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.
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. continues...
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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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