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Yesterday there was a minute’s silence at Wembley to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Munich Plane Disaster when seven players of Manchester United, plus members of its staff, journalists and others died.

The match kicked off to boos and jeering at David Beckham’s absence. He is still very much a favourite with the British and hadn’t been allowed to take part in what would have been his hundredth cap!

The team seemed extremely nervous at Don Fabio’s (as Mr. Capello is jokingly called in the newspapers) first match. The players seemed to have forgotten what ‘formation’ meant and there was a certain gloom in the air. It seemed that the soberly dressed and stern-faced Fabio had certainly made his mark.

•••>Then the English team seemed to find themselves, thanks chiefly to a couple of players’ efforts, and they managed to win 2-1.

Previously Mr. Hair had given his press conference in Italian but explained that he studies English in the mornings. Could it be that also the English team are also busy studying a foreign language – Italian, so that they can manage to understand him?

DIZIONARIETTO

fiftieth= cinquantesimo
kicked off= è iniziato
boos and jeering= fischi e grida di protesta
still very much a favourite= è ancora il beniamino (o “uno dei beniamini”)
in what would have been= in quella che sarebbe stata
his hundredth cap= la sua centesima partita con la maglia della nazionale
jokingly= per scherzare, scherzosamente
gloom in the air= atmosfera plumbea
stern-faced= dal viso severo
had certainly made his mark= aveva certamente avuto un impatto
chiefly= principalmente
they managed to win= sono riusciti a vincere
Mr. Hair= Fabio Capello (capello=hair)
are also busy studying= si stanno anche dando da fare a studiare