{"id":5193,"date":"2022-11-23T06:24:22","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T11:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/?p=5193"},"modified":"2022-11-23T06:27:45","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T11:27:45","slug":"disappointed-erie-street-soccer-fans-to-root-for-canada-in-italys-absence-from-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/23\/disappointed-erie-street-soccer-fans-to-root-for-canada-in-italys-absence-from-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Disappointed Erie Street soccer fans to root for Canada in Italy’s absence from World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

CBC NEWS -WINDSOR – For\u00a0the second time in eight years,\u00a0Italy didn’t qualify\u00a0for the FIFA World Cup. Watching the soccer players run across the big screen at\u00a0Gennaro’s Caf\u00e9 & Coffee Company on Erie Street, just won’t be the same.<\/p>

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‘I am very upset because at my age to see two World Cups with no Italy makes me sad,’ says long-time soccer fan Luciano Verardi.\u00a0(Jason Viau\/CBC)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>

It’s a sad start to the World Cup for Windsor’s Luciano Verardi.<\/p>

For the second time in eight years, Italy didn’t qualify for the FIFA World Cup. Watching the soccer players run across the big screen at Gennaro’s Caf\u00e9 & Coffee Company on Erie Street, just won’t be the same, he said.<\/p>

However, the lifelong soccer fan said he will be rooting for Canada, who did manage to make the cut. <\/p>

Canada plays its first game Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>

“I am very upset because at my age to see two World Cups with no Italy makes me sad, but what are you going to do?” said  Verardi.<\/p>

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Since Italy didn’t make the World Cup, local soccer fans talk about how they feel about Canada this year.
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CBC NEWS -WINDSOR – For\u00a0the second time in eight years,\u00a0Italy didn’t qualify\u00a0for the FIFA World Cup. Watching the soccer players run across the big screen at\u00a0Gennaro’s Caf\u00e9 & Coffee Company…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5195,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[189,959,793],"class_list":{"0":"post-5193","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-canada","9":"tag-italian-fans","10":"tag-world-cup"},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t