Italian football culture in Italy’s everyday life: conversation topic, overexposure, women participation, and emotional involvement.

Things have changed in the Italian football culture, since the sixties, when this song was first sung by Rita Pavone:

“Perché perché la domenica mi lasci sempre sola… per andare a vedere la partita… di pallone… perché perché… una volta non ci porti pure me?”
“Why why on Sundays you always leave me alone… to go watch the football game… why why… don’t you once take me with you?”

But not that much… 

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