The plane arrived shortly after 6 am today 12 July, a bus under board was waiting for the team to take it to the hotel under escort. Blue headlights on at the Coverciano Football Museum in Florence
FIUMICINO. Italy, the European soccer champion, arrived in Rome at dawn today 12 July. The A319 of Alitalia, flight AZ 9001, coming from London Luton landed at Fiumicino airport at 6.06. A roar when Mancini and Chiellini appeared at the top of the flight ladder at Fiumicino. It is the one paid by the dozens of airport operators who gathered under the aircraft with applause and choirs. The wildest Bonucci, who sang “We are the European champions”.
Souvenir photos and thanks to all the Azzurri, who appeared enthusiastic and moved. The European champions were greeted by a large banner from Aeroporti di Roma with the words “Grazie Azzurri” and by one of the Alitalia commissioners, Daniele Santosuosso.
The players and staff were taken directly alongside the plane and boarded the bus which then left the Roman airport at 6.30 am, under a large escort of the police, from a decentralized gate to the hotel. From a distance up to the aircraft stand the echoes of the trumpets of about 300 fans in the arrivals area, who, however, were unable to see the Azzurri pass.
Meanwhile, the Coverciano Football Museum in Florence, which collects the history and present of the national team, had turned on the blue headlights to illuminate the facade and celebrate Italy’s success at the European Championships. «In a few hours – underlines Matteo Marani, president of the Football Museum – in homage to the Azzurri and their beautiful ride, we will inaugurate a temporary exhibition dedicated to Euro 2020 with the shirts of our players for each match played in this European Championship. The Coverciano Football Museum celebrates Mancini’s Italy ». (Handle)