Serie A noir, Roberto Strulli and the tragedy of Valentine’s Day

It is February 14, 1965: during the derby between Samb and Ascoli, Roberto Strulli collides with his friend-opponent Alfiero Caposciutti and never gets up again

Death lurks in a tired phase of the match, when there are five minutes to half-time and the players think about going back to the locker room, to put their ideas in order and tone up their muscles. Everything that is about to happen – the unexpected turn of events – is hidden in the shadow of a banal and forgettable trajectory, as there are dozens of them on every football Sunday.

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