One of Italy’s biggest cities to have never been represented in Serie A, Erasmo Iacovone almost changed that before his tragic death aged 25

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One of Italy’s biggest cities to have never been represented in Serie A, Erasmo Iacovone almost changed that before his tragic death aged 25
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