Hurry up and say derby. The word comes from Derby, a city in the center of England, but how it came to be used for all matches between teams from the same city is more mysterious. And then, what are the boundaries… of the boundaries? Is Brescia-Atalanta a derby? If you answer no, beware of the objection: the Ruhr derby, as it is known throughout the world, is between two cities 40 kilometers apart. Be that as it may, derbies are fighting zero growth: they are increasing year after year. Rivalries arise (Is Milan-Como a derby? Even in Perth?) and new challenges are added such as PSG-Paris FC, who will compete at the beginning of January in Ligue1. The most beautiful ones, however, are always the same, because history has great weight here.
