Renato Cesarini was an Italo-Argentine forward who played for Juventus and Italy. His surname has entered into Italian culture in the form of a linguistic expression "in zona Cesarini", meaning in the last possible moment.
He had already scored some late goals in league games but then in an international match against Hungary Cesarini scored a 90th minute equalizer for Italy, for a 3-3 draw. In a league match soon after between Ambrosiana Inter and Roma, a last minute goal was described as "un caso Cesarini" by journalist Eugenio Danese. The expression stuck and was then coined into "in zona Cesarini" also in connection with the game of bridge.
The phrase "in zona Cesarini" is still used in football today, but also in many other everyday contexts (e.g you arrive at the supermarket one minute before closing time you can joke, maybe not with the cashier, that you arrived "in zona Cesarini").
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