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Author: Paddy Chayevsky

I’ve been wanting to see this film for ages, though I really didn’t know what it was about. I knew it won Oscars for best film, director, and actor (Ernest Borgnine). The story is great: very low key, about a humble butcher (Borgnine) who at 34 lives with his mother and isn’t married. The film seems predictable — Marty finds a humble school teacher and they develop a relationship — yet some how it is fascinating. I watched for about twenty minutes and then realized I’d really been watching for forty-five; I hadn’t even noticed. Very sweet, simple, and elegant, with humor, gentleness, and some valuable life lessons. Well worth your time.

Poor Regina. Not only do they not get respect from the top clubs, but lowly Perugia comes along to punish them as well! Materazzi started things off twenty minutes in, and six minutes before the end of the half Liverani scored his first of the year on a nice free kick. In the second half Regina fought hard but there was no way Perugia was going to give up that much momentum. Final: 2-0 Perugia.