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Sirene Milano is not only the first Italian women's American football team but a family, in which different personalities coexist and complement each other. Discipline, perseverance and mutual trust are some of the founding values for the group, united by a strong sense of belonging and ready to fight together to achieve their dreams, including spreading the discipline of women's football in Italy and Europe.

Unlike other sports traditionally thought of as feminine, in which competition between female teammates is completely unavoidable, this community lives everything in reverse: eager to legitimize their passion against stereotypes and prejudices, they challenge the old and ingrained thought that girls cannot challenge each other in a sport with a high percentage of physical contact by running until the goal, what they themselves call a touchdown, is achieved.

For me, the Sirene are a family, my reference point and my joy.

"Il football mi ha aiutato tanto a credere nell’amicizia tra donne. È facile pensare, anche per un discorso culturale interiorizzato dalla società, che nei gruppi di donne ci sia più competizione che coesione."

American football is the art of staying on your feet when everyone is trying to knock you down. You learn to get back up, with the help of your teammates, thinking about the goal, the touchdown.

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Giulia Ferrario

17 RUNNING BACK (RB)

Since Giulia arrived on the team, her world has changed. Her personality has earned her the nickname "Gina," which despite the diminutive tinge, identifies her as the player with a strong spirit of adaptation as a new player, demonstrated on the court and during practice.

In football, there is always a role for all types of physicality and experience level, without having to submit to limiting physical standards. In a diverse and welcoming environment, it is easy to nurture a feeling of mutual trust that can strengthen human relationships: 

"Football has helped me so much to believe in friendship among women. It is easy to think that between women there is more competition than cohesion. I've always been a little scared of friendships between women, but on the team I've changed my mind, I've made new friendships that I never thought I could cultivate.”

Although she has only been playing for the Sirene since September, Giulia does not feel the difference on the field with the others, because, as she tells us, in football there is no physical standard to meet in order to play. This makes the discipline different from many other sports that have always been considered more "feminine," in which it is necessary to have a well-rounded physicality: this leaves room for both more athletic and leaner-bodied female receivers and softer bodies playing up front

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