You need to pay attention to fencing. Extremely dangerous sport. Protected by the mask you can do, and say, anything. Imagine when you take it off.
And so yesterday, at the party for the 70th anniversary of the Fiamme Oro, Elisa Di Francisca and Valentina Vezzali, prima donnas also in having the last word, exchanged jokes and poisons. What happened? To put an end once and for all to the controversies between the two, who have long been teammates and ego enemies, Elisa tried to “send a message of peace to Valentina”; and Valentina replied to Elisa that «on a sporting level I respect you, but on a human level you are not the best». «Look, I didn’t want to invite you to dinner…» “Of course, I’m no longer hungry.”
Elegance at the tip of foil.
Now. We don’t want to get involved in such a duel between unpleasant people. Less than less agree with one or the other. Also to avoid ending up on political terrain. Vezzali was with Monti, with Draghi and in Forza Italia. Di Francisca, on the other hand, does not recall any particular positions taken. So he’s definitely left-wing.
Furthermore, at the Rio Olympics, the Italian flag did not fly, but the European one.
But that’s not the important thing.
The important thing is that Elisa and Valentina demonstrated yesterday, sweeping away rhetoric and hypocrisies, that the
desire for challenge never dies. They are champions because, even in life, they don’t give up hitting their opponent.
And fencing has this beauty. Which, unlike war, can be won without killing. One jab is enough.