Pallonate in Faccia
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News about football/soccer, society and politics. On the side of Sócrates, Raymond Kopa, Marcus Rashford, Leon Goretzka, and the Spanish female footballers.
Website: https://pallonateinfaccia.com
News about football/soccer, society and politics. On the side of Sócrates, Raymond Kopa, Marcus Rashford, Leon Goretzka, and the Spanish female footballers.
Website: https://pallonateinfaccia.com
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Ultras Italia defended the Sebastiani Rieti fans who murdered the Pistoia Basket bus driver on October 19th. It happened last night in Chisinau, during Moldova-Italy. Both groups have far-right ties.
"19-10-25 A tragic fatality... but pointing fingers will never be our mentality!"
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"19-10-25 A tragic fatality... but pointing fingers will never be our mentality!"
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November 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Ultras Italia defended the Sebastiani Rieti fans who murdered the Pistoia Basket bus driver on October 19th. It happened last night in Chisinau, during Moldova-Italy. Both groups have far-right ties.
"19-10-25 A tragic fatality... but pointing fingers will never be our mentality!"
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"19-10-25 A tragic fatality... but pointing fingers will never be our mentality!"
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🇵🇸 A couple of days ago, Éric Cantona received this t-shirt featuring a drawing of his famous kick (aimed at a racist fan in 1995), this time aimed at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and with the slogan "Free #Palestine".
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November 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
🇵🇸 A couple of days ago, Éric Cantona received this t-shirt featuring a drawing of his famous kick (aimed at a racist fan in 1995), this time aimed at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and with the slogan "Free #Palestine".
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Football directly enters the wars in #Yugoslavia, with fans enlisting in various paramilitary groups. The most well-known are the Tigers led by Arkan, a former leader of Red Star's Delije.
🎧Listen to the new podcast episode (in Italian): open.spotify.com/episode/0q9n...
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🎧Listen to the new podcast episode (in Italian): open.spotify.com/episode/0q9n...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Football directly enters the wars in #Yugoslavia, with fans enlisting in various paramilitary groups. The most well-known are the Tigers led by Arkan, a former leader of Red Star's Delije.
🎧Listen to the new podcast episode (in Italian): open.spotify.com/episode/0q9n...
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🎧Listen to the new podcast episode (in Italian): open.spotify.com/episode/0q9n...
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🇵🇸 Manchester City's Catalan manager Pep Guardiola has invited fans to attend the historic friendly between Catalonia and #Palestine, which will take place at the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona on Tuesday 18 November.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
🇵🇸 Manchester City's Catalan manager Pep Guardiola has invited fans to attend the historic friendly between Catalonia and #Palestine, which will take place at the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona on Tuesday 18 November.
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Next Saturday and Tuesday, #Palestine will play two historic friendlies in Europe: in Bilbao against the Basque Country and in Barcelona against Catalonia.
November 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Next Saturday and Tuesday, #Palestine will play two historic friendlies in Europe: in Bilbao against the Basque Country and in Barcelona against Catalonia.
Anwar El Ghazi also won his appeal yesterday against Mainz for the unfair dismissal he suffered in November 2023: the German club had terminated his contract after the player had taken a stand on social media in favor of #Palestine.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Anwar El Ghazi also won his appeal yesterday against Mainz for the unfair dismissal he suffered in November 2023: the German club had terminated his contract after the player had taken a stand on social media in favor of #Palestine.
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🇬🇧 Forest Green Rovers (English 5th tier) have announced that they will sell #GazaCola at their stadium, The New Lawn in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
🇬🇧 Forest Green Rovers (English 5th tier) have announced that they will sell #GazaCola at their stadium, The New Lawn in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire.
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Upcoming live events with Pallonate in Faccia this weekend in Italy:
📌Saturday, November 15 - 9:00 PM in Fano (PU)
📌Sunday, November 16 - 5:00 PM in Modena
📌Saturday, November 15 - 9:00 PM in Fano (PU)
📌Sunday, November 16 - 5:00 PM in Modena
November 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Upcoming live events with Pallonate in Faccia this weekend in Italy:
📌Saturday, November 15 - 9:00 PM in Fano (PU)
📌Sunday, November 16 - 5:00 PM in Modena
📌Saturday, November 15 - 9:00 PM in Fano (PU)
📌Sunday, November 16 - 5:00 PM in Modena
🇪🇸 Last Wednesday, dozens of workers on the Camp Nou construction sites in #Barcelona protested against the exploitative conditions suffered by several migrant workers.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:05 AM
🇪🇸 Last Wednesday, dozens of workers on the Camp Nou construction sites in #Barcelona protested against the exploitative conditions suffered by several migrant workers.
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🇮🇹 @amnesty.org denounces human rights violations committed by Italian police on October 14 in Udine, during the #ShowIsraelTheRedCard demonstration against the Italy-Israel match.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
🇮🇹 @amnesty.org denounces human rights violations committed by Italian police on October 14 in Udine, during the #ShowIsraelTheRedCard demonstration against the Italy-Israel match.
