A time to review the Cluj-Lazio line-ups for the second leg of the round of 16 playoffs of the Conference League, a surname stood out in the Italian squad. Next to number 44, unusual in calls leagues of the set of Rome, appeared the surname of Mussolini, of such sad memory for the Italian population. Chance? Not at all.
It corresponds to Romano Mussolini, a 20-year-old defender of the Fascist dictator who ruled the transalpine country from 1922 to 1945, the last three of them as dictator.
His mother, Alessandra Mussolini She’s daughter of Romano Mussolinifourth son of Benito Mussolini and Rachele Guidi and the whole family have always perpetuated the last name, which is why Romano uses it together with the paternal last name, Floriani, and only one that should be used according to the Italian tradition of the only last name. “She is a decision to keep the last name alive,” said her mother.
Romano waited on the bench for his debut with the Lazio first team but it didn’t happen against Cluj either. That meeting was the tenth that Romano Mussolini He was summoned and on the bench with the first team of the Roman capital among all competitions. last time, last day january 4 in the league match that his team lost against Lecce.
Lazio, whose fans have always been linked to the extreme right, made him a contract last season until 2025. He still has two years ahead of him to end up putting on the elastic lacial and, at least, that the Mussolini name shines for a different reason than that of his great-grandfather.