered, dudes getting carted off the field, running haymakers from the ball carrier to the faces of defenders, and a beautiful GOOOOOOAAAAALLLLL! He's watching it this weekend now.
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# ? Jun 10, 2016 00:31 |
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This sport is the best. Florence never ceases to amaze me, and this event is part of the reason why.
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# ? Jun 10, 2016 18:37 |
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I will be out of town for the weekend so I'll only be able to phone post. I wont be able to gif this year, maybe at the end after the matches are on youtube. Anyways, tomorrow Verdi vs Bianchi Verdi fans get amped up here, bathe in our rich history https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb4ENoLLLj8 Bianchi fans bookmark this Bonfiglio photo album and find your next desktop wallpaper here. http://flickriver.com/photos/umbertofedele/sets/72157629680269899/
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# ? Jun 10, 2016 20:03 |
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The stream is live from the scene, guessing there's still gonna be a whole bunch of pre-match ceremony here.
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# ? Jun 11, 2016 16:05 |
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The prematch coverage is on right now if you have nothing to do and want to stare at sweaty Italians. Pageantry starts probably at 12, game at 12 30
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# ? Jun 11, 2016 16:06 |
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As a dirty southerner, I need a proper fiorentino to tell me who to root for in this game where we all end up winning.
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# ? Jun 11, 2016 16:55 |
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i'm a greens man now. tell your friends.
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# ? Jun 11, 2016 17:23 |
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that was a badass takedown at the start of the match
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# ? Jun 11, 2016 17:28 |
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This is the best sport
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# ? Jun 11, 2016 17:28 |
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That fuckin spinebuster
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# ? Jun 11, 2016 17:30 |
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Triticum Guzzler posted:i'm a greens man now. tell your friends. Wise choice They're feeling each other out right now. Green gonna amp it up soon.
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# ? Jun 11, 2016 17:36 |
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What a bounce.... I'm fuming
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# ? Jun 11, 2016 17:39 |
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Nice recovery from Bianchi
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# ? Jun 11, 2016 17:39 |
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Bullshit goal
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# ? Jun 11, 2016 17:39 |
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it seems premature but i'm fairly certain we just saw the goal of the tournament
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# ? Jun 11, 2016 17:40 |
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Swift reply!
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# ? Jun 11, 2016 17:41 |
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eat poo poo, bianchi.
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# ? Jun 11, 2016 17:42 |
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Triticum Guzzler posted:eat poo poo, bianchi.
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