Romano Floriani Mussolini, the great-grandson of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, got here off the bench to assist Cremonese defeat Sassuolo 3-2 in his Serie A debut on Friday.
Launched with eight minutes remaining, 22-year-old Floriani Mussolini earned the penalty from which Manuel de Luca struck the winner for the newly promoted facet, who went high of the Serie A desk with two wins in two matches.
The appropriate-back, on mortgage from Lazio, was an unused substitute in Cremonese’s 2-1 win at AC Milan of their Serie A opener final week.
“Too many issues occurred in too little time, I do not assume I will ever neglect the evening as a result of I’ve all the time dreamed of creating my debut in Serie A,” stated Floriani Mussolini.
“My objective was to make a distinction and I am comfortable that I managed to try this.”
Floriani Mussolini wears the quantity 22 shirt at Cremonese and has the identify ‘Romano’ on the again of his jersey.
He got here by means of the ranks at Lazio however by no means made an look within the Italian high flight for the Biancocelesti.
He was despatched out on mortgage to third-division facet Pescara in 2023-24 and Juve Stabia within the second division in the course of the 2024-25 season.
After his winner towards Cesena final December, some stories claimed Juve Stabia supporters celebrated the objective with fascist salutes – a declare the membership firmly rejected.
When becoming a member of Cremonese in the summertime, Floriani Mussolini stated he was “right here to play soccer”, including: “My surname bothers different folks greater than me.”
Benito Mussolini based the Nationwide Fascist Social gathering in Italy and led the nation from 1922 till he was overthrown in 1943. He allied with Adolf Hitler within the Second World Struggle, and was captured and killed in 1945.
