Italy
Mussolini’s great-grandson scores his first professional goal – fans raise their right arms
There was a scandal in Italy during a second division game. Fans reacted to Romano Floriani Mussolini’s first goal as a professional footballer with the “Roman salute”.
It was a special moment for Romano Floriani Mussolini. He scored his first goal as a professional footballer for Juve Stabia, securing a 1-0 home win against Cesena. The 22-year-old has been on loan from the Italian first division club Lazio Rome, his youth club, to the second division club since the summer.
But his debut goal was overshadowed by an incident. After the goal, the stadium announcer called out the winger’s first name, to which fans responded with “Mussolini”, his last name – and raised their right arms. This is said to be the so-called “Roman greeting”. The gesture is reminiscent of the Hitler salute.
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According to Italian media reports, the police are looking into the incident. Whether gestures or chants – in Italian football and especially at Mussolini’s home club Lazio Rome, there have been repeated fascist scandals in the stands in the past.
“My great-grandfather Benito was a very important figure for Italy”
Romano Floriani Mussolini is the great-grandson of the former fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. In an interview with “” the 22-year-old said: “My great-grandfather Benito was a very important figure for Italy, but we are in 2024 and the world has changed.” There will always be prejudices, but that has nothing to do with his work and does not burden him.
“People will always talk, but my mother tells me to ignore it,” Mussolini continued. His mother, Alessandra Mussolini, is an Italian politician and sits in the EU Parliament. “I am for challenges: if I have to shut the mouth of those who are prejudiced against my last name, then I will do it,” says Romano Floriani Mussolini.
The kicker now also has his great-grandfather’s name on his jersey. At the beginning of his career he used his father’s last name, Floriani. Now the imprint “F. Mussolini” is on his back.
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