ROME – Robbie Keane’s home fridge contained 300 beers and nothing else. Luigi Di Biagio orchestrated an overnight escape from training camp in his pajamas.
Álvaro Recoba used to hide in the woods to avoid long-distance runs during soccer practice. Those are just a sampling of the many entertaining revelations from Christian Vieri’s informal talk show on Instagram Live, which has quickly gained a devoted audience of followers during the coronavirus lockdown.
What started as joking around between Vieri — the former high-scoring Italy forward — and former Inter Milan teammates Daniele Adani and Nicola Ventola, who are now TV commentators, has developed into a late-night ritual emanating from Vieri’s apartment in downtown Milan.