MEET FRANCESCO FARIOLI. A SMOOTH ITALIAN ONLY 35 YEARS OLD, BUT SMART, CHARMING, AND ELOQUENT. HE STUDIED PHILOSOPHY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE AND HAS READ THE WORKS OF SARTRE AND DOSTOJEVSKI. IN FARIOLI'S EYES, THE FOOTBALL PITCH IS A PLACE WHERE BEAUTY MEETS FUNCTION, A PHILOSOPHY HE NOW PRACTICES AS HEAD COACH OF AJAX.
