An interview with author Roberto Pennino- Il Grande Torino

76 years ago the crash in which the players and managers of the Grande Torino lost their lives. An anniversary that modern football doesn't celebrate enough

Fan demonstration in the city center to challenge President Urbano Cairo (ANSA)

Thousands of grenade fans gathered in Piazza Solferino in Turin for a parade against President Cairo on the anniversary of the Superga tragedy The Turin article, grenade fans in the square on the anniversary of Superga: the parade against President Cairo comes from Il Fatto Quotidiano.

TURIN – The day dedicated to the memory of the Invincibles, which began this morning with the protest march in Cairo in which over 20 thousand Toro fans took part, ended in Superga. The most emotional moment was obviously when the current captain of Toro, Duvan Zapata, read the names of the Grande Torino players who died in Superga on 4 May 1949. Duvan Zapata reads the names of the Italian Champions of the Grande Torino The article Superga: Duva…

The day of remembrance of the Superga tragedy becomes an opportunity for the dispute

An interview with author Roberto Pennino- Il Grande Torino

Torino won five consecutive league titles in the 1940s, playing a flowing brand of football with such dominance they were named Grande Torino. Their dominance was tragically and shockingly halted on the 4th of May 1949. Returning from a friendly with Benfica in Portugal, the plane crashed into the hilltop Basilica of Superga in Turin. The air disaster claimed the lives of all those on board, including most of the team and their coaches, as well …