A Florence, en Italie avec les derniers gladiatorsles joueurs de Calcio Storico, l'ancêtre du football le 2013 juin. Photo : la cérémonie d'ouverture. Depuis le Moyen Age, chaque année en juin, quatre quartiers de la ville de Florence se battent sans pitié pour l'honneur de gagner le tournoi de Calcio Storico Fiorentino, un sport extraordinairement violent, joué par des hommes entraînés à se battre les uns contre les autres jusqu'à leurs limites.le tournoi se déroule avec quatre équipes, Les Bleus, les Verts, les blancs et les rouges, chacun représentant un district de la ville. C'est une croix entre la lutte gréco-romaine, boxi
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In Florence, Italy with the last gladiatorsthe players of Calcio Storico, the ancestor of football on June 2013. Pictured : the opening ceremony. Since the Middle Ages, every year in June four districts of the city of Florence fight each other mercilessly for the honour of winning the tournament of Calcio Storico Fiorentino, an extraordinarily violent sport, played by men trained to fight each other to their limits.The tournament runs with four teams, the Blues, the Greens, the Whites, and the Reds, each representing one district of the city. It's is a cross between Greco-Roman wrestling, boxing, rugby and soccer. Fifty minutes of strangling, biting, fighting, and running after a ball. Two teams of 27 players in medieval costumes face each other in a bloody game. The rivalry between the districts is deep-rooted and centuries-old. The closer one gets to the Piazza Santa Croce and to the field, the greater the risk of things getting out of hand. The two teams arrive from opposite directions but the rivalry between the districts is deep-rooted and centuries-old. When one decides to defend a colour, it is for life. To be part of a team is a deep involvement which goes beyond the stakes of the matches themselves. It is plunging into the bowels of Florentine culture. Here, the supporters have their colours in their blood. The rules of Calcio Storico are simple: during fifty minutes two teams of 27 players face each other on a rectangular sandy field, trying to send the ball into the opponent's net. If a player is injured or excluded, he cannot be replaced. It does not matter how the ball lands in the net since no holds are barred. The only things not allowed are two-on-one wrestling, attack from behind, and blows dealt to an opponent already on the ground. The winners are rewarded with a mass of steaks equivalent in weight to the more traditional prize of a white calf or bistecca fiorentina, which was historically butchered for the occasion. The players are volunteers in
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