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Sporti më i rrezikshëm në botë, më dhjetëra njerëz që sfidohen me grushta

12 Jun, 16:04

Me kampionatin botëror FIFA World Cup që po ofron, një lojë që ka marrë vëmendjen e internetit është zhvilluar në Fiorentinë.

Sporti i cili luhet çdo vit në sheshin Santa Croce të qytetit italian, i sheh kundërshtarët që sfidojnë njëri tjetrin me grushta.

Turneu vjetor përbëhet nga katër ekipe të përbërë nga lagjet Santa Croce (blu), Santa Maria (e kuqe), Santo Spirito (e bardhë) dhe San Giovanni (e gjelbër).

Ndeshjet në mes të dy anëve tëe 27 lojtarëve zhvillohen gjatë një dueli rraskapitës 50 minutësh dhe pa zëvendësime madje edhe nëse ka të lënduar, raportoi “DailyMail”, transmeton Periskopi.

Ishte brutale për disa, por famëkeqi mbreti Henry III i Francës i cili shikonte ndeshjen në vitin 1573 ka vërejtur që është “shumë e vogël për të qenë një luftë dhe shumë mizore për të qenë një lojë”.

Megjithatë për shefin e Apple Tim Cook nuk ishte shumë brutale pasi kishte shikuar këtë ndeshje./Periskopi/

The annual Calcio Storico tournament Â¿ an all-out slug-fest Â¿ takes place every June in the Santa Croce centre in Florence

The sport's chief rule Â¿ 'win at all costs' Â¿ means punching, kicking wrestling and headbutting is all fair game

Apple CEO Tim Cook and Andrea Ceccherini watch Calcio Fiorentino Historical Florentine soccer in Santa Croce square

The relentless version of football is a huge sporting spectacle in Florence with players sporting old-fashion garbs for the occasion

Matches between two sides of 27 players take place over a gruelling break-free 50 minutes

The sport, played out annually in the Italian city's Santa Croce square, sees opponents challenged to knock seven bells out of one another

The 27-a-side game is played between four neighbourhoodsÂ Santa Croce (blue), Santa Maria Novella (red), Santo Spirito (white), and San Giovanni (green)

There are no breaks in the 50-minute matches even if injuries do happen, as play must go on

A tattooed player prepares for battle in Florence's most violent, if not unique, historical traditionÂ

Medics on standby move out of the way in a scrap of play as two men (bottom, centre) square up for a one-on-one brawl

King Henry III of France remarked the 1573 Calcio Storico was 'too small to be a war and too cruel to be a game'

The sport combines elements of football, rugby and wrestling where teams have to kick a ball over a fence at the opponent's end of the field

Players will try and wear down their opponents by fighting

Fighting techniques such as martial arts are also Ok

Players from each district of Florence will train specially all year in order to be fit for the physically challenging event

The four district teams play a series of knockout matches before the best two face each other in the grand final

The exact history of the Calcio is unknown, although a sport similar to the one played was popular with soldiers of the Roman Army before the city of Florence was founded

One player goes on a mission with the ball. After a mass brawl in 2007 the game banned for a year and new rules were introduced to prevent criminals taking part

Only people born in Florence or who have lived in the area for at least ten years can take part

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