Rome, 19 October 2017 - Intense day for the Fiorentina and National Women's defender Elena Linari, who since the withdrawal of Castel di Sangro, where the Azzurre are preparing for the match with Romania valid for the World Cup qualifiers, will reach Rome in the afternoon to receive the 'Italian Values ​​Award' in the Sala della Protomoteca del Campidoglio.

The official recognition for Italy of the 'World Values ​​Day-World Values ​​Day' is given to people from the world of sport, culture, entertainment and civil society who have distinguished themselves through a result, a gesture and a goal capable to represent a human value and to convey messages useful for personal growth.

Linari, class' 94 and already with 35 appearances in the blue shirt, was elected by the Organization of World Values ​​Day "for dragging Fiorentina Women's double Scudetto and Coppa Italia, for having collected countless titles and become a pivot irremovable of the National Female. Although very young it is already a symbol for those who challenge the gender biases of women's football and the clichés that often discourage girls to practice this sport, hindering their growth and development, demonstrating with talent and charisma that the passion for the ball has no sex, that if typhus does not distinguish between males and females, it does not even want to play ".