marcatura (i.e., "free from man-marking tasks"); it was also known as the "battitore libero" ("free hitter", in Italian, i.e. a player who was given the freedom...

players: battitore, spalla and terzino it is played in an open playing field without lateral walls. In this version each team has 4 players: battitore, spalla...

Retrieved 10 September 2014. Mario Gherarducci (25 May 2001). "Picchi, il battitore libero che mandava in crisi il Mago" (in Italian). Il Corriere della Sera...