*The sun at the beginning of August illuminated the small square in the historic center of Tivoli, making the air almost unbreathable. A skinny boy braved the summer heat and dribbled in flip-flops with a half-size Supersantos deflated in the shadow of a building. Everyone in the village knew him as "the Pole from Tivoli", a promising young football player in the ranks of Roma Primavera. "This one will become a champion" Ezio, the owner of the bar in the square, always repeated *