The President of Italy, Sergio Mattarella, will attend Friday’s Intesa Sanpaolo Nations Cup at CSIO Rome Piazza di Siena. The President will arrive in time to watch the Italian team of Lorenzo de Luca, Luca Marziani, Riccardo Pisani and Lucia Le Jeune Vizzini compete in the second round of the nine-nation contest.

Marziani and de Luca wear the uniform of the Italian airforce, and they’ll be hoping it is another home victory, and the third in a row, that is being celebrated when their colleagues perform a dramatic fly-past, as they did following last year’s thrilling competition.

Ph. Mario Grassia