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Football and rugby vying over Fiorentina pitch


Football and rugby are involved in a bizarre tug of war tug of war
n. pl. tugs of war
1. Games A contest of strength in which two teams tug on opposite ends of a rope, each trying to pull the other across a dividing line.

2.
 over Fiorentina's Franchi stadium due to a fixture clash.

The Italian football association announced on Tuesday that the Serie A This article is about the Italian football league. For other uses, see Serie A (disambiguation).

Serie A (officially known as the Serie A TIM
 match between Fiorentina and Parma would be held on November 21.

However, the date and stadium have already been booked for a rugby union rugby union
Noun

a form of rugby played between teams of 15 players
 international between Italy and world champions South Africa, for which tickets are already on sale.

Neither Fiorentina nor Parma have commented on the clash but a spokesman for the Italian Rugby Federation The Italian Rugby Federation (Italian: Federazione Italiana Rugby) is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in Italy.

On 25 July 1911 a "Propaganda Committee" was formed to promote the sport of rugby union in Italy.
 said all parties, which includes the city of Florence, which owns the stadium, were working on a solution.

One possibility is that the football match will be moved to either December 2 or 16 or the rugby match would have to be moved to another stadium.
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