Nils Liedholm

Oronzo Canà is called to coach Longobarda, the football team of a small town of Northern Italy, newly promoted to the First Division. His only task is not to be relegated, but Longobarda's owner plots against him, finding the team's current ranking far too expensive, and his top Brazilian striker is affected by a deep saudade.

Gino Bardi is a centre-forward in a football team which is about to be relegated to the second division. Just before a very important match a girl he has a relationship with proposes him to rig it. He refuses the offer but he actually begins playing like an amateur and the crowd begin to smell something fishy going on.

Ingeborg Nyberg makes a dream trip to Italy to study singing. She drives from Stockholm in her own car. She passes Helsingborg, Helsingør and Hamburg and continues through Holland and Belgium to finally reach Italy and the final destination Milan via Paris and Nice in France. There she takes singing lessons and absorbs the country's culture.