Word: roma
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...that the world cup is fading into memory, Europe's football fans are tuning in to the sport's new season. But not if they are Italian. Supporters of the likes of Juventus, AC Milan and Roma will have to wait a while longer to see their clubs kick a ball in anger. Their season, which should have started on Aug. 31, will not kick off until Sept. 15 because the clubs and television companies have failed to agree to new deals. The delay was inevitable after state broadcaster Radio-televisione Italiana (RAI) offered the Serie A and B teams...
...instruments in a time of digitized sound machines. "It's music untouched by the 20th century," says Cartwright. Fans are less analytical. "It's beautiful. It's raw. It's out of this world," enthused Miroslav Luczka, resting after a hectic bout of dancing to the Yugoslav brass band Roma Zorale at a Prague club last month. Serbia's Goran Bregovic is considered a pioneer of the gypsy music revival. Though not Roma himself, he scored Yugoslav director Emir Kusturica's 1989 film Time of the Gypsies, which critics consider a seminal work that did for gypsy music what...
...Batistuta, dubbed "Batigol" by his fans, is the most successful striker of his generation, having achieved mythic status at Italian club Fiorentina in the 1990s before moving to AS Roma two seasons ago. In the modern game, a deadly forward is one who scores once every three games. Batistuta's average for Argentina is better than two in three. With his shoulder-length blond hair and soulful eyes, he looks a likely lead in Jesus Christ Superstar, but he has the instincts of a cold-blooded killer. Bielsa notes that Batistuta is "more comfortable in the last third...
...largely the same defense that ran roughshod over Brazil in the final plus a mature front line that has now been battle-tested in England's Premiership and Italy's Serie A. Fullbacks Marcel Desailly, Lilian Thuram and Bixente Lizarazu can pick up where they left off, augmented by Roma's superb left back Vincent Candela. They should make up for goalkeeper Fabian Barthez' propensity to lose his mind...
...There's little doubt that Italy should cruise into the second round, but with the Italians there's always a chance for dramatics. Playing in Group G against Ecuador, Croatia and Mexico, Italy's attack will feature Christian Vieri, "il Mostro," Inter's 1.93-m giant. Roma's fabulous Francesco Totti, the linchpin of the team, will play behind the front runners?that is, when he isn't driving defenses crazy by himself. The Italian defense will again be superb, providing a combination lock of skill and experience that will be hard to pick. If there's any weakness...