Italy, surrendered to Antonelli and Cobolli

The Italian press surrendered this Monday to its compatriots Andrea Kimi Antonelli, winner of the Monaco Grand Prix Formula 1and Flavio Cobolli, Roland Garros finalistwhom he highlighted as symbols of Italian sport and the tricolor flag.

Both general and sports newspapers opened their covers with the feat of the transalpines on Sunday, both Antonelli, 19, who achieved his fifth victory in F1; as of Cobolli, number 10 in the ranking, who was on the verge of winning his first Grand Slam against the German Alexander Zverev.

“Phenomenon. Kimi sweeps Monte Carlo. Fifth consecutive victory,” he declared the Gazzetta dello Sportthe sports newspaper with the largest national circulation, also reserving space on the cover for the tennis player: “Cobolli was great.”

For their part, other widely circulated newspapers, such as the Corriere dello Sportopened with the young man from Bologna raising the trophy, with a written “Kimi five” and a “Fifth consecutive triumph: I also love in Monte Carlo.” De Cobolli noted his participation as “worthy of applause.”

While Tuttosporta historical newspaper famous, among other things, for presenting the Golden Boy award, noted that Antonelli “looks like Ayrton Senna” and thanked the tennis player for his work in Paris: “Cobolli with Zverev made us dream.”

Other general headings such as Corriere della Serathe Republic either Il Giornale They highlighted in their first pages the “joy” and “pain” of both feats, underlining them as symbols of Italian sport.

Football was also the protagonist, although to a lesser extent, in last Sunday’s matchday, in which the U-17 team won the European Championship in Estonia against Belgium and in which the senior team closed with a victory in a friendly against Greece, a season to forget after failing to qualify for the World Cup for the third consecutive time.