It’s a local disgrazia! The World Cup is coming to the New York area in a few weeks but some of the Big Apple’s most famous neighborhoods feel left out of the party because the Italian team failed to qualify for the tournament — again. The city’s large Italian-American population is fuming and ready to give a pizza of their minds as the national team of their ancestors let them down for the third cup in a row.
Residents and shop owners on world famous culinary destination Arthur Avenue in The Bronx, where soccer is part of everyday life, are trying to fuggeddaboutit. “It’s been big, especially in this neighborhood,” David Greco, who owns Mike’s Deli in the Italian nabe, told The Post. “Nowadays, when soccer games are on, we put the TV on and we have a beer from Naples.”
