Football
Italy competed in the Olympic football tournament for the third time in 1924.
- Round 1
| May 25, 1924 |
Italy | 1–0 | Spain | Stade Olympique, Colombes Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Marcel Slawik (FRA) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vallana 84' (o.g.) | Report |
- Round 2
| May 29, 1924 14:15 |
Italy | 2–0 | Luxembourg | Stade Pershing Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Jean Richard (FRA) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baloncieri 20' Della Valle 38' |
Report |
- Quarterfinals
| June 2, 1924 17:00 |
Switzerland | 2–1 | Italy | Stade Bergeyre Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Johannes Mutters (NED) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sturzenegger 47' Abegglen 60' |
Report | Della Valle 52' |
- Final rank
- 5th place
- Roster
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- Giovanni De Prà
- Giampiero Combi
- Gastone Baldi
- Giuseppe Aliberti
- Adolfo Baloncieri
- Ottavio Barbieri
- Luigi Burlando
- Umberto Caligaris
- Giuseppe Conti
- Giuseppe Della Valle
- Virgilio Levratto
- Mario Magnozzi
- Virginio Rosetta
- Renzo De Vecchi
- Severino Rosso
- Antonio Fayenz
- Antonio Janni
- Antonio Bruna
- Mario Ardissone
- Feliciano Monti
- Giuseppe Calvi
- Cesare Martin
Read more about this topic: Italy At The 1924 Summer Olympics
Famous quotes containing the word football:
“Idon’t enjoy getting knocked about on a football field for other people’s amusement. I enjoy it if I’m being paid a lot for it.”
—David Storey (b. 1933)
“In football they measure forty-yard sprints. Nobody runs forty yards in basketball. Maybe you run the ninety-four feet of the court; then you stop, not on a dime, but on Miss Liberty’s torch. In football you run over somebody’s face.”
—Donald Hall (b. 1928)
“People stress the violence. That’s the smallest part of it. Football is brutal only from a distance. In the middle of it there’s a calm, a tranquility. The players accept pain. There’s a sense of order even at the end of a running play with bodies stewn everywhere. When the systems interlock, there’s a satisfaction to the game that can’t be duplicated. There’s a harmony.”
—Don Delillo (b. 1926)