MERSEYSIDE’S 3,000-strong Italian community will be turning out in force for next week’s Champions League match – but most of them will be rooting for Liverpool.
While the city’s bars will be heaving with Reds, Italian restaurants are also preparing themselves for the big night.
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One of the main sites will be Bar Italia in Castle Street, where proprietor Franco Colangeli is bracing himself for a repeat of the dramatic scenes that accompanied Liverpool’s last clash with AC Milan in 2005.
Around 50 specially-invited Italian guests are expected to descend on the restaurant, where Mr Colangeli has a reserved room which will show the match as it is broadcast on Italian TV.
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Mr Colangeli has lived in the city for 44 years and, although he is a Lazio fan, will be cheering on Liverpool.
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