Loren promises that if her favorite team Napoli gets promoted to the Serie A soccer league, Italy's top league, the 72 year old actress will do a striptease. Now most Americans probably don't understand promotion in European and indeed most world soccer leagues. Most countries have multiple level, usually two or three levels, in which pro team compete. Usually, the top three teams from the lower division move up to the next division and the bottom three teams move down.
Promotion and demotion are big deals and mean a lot of money. For example, under the revenue sharing plan for the English Premier league, teams that remain in the Premiership will receive some $60 million dollar bonuses. The three teams that are demoted, don't get the bonus.
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Nice to know there is another soccer fan out there. I lived in Europe for 12 years and followed Kaiserslautern and the mighty Cambridge United. (Both relegated).
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