Il calcio come luogo di dialogo e di integrazione interculturale

Football-game as a Space for Dialogue and Intercultural Integration Football-game is considered the dream of many young people living in developing countries. It is an extraordinary instrument of integration between cultures because it facilitates mutual knowledge, allows to enhance diversity, hightens awareness of the rules and facilitates the development of self-identity. Its models of socialization, despite the cultural and ethnic differences, enhance cohesion within the team-group and the concept of brotherhood (Vinnai 2003). Full integration is achieved through the recognition of common values and the peculiar relationship established thanks to sport environment. The aim of this research is to analyze through one case study (Glaser e Strauss 1967, Yin 2013) the effectiveness of football-game educational mediation as an instrument of integration applied to minor immigrants arrived in Sicily from African countries.