Mancini Featured in Saturday's Miami Herald

Walter Villa of the Miami Herald wrote a feature Saturday on Nova Southeastern University men's soccer student-athlete Filippo Mancini. Villa talked to Mancini and head coach Giuseppe DePalo about Mancini's background, the Milan Derby and NSU soccer's diverse team. Below is an excerpt from the story and a link to the column.

Nova soccer player Filippo Mancini, whose dad coaches Inter Milan, trying to make name for himself
By Walter Villa
Miami Herald

Giuseppe "Joe" DePalo spent years screaming at Roberto Mancini.

Now he's coaching his son, Filippo.

To clarify, DePalo was screaming at the entire Inter Milan team, not just Roberto Mancini, who coaches the famous Italian club soccer team.

DePalo, the Nova Southeastern University soccer coach, is from Milan, Italy. He is a huge fan of AC Milan, which is Inter's hated rival.

"It's certainly interesting," DePalo said of the situation. "[Inter and AC] play this Sunday. I'm sure there will be some trash-talking [with Filippo] after the game."

While DePalo and Filippo are rivals in their club-soccer rooting interest, they have teamed up at NSU, where Mancini is a first-year sophomore.

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