The "oratory" aesthetic From goleadors to fake jerseys: FIFA Street before it was mainstream

Bell towers, parish priests, brushed-out pitches and Estathé as a third half were a trait of the football life of many sportsmen, who united generations, amateurs, and champions. Paolo Maldini, for example, told journalists from all over the world several times that his childhood "lived it at the oratory" (his, in Milan, was that of Piazza Pio X). Even Francesco Totti, without specifying, did not hide his beginning as enfant prodige in the sports spaces of roman churches. 

The matches at the oratory were a must of everyone's childhood, but today, like many things, they are also what is no longer there. They are lacking because the coronavirus is also fought with isolation and distances, the most antithetical principles to the values of the oratory camps. It is not only that certain dynamics are lost - friendships are created, physical activity is practiced in the open air, parents know where to track down their children - but in addition to the social problem, there is a matter of life: there are moments and customs that only at the oratory (or in a few other sporting mice in the world) can be lived. 

Boots are another apparatus of the aesthetics of the oratory that defines a test footballer. In fact, many already from an early age understand the importance of having shoes with the right cleats, when to use this or that model. Usually, though, "oratory shoes" are a fixative stuff. When you are little you do not have too much desire to choose which shoe is better than the other, let alone sacrifice the expense of any gift for a more comfortable Munich for the afternoon game. 

On the other hand, it is not necessary to be the most beautiful at the oratory court as to arrive earlier to get to the field, be ready for 2-3-4 hours of matches and challenge cycles of peers and not. The important thing, when you're little, is to be there. The only thing you can't do now.