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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quyB8PMTD3o If the boys wanna fight you better let 'em! Spread the word around- Calcio Storico season is here and all four teams are back this year! Last year the semis started with the Reds playing and winning a "friendly" game against a combined Green and White team as the Blues were suspended last year for assaulting officials in 2017 (quick reminder "After the Azzurri took a shocking early lead poo poo hit the fan after a series of "controversial" reffing expulsions. The blues felt hard done by these decisions against them and logically proceeded to assault multiple officials causing the police to storm the field and end the game. The game was suspended, the blues were kicked out of the tournament and the whites were moved on into the final."The game ended 18 minutes in with blue leading white 2.5 - 0.)  Afterwards the Verdi cruised to an convincing win against the Bianchi to face the Reds in the final. Unfortunately many of the key Green players were decimated early on in the final and the Reds handed the Greens a huge defeat (final score 10.5 to 4). What will happen this year? Will the Whites regain their dominance, will the Greens finally win it for the first time since I've been watching this contest (no), will the Reds be unrepentant scumbags (yes), Will the Blues be on their best behavior? I don't know what will happen 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) Unathletic out of shape wastemen who are terrible at offense but through their sheer determination and willingness to sacrfice their bodies are able to give any team a struggle. Oh and whiners and spoil sports. A disgrace  Santa Maria Novella / Rossi (Reds) Roided up cheaters. They are slightly better at scoring than the azzurri but they prefer to toss people out of the arena and waste the clock. They gas 1/3rd the way through every match. Last year's champions  (pic from Lone Goat's trip) Santo Spirito / Bianchi (Whites) A dynasty momentarily derailed. A complete team with some of the best offensive players in the game. Top down leadership and success in their veins.  San Giovanni / Verdi (Greens) An all around solid team with offensive flair and long range sharpshooters. They are not afraid to get physical. They are a team with illustrious history and a deep respect for the Calcio tradition.  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. When to watch Semi-final Rossi vs Verdi - 6/15/ 12:30 pm est Semi-final Bianchi vs Azurri - 6/16/ 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/wordpress/ (official website is working again this year) 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 A semi final from 2015. Probably the best game that year. End to end stuff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EioSnjSjq00 2017's amazing final https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSQ9KXh4NXw A short/decent primer piece by Vice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTPWcLmWvD0 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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Past yearly threads. 2018 https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3859506 2017 https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3822901 2016 https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3779401 2015 https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3725616 Highlights Offense      Defense   Tackling    Grappling   Striking   Expulsions  Friendship  Seltzer fucked around with this message at 04:59 on Jun 12, 2019 |
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This is something I look forward to every year. I want to photograph it so bad, it's my sogno di cassetto. Those photos are sooo good too. I switch allegiances every year. I'm hoping Verdi do well this year.
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Jun 10, 2019 18:54
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gently caress yes
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It's the most wonderful time of the year.
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Oh man, what a time to be alive.
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They should go back to giving the winning team a cow.
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I've never heard of this before, but I've been searching for it my entire life.
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Mob posted:They should go back to giving the winning team a cow. winner, winner, nice beef dinner
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più faville del maglio of the world's sickest culture. Absolutely raucous poo poo going down in the sublime city of pikes and crossbows. Thanks for making this thread.
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Been looking forward to this since I got off the plane home from Florence last year, go Rossi!
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Hell yes
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the real king of sports
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Porco dio it's that time again! Santo Spirito è il numero uno 
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Go greens
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Go Reds! Hope they got a good stack again this year
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Mob posted:They should go back to giving the winning team a cow. I feel like I usually see them leading a cow around during the pre-game portion where there's two thousand dudes wandering the field with a drum beat in the background.
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Dr. Abysmal posted:I feel like I usually see them leading a cow around during the pre-game portion where there's two thousand dudes wandering the field with a drum beat in the background. The cow is only symbolic now.
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I was just thinking about this foolish game and the forums have blessed me this day!
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Calico Storico time, gently caress yeah!
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Jun 11, 2019 03:45
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Everyone remember to take off work on the 24th its a monday this year unfortunately.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3ALwKeSEYs
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semper blue, will be good to see the boys back in action this year
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Seltzer posted:Everyone remember to take off work on the 24th its a monday this year unfortunately. gently caress yeah I am on vacation that week
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How do the teams get picked? Do they have local brawls in the quarters?
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è tornato
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Highlight section has been updated. Hopefully I'll be able to .gif a bit this year after missing last year.
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It's Christmas in June! Can't wait to see how big the Rossi hosses are this year, and excited to see how many minutes they will be able to run before collapsing to a wheezing mess.
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Forza Rossi!
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I'm watching that first YouTube video and they're being out a stretcher at like a minute into the game and NO ONE GIVES A gently caress AND CONTINUES PLAYING AROUND THEM. I always thought it was bullshit like just an all out brawl, but it looks a lot more like ritual warfare. loving fascinating.
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Wasabi the J posted:I'm watching that first YouTube video and they're being out a stretcher at like a minute into the game and NO ONE GIVES A gently caress AND CONTINUES PLAYING AROUND THEM. First time I saw someone use the medical crew as a blocker to set up a goal I started screaming and have never stopped. I love this dumbass sport so much. Here's that street art I bought in Florence last year, framed 
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Wasabi the J posted:I'm watching that first YouTube video and they're being out a stretcher at like a minute into the game and NO ONE GIVES A gently caress AND CONTINUES PLAYING AROUND THEM. The game has been played for 500 years or so and is easily the craziest sport Ive ever seen.
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Lone Goat posted:First time I saw someone use the medical crew as a blocker to set up a goal I started screaming and have never stopped. I love this dumbass sport so much. This is beautiful
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Soulex posted:The game has been played for 500 years or so and is easily the craziest sport Ive ever seen. That afghanistan goat carcass polo sounds up there but its not really televised Wasabi the J posted:I always thought it was bullshit like just an all out brawl, but it looks a lot more like ritual warfare. As I tell friends when selling them on it, all sports are ritualized warfare Calcio is just the least ritual
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So... in that gif above buddy is tapping to a strangle... what happens then? Is he eliminated? Does his opponent even need to let him go? From what I'm seeing here I'm getting serious cricket vibes in which there are only like 5 rules in the actual game but then there's a gigantic laundry list of things that are technically not against the rules but which the sport's internal decorum has like 40 pages of poo poo which will cause a riot. I'm watching the 2015 Verdi Rossi right now and the refs call a stoppage because a brawl broke out fuckin' lol.
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CommonShore posted:So... in that gif above buddy is tapping to a strangle... what happens then? Is he eliminated? Does his opponent even need to let him go? As mentioned in the OP, a game was once called due to rioting by one of the teams
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When one opponent gives up the other one just sits on him. It is kind of a gentleman's agreement.
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Mulaney Power Move posted:When one opponent gives up the other one just sits on him. It is kind of a gentleman's agreement. And then how long do they stay there?
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