What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

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Calcio florentino (or simply calcio) is one of the earliest forms of football (if it can be called football at all), the rules of which were finally formed by 1580. At first, local rich people, aristocrats and clergymen played it - however, now it is difficult to imagine such a state of affairs. And here's the thing: the game is more of a huge bloody mess than a ball game as such. The match lasts 55 minutes, most of the time the sacred sports equipment remains in place, and the players beat each other until they knock out all the crap or until they just get exhausted.

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What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

Among other things, calcio is also a very local event, which involves only four teams from the nearest settlements (each has its own color: white, blue, red and green), and their meeting always takes place in the same place - on Plaza Santa Croce. As an illustration, let's take a well-known quote from an experienced calcio player: “It's a cruel game, the fight is really going on there. In 1994, I spent 15 hours in the surgical department after Calcio. I arrived there with an eye in my hand and virtually no teeth. This year my son will take part in his first game. He's only 18."

In 2006, the Calcio was canceled for two whole years due to fierce fights between the white and blue teams, but later resumed again - photographer David Ramos dedicated his next project to this kind of resurrection, trying to see how such a cruel sport is played in the 21st century .

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

1 Calcio players in Piazza Santa Croce on June 30, 2013. The final battle for the first place between the players of the white and blue teams.

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

2. White team players are training in the gym.

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

3. Boxing training among the players of the white team.

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

4. A former calcio player hugs his friend and current member of the white team in the cafeteria after practice.

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

5. Relatives of the white team players are watching training at the white residence.

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

6. Blue team players training.

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

7. Blue team players wrestle in the middle of the field during practice.

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

8. The blue team had a barbecue after the end of a late practice session.

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

9. 43-year-old Antonio and his brother - 40-year-old Leonardo - arranged a boxing training in their gym, in the blue residence.

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

10. Leonardo with his daughter at dinner.

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

11. White team players pray the day before the start of the next match.

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

12. The white team in the locker room before the start of the semifinals.

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

13. Giani, player of the blue team, makes bandages on his hands before the final match.

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

14. Blue rest before the final.

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

15. The reaction of the blue to the speech of the coach.

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

16. "Victory or death" - the inscription on the armband of the player of the blue team.

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

17. Another player of the blue team bandages the hand of a teammate before the start of the match.

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

18. Blue team on the bus.

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

19. A player named Verona walks down the street in the crowd before the start of the semi-finals.

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

20. The tattooed player of the blue team goes to Santa Croce Square before the start of the game.

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

21. A 38-year-old white team player named Marzio hugs his son.

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

22. The blue team on the street before the start of the match.

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

23. Players of the blue team go to Santa Croce Square.

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

24. Fans of the white team greet their players.

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

25. The player of the blue team and the representation of the fans in the background.

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

26. Underage fans shout slogans in support of the white team.

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

27. Beginning.

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

28. The start of a fight between the players of the white and blue teams.

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

29. Fight one on one in the center of the square.

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

30. Mass collision on the field.

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

31. Continuation of the fight at the sides of the field.

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

32. White team player dribbles.

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

33. Interception of the ball by the players of the blue team.

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

34. Player named Verona during the match.

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

35. Players of the blue team begin to celebrate their victory.

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

36. Another blue team player.

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

37. Continuation of the celebration.

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

38. Blue carry flags.

What the most bloodthirsty kind of football looks like - Calcio Florentino

39. Group formation of blue team players.

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