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"Carlos Lives"
Last Sunday, Rayo Vallecano fans remembered Carlos Palomino, a 16-year-old anti-fascist activist murdered on November 11, 2007, by a neo-Nazi in the Madrid subway.
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Last Sunday, Rayo Vallecano fans remembered Carlos Palomino, a 16-year-old anti-fascist activist murdered on November 11, 2007, by a neo-Nazi in the Madrid subway.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
"Carlos Lives"
Last Sunday, Rayo Vallecano fans remembered Carlos Palomino, a 16-year-old anti-fascist activist murdered on November 11, 2007, by a neo-Nazi in the Madrid subway.
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Last Sunday, Rayo Vallecano fans remembered Carlos Palomino, a 16-year-old anti-fascist activist murdered on November 11, 2007, by a neo-Nazi in the Madrid subway.
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"Abolish ICE"
"Immigrants Welcome"
San Diego SC fans (with the groups The Locals and Frontera SD) along with the Portland Timbers Army, opponents on the pitch yesterday in MLS but united by the common cause of anti-racism.
"Immigrants Welcome"
San Diego SC fans (with the groups The Locals and Frontera SD) along with the Portland Timbers Army, opponents on the pitch yesterday in MLS but united by the common cause of anti-racism.
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
"Abolish ICE"
"Immigrants Welcome"
San Diego SC fans (with the groups The Locals and Frontera SD) along with the Portland Timbers Army, opponents on the pitch yesterday in MLS but united by the common cause of anti-racism.
"Immigrants Welcome"
San Diego SC fans (with the groups The Locals and Frontera SD) along with the Portland Timbers Army, opponents on the pitch yesterday in MLS but united by the common cause of anti-racism.
🇮🇪 The Football Association of #Ireland (FAI) has decided to back the request for Israel's suspension from international competitions due to the genocide in Palestine.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
🇮🇪 The Football Association of #Ireland (FAI) has decided to back the request for Israel's suspension from international competitions due to the genocide in Palestine.
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"It's a very special match for symbolic reasons: playing against #Palestine, with everyone's support for the Palestinian people."
Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta commented on his debut for the Basque national team in the friendly on November 15th against Palestina.
Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta commented on his debut for the Basque national team in the friendly on November 15th against Palestina.
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
"It's a very special match for symbolic reasons: playing against #Palestine, with everyone's support for the Palestinian people."
Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta commented on his debut for the Basque national team in the friendly on November 15th against Palestina.
Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta commented on his debut for the Basque national team in the friendly on November 15th against Palestina.
🇬🇧 Yesterday, #Celtic fans booed a minute's silence for Remembrance Day, which remembers the British fallen in all wars, including the one in Northern Ireland.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:57 AM
🇬🇧 Yesterday, #Celtic fans booed a minute's silence for Remembrance Day, which remembers the British fallen in all wars, including the one in Northern Ireland.
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"Koalas, kangaroos, poisonous snakes: no to #SerieA in Australia, football belongs to the fans."
The banner held by Parma fans during yesterday's match against AC Milan, protesting the possible hosting of the AC Milan-Como match in Perth.
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The banner held by Parma fans during yesterday's match against AC Milan, protesting the possible hosting of the AC Milan-Como match in Perth.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
"Koalas, kangaroos, poisonous snakes: no to #SerieA in Australia, football belongs to the fans."
The banner held by Parma fans during yesterday's match against AC Milan, protesting the possible hosting of the AC Milan-Como match in Perth.
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The banner held by Parma fans during yesterday's match against AC Milan, protesting the possible hosting of the AC Milan-Como match in Perth.
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There's been a lot of talk over the past week about the two Sky Sport interns who celebrated an Inter goal. The truth, however, is that all Italian sports journalists are also fans.
Read the new article (in Italian)👇
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Read the new article (in Italian)👇
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Non si può fare a meno dei giornalisti tifosi
“Chi fa il tifoso, chi dimostra di non essere imparziale o di dare giudizi in qualche modo condizionati anche solo da simpatie o antipatie, verrà giudicato editorialmente inadatto a ricoprire…
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November 9, 2025 at 8:06 AM
There's been a lot of talk over the past week about the two Sky Sport interns who celebrated an Inter goal. The truth, however, is that all Italian sports journalists are also fans.
Read the new article (in Italian)👇
pallonateinfaccia.com/2025/11/09/n...
Read the new article (in Italian)👇
pallonateinfaccia.com/2025/11/09/n...
"From the river to the sea, #Palestine will be free"
The magnificent choreography performed by Samsunspor fans during Thursday's Conference League match against Hamrun Spartans.
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The magnificent choreography performed by Samsunspor fans during Thursday's Conference League match against Hamrun Spartans.
