Andrea Kimi Antonelli was given a hero’s reception by soccer followers at Italy’s UEFA Nations League match towards France on Thursday evening.
The newly-crowned World Champion was in attendance at Milan’s San Siro stadium – dwelling of AC and Inter Milan, town’s two groups.
Invited by Italian sporting determine and businessman Giovanni Malago, Antonelli’s presence was made public to the 70,000 capability crowd.
When the digicam zoomed in on the Mercedes driver in attendance, a lot of that capability crowd – the Azzurri – cheered and sang his identify.
Antonelli regarded visibly moved by the second, confirming his rapidly-grown standing inside his homeland, having turn out to be its first Formulation 1 World Champion since Alberto Ascari in 1953.
“I’ve to thank Malagò for the invitation; I’ll watch the match with him,” Antonelli stated earlier than the sport. “Let’s hope Italy win, additionally as a result of it’s my first time at San Siro.
“I’ll be supporting all of the Azzurri and it’s going to be an exquisite expertise for me.”
Antonelli was handled to an enthralling recreation, during which the house facet beat the French 3-1.
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