World-famous landmark to have view of top-flight football as Champions League icon Inzaghi, 51, leads club to promotion
A WORLD-FAMOUS landmark will have front-row seats to top-flight European football next season.
There are countless examples of football stadia having views of world landmarks, but this might just top the lot.
Newcastle United’s St James’ Park offers a view of the Tyne Bridge, while the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels gives spectators a glimpse of the Atomium.
In Canada, Toronto FC’s BMO Field has sighting of the CN Tower, and Seattle’s CenturyLink Field is a stone’s throw from the Space Needle.
But the Leaning Tower of Pisa will have top-flight football on its doorstep next term.
That is because local side Pisa have gained promotion from Serie B into the Italian top division, the Serie A.
Pisa, managed by former Italy legend Filippo Inzaghi, cemented second place in the Italian second tier to return to the top table for the first time since 1991.
That means that Pisa’s home ground, the Arena Garibaldi, will host the biggest clubs in Italy once more.
The stadium is just a seven-minute walk from the Leaning Tower of Pisa, meaning that tourists and fans alike will have no trouble getting access to top-quality Italian football when they visit the city.
Pisa’s promotion back to the promised land was confirmed last weekend despite their 1-0 defeat at Bari.
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Third-placed Spezia were beaten 2-1 at Reggiana, which meant that Luca D’Angelo’s side could no longer catch Inzaghi’s in the race for automatic promotion.
As such, that means that Spezia will be forced into the play-offs, which extends down to eighth place.
Pisa’s promotion also throws up another fun scenario, where the Inzaghi brothers will go head-to-head in opposing dugouts.
Filippo’s younger brother Simone is the manager of reigning champions Inter Milan, who are three points off Antonio Conte‘s league leaders Napoli.
There are three games left to play in the Serie A season, with Inter set to travel to Torino while Napoli host Genoa in the next batch of fixtures.