On Wednesday, April 5, a rare record was set in Livorno: in the match for the third division of the Italian basketball (Serie B) between Livorno and Piele, at the Modigliani Forum Arena, 8033 people gathered, an unprecedented sell-out.

The match was even broadcast live by the LNP on the national network with 4 cameras, two commentators and a field reporter.

It is worth noting that this is a classic Tuscan derby and the rivalry between the teams is huge. However, nothing was noted and everything went smoothly.

In Italy, Livorno is still a Bologna-like basketball city, even though the city’s historic team, Libertas Livorno, never won an Italian championship (it reached the final in 1989 when they were defeated by AC Milan).

In the 80s and 90s, the city of Livorno was crazy about the two teams, despite the fact that they were very often transferred from A1 to A2 and vice versa.

This year, Piele, which represents the lower class, working class and people working in the port, has an average of about 1600-1700 tickets, while Libertas, which has a core of fans from the middle and upper class of the city, has an average of 1300-1400 tickets.

As it happens in Bologna. There were more than 10 thousand requests for tickets for this particular match.

Before the match, both teams were leading in Serie B, but after the victory, Livorno is one point behind by a margin in their favor.

Such news usually relates almost exclusively to football and especially in Italy, but basketball also shows that it has great potential and has left its mark on the hearts of sports fans.

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