Face Bashing Soccer In Italy: “Calcio Storico” Is Serious Business

“Calcio Storico” has been the scene of bludgeoning and pillage-training for more than six centuries in Tuscany and it takes place every June for three weeks. Object of the game? We aren’t too sure. Teams compete for 50-minute halves, use hands and feet to score a ball the size of a boulder, and beat the living snot out of each other when the ball isn’t in play. Not sure if it’s just us, but the video above looks more like a San Quentin riot than a game. You be the judge.
Calcio Storico In Florence [You Tube]