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November 8, 2025 at 7:32 AM
"From the river to the sea, #Palestine will be free"
The magnificent choreography performed by Samsunspor fans during Thursday's Conference League match against Hamrun Spartans.
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The magnificent choreography performed by Samsunspor fans during Thursday's Conference League match against Hamrun Spartans.
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🇪🇸 In last night's Conference League match against Lech Poznań, Rayo Vallecano's Bukaneros paid a great tribute to the working class, reclaiming their popular and left-wing roots.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
🇪🇸 In last night's Conference League match against Lech Poznań, Rayo Vallecano's Bukaneros paid a great tribute to the working class, reclaiming their popular and left-wing roots.
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NEOM Stadium is being touted as a futuristic project, but the Saudi government is significantly downplaying it.
Read THE BEAUTIFUL SHAME, Pallonate in Faccia's English-language newsletter on football, politics, and human rights in #SaudiArabia.
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Read THE BEAUTIFUL SHAME, Pallonate in Faccia's English-language newsletter on football, politics, and human rights in #SaudiArabia.
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NEOM Stadium, from fake videos to true budget cut
The NEOM Stadium will be the face of Saudi Vision 2030, but its ambitious realization appears increasingly unlikely.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
NEOM Stadium is being touted as a futuristic project, but the Saudi government is significantly downplaying it.
Read THE BEAUTIFUL SHAME, Pallonate in Faccia's English-language newsletter on football, politics, and human rights in #SaudiArabia.
📲 pallonateinfaccia.substack.com/p/neom-stadi...
Read THE BEAUTIFUL SHAME, Pallonate in Faccia's English-language newsletter on football, politics, and human rights in #SaudiArabia.
📲 pallonateinfaccia.substack.com/p/neom-stadi...
"Maccabi not welcome"
"421 Palestinian football players killed"
This was how Maccabi Tel Aviv was welcomed last night in Birmingham for the Europa League match against Aston Villa. The protest against the Israeli club took place immediately outside the stadium.
"421 Palestinian football players killed"
This was how Maccabi Tel Aviv was welcomed last night in Birmingham for the Europa League match against Aston Villa. The protest against the Israeli club took place immediately outside the stadium.
November 7, 2025 at 7:25 AM
"Maccabi not welcome"
"421 Palestinian football players killed"
This was how Maccabi Tel Aviv was welcomed last night in Birmingham for the Europa League match against Aston Villa. The protest against the Israeli club took place immediately outside the stadium.
"421 Palestinian football players killed"
This was how Maccabi Tel Aviv was welcomed last night in Birmingham for the Europa League match against Aston Villa. The protest against the Israeli club took place immediately outside the stadium.
🇸🇩 The war in #Sudan and Manchester City: a problem the football world doesn't want to see.
Pallonate in Faccia on L'UltimoUomo (in Italian).
www.ultimouomo.com/manchester-c...
Pallonate in Faccia on L'UltimoUomo (in Italian).
www.ultimouomo.com/manchester-c...
Perché si parla di un coinvolgimento del Manchester City nella guerra in Sudan – Ultimo Uomo
Una vicenda complicata.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🇸🇩 The war in #Sudan and Manchester City: a problem the football world doesn't want to see.
Pallonate in Faccia on L'UltimoUomo (in Italian).
www.ultimouomo.com/manchester-c...
Pallonate in Faccia on L'UltimoUomo (in Italian).
www.ultimouomo.com/manchester-c...
"Everyone is afraid. Everyone is a coward. All eyes on #Sudan."
The chant by fans of Egyptian club Al Ahly during last Sunday's match against Al-Masry.
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The chant by fans of Egyptian club Al Ahly during last Sunday's match against Al-Masry.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:28 AM
"Everyone is afraid. Everyone is a coward. All eyes on #Sudan."
The chant by fans of Egyptian club Al Ahly during last Sunday's match against Al-Masry.
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The chant by fans of Egyptian club Al Ahly during last Sunday's match against Al-Masry.
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" #Trump is one of the people who can change or help change the world," said Cristiano Ronaldo in his recent interview with British journalist Piers Morgan.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
" #Trump is one of the people who can change or help change the world," said Cristiano Ronaldo in his recent interview with British journalist Piers Morgan.
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FIFA has invented a World Peace Prize, which will be awarded on December 5th in Washington, during the draw for next summer's World Cup. There's much speculation that the winner will be Donald Trump...
inside.fifa.com/organisation...
inside.fifa.com/organisation...
FIFA introduces the FIFA Peace Prize - an award to recognise exceptional actions for peace and unity
FIFA has announced the introduction of the “FIFA Peace Prize – Football Unites the World” to reward individuals who have taken exceptional and extraordinary actions for peace and by doing so have unit...
inside.fifa.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
FIFA has invented a World Peace Prize, which will be awarded on December 5th in Washington, during the draw for next summer's World Cup. There's much speculation that the winner will be Donald Trump...
inside.fifa.com/organisation...
inside.fifa.com/organisation...