Valerio Minutiello Thursday 14 September 2023, 2.00 pm
ROMA – In Rome, in the splendid setting of the Foro Italico, the second edition of the Italian Padel Awardsinaugurated for the occasion by a tournament (from 3pm) open to the public in which players from the past will compete: Totti, Toni, Candela, Albertini and many others. Together with the former Roma captain there will also be his partner Noemi Bocchi: follow the live broadcast of the day.
15:51
Candela: “Mourinho? He must make us win”
Thus Candela to the reporters present: “Roma’s start to the championship? We could have done better, a difficult start but the season is long and we have many expectations. We expect a great Roma because the club has invested a lot. Lukaku? If he is well he can work alone. But it’s not just him, there’s Belotti, the great Dybala and captain Pellegrini. Mourinho? He is a winner, I expect us to win something this year too.”
15:45
Totti welcomed by fans’ chants. Selfie for Candela
Totti, as soon as he entered the pitch, was acclaimed by the fans, who dedicated chants and applause to him. Candela, however, stopped to take selfies with the spectators.
15:38
Noemi is also there with Totti
Noemi Bocchi is also there with Totti: as soon as she arrived, she sat down near the pitch where the Captain will play.
Italia Padel Awards, Noemi Bocchi is also there together with Totti
15:28
Totti arrived: “I don’t talk about football”
Francesco Totti arrived, welcomed by journalists: “I don’t talk about football”, he said, avoiding questions about Spalletti’s national team. The Roma flag then immediately entered the field to warm up with his racket and balls.
15:15
The former players have arrived, Totti is still missing
The former footballers who will be the protagonists of the event have now arrived: From Marchegiani and Toni to Cambiasso, Budel, Fiore, Albertini and Locatelli, all ready to play. Francesco Totti is still missing, expected at the Foro Italico together with his partner Noemi.
15:00
The Foro Italico fills up
The first spectators are arriving at the Foro Italico, open to the public for the challenge between former footballers.
14:47
Toni stings Totti: “I’ll crush you in the head”
The challenge between Totti’s team from the South and Toni’s team from the North has already begun on social media, where the former Bayern Munich striker launched a dig at the former Roma captain: “I’ll crush you in the head”he wrote on Instagram, tagging his friends-adversaries and posting the photo of his journey to the capital.
14:35
Toni’s team: Cambiasso and Albertini are there
In the other formation, that of the North, Toni and captain Demetrio will take the field Albertini and then Amoruso, Budel, Cambiasso e Locatelli.
14:30
The Oscar “ambassador” goes to Totti, Signori and Diletta Leotta
Our director Ivan Zazzaroni and Sky Sport journalist Alessandro Lupi will host, alternating on stage, the awards ceremony at the Sala delle Armi. To collect the Award as “Legend” will be the icons Seba Nerone, Arturo Coello and the twins María Pilar and María José Alayeto (known as the “Gemelas Atomikas”), while as rising star (“Rising Star”) Pablo Cardona, born in 2004, was chosen. The two teams of the year are the Italian national padel team fresh from the European Games and the Circolo Canottieri Aniene, winner of the scudetto for both men and women. In the new one “News” category Carlo Ferrara, creator and founder of the blog “Mr Padel Paddle”, the Wikipedia of padel numbers, will be awarded in that “Italians” the Italians Giulio Graziotti and Carolina Orsi. The Oasj Padel company will receive the Oscar as “best club”to Manu Martin that of “best coach”, at the Inclusive Padel Tour the title of “best tournament”, between Francesco Totti, Giuseppe Signori and Diletta Leotta as “ambassador”.
14:17
Totti in the Southern team with 3 former Lazio players
Totti and Toni, attacking midfielder and center forward of Marcello Lippi’s Italy and also of Claudio Ranieri’s Roma who came close to winning the scudetto in 2010, will drag as opponents the two representative protagonists of the early afternoon “Challenge” between the team from the South and that from the North. In addition to the historic Giallorossi number ten, the former Lazio players will strengthen the Southern team Fiore, Giannichedda and Marchegiani, as well as Candela and Maini.
14:07
Off to the Italian Padel Awards
Everything is ready at the Foro Italico for the start of the Italian Padel Awards, the event is about to begin.
Italian Padel Awards, everything is ready at the Foro Italico in Rome!
14:00
The program of the Italian Padel Awards
The tournament will be open to the public from 3pm when many former footballers will compete. Then, from 8pm, we will continue with an event in which the padel stars will be rewarded. The event will continue tomorrow, again at the Foro Italico, with free trials together with the masters of the Italian Tennis and Padel Federation in the presence of the champions Rubio, Stellato, Sussarello and Tinti.
Totti gets a makeover for the Italian Padel Awards
Foro Italico (Rome)
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