The Sicilians who support Albania
23/03/2017 00:00
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Albania National Football Team will have a lot of supporters when it will play Italy on Friday in Palermo, in a match for the World Cup qualification group. But not all of them would have traveled from Tirana and other places. Arberesh, Albanians who left the country in the Middle Ages and have mostly gathered in Sicily and Calabria will be in the stands supporting their country of origin.
Piana degli Albanesi is the center of the Arberesh community in Sicily where state TV Rai interviewed some of them. “My heart is divided in two, between Albania and Italy”, a little girl said.
“That’s our origin. We are Albanians and will support Albania”, some older people say. Meanwhile a young Arbersh man dressed in “red and black” sweatshirt says he will be standing next to the fans coming from the opposite coast of the Adriatic Sea.
Albanian flags have also been seen on balconies of Arbersh houses, the number increasing by the minute as the match time approaches. Everyone is ready to celebrate despite of the outcome.
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