The southern bend is already well stocked when “Banana”, standing on his perch, begins his Olympico (3-0).
Microphone in hand, the No. 1 capo of the South Winners begins the hostilities with a galvanizing speech made of encouragement to OM and invectives to Anthony Lopes, former member of the Bad Gones and current goalkeeper of OL, at the 'warming up.
A month after the postponement of OM-OL, the Olympic shock regains its fever.
In both turns, some prepare the choreographies while others warm up their voices by raising the temperature.
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Author of “Ultras, the other protagonists of football”, Sébastien Louis begins: “Historically, the capo is the leader of the group.
In Italy, it's been like this for 50 years and it will stay that way.
In French, this word has an erroneous interpretation.
It designates the one who launches the songs using a megaphone, a sound system or without anything.
His responsibilities are those of a conductor.
He will lead the atmosphere, his back turned to the field almost all the time.
In Italy, we speak of
lanciacori
,
corista
or
vocalist
, literally the one who starts the songs.
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