Soccer Extreme : Soccer legend Giovanni Trapattoni, big player back in the 1950s-1960s and still a successful coach (he's now coaching the Irish national team) is also a big classical music fan:
The image of your average soccer star blasting Sinfonia Concertante on their iPod, or bopping to the finale of Beethoven's Ninth after a big win is indeed an endearing, if impossible, dream. (operachic)
Republic of Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni has urged his Irish players to open their minds to the music of Mozart – because the cadences of the great composer’s works can help bring about a greater understanding of the intricacies of football!
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Trapattoni told : “A man who understands Mozart can also play better football. Mozart teaches you about tension, tempo, rhythm, structure. In his music you can learn the logic to read a game.
“For me in any case, that was a big experience. I believe that through music I grew as a player and a man.
“Young players no longer have the patience for a symphony, which takes an hour and which one must hear several times to understand.
The image of your average soccer star blasting Sinfonia Concertante on their iPod, or bopping to the finale of Beethoven's Ninth after a big win is indeed an endearing, if impossible, dream. (operachic)