After decades, Pisa SC is back in Serie A. In the past, the club made headlines off the field. Now it’s time for sporting success, with a million-dollar investment and a world champion following in the footsteps of another world champion.
The city’s most famous son, Galileo Galilei, and its most famous building, the Leaning Tower, will have to take a back seat for a while. The reason: Pisa Sporting Club is back in the top flight after 34 years. And it was about time. Few clubs in the past have provided such colorful trivia, in which the invention of the social soccer network, barefoot pilgrimages, a German countess, and a sheepdog played the leading roles. This puts quirky architecture and groundbreaking science in the background.
