Antonio ColakSpeiza striker, gave a long interview to The Nation: “Each country has its own culture, I learned their languages to feel at home. The first time I went outside Germany was at 21 years old, to Gdansk in Poland: there I felt like an adult, I became strong in the head. In 2018 I moved to Croatia, to Rijeka: everything was easier there because I felt at home, I had a great performance with 51 goals in 90 games, winning the title of top scorer, with an accompanying call-up in the Croatian national team, at Paok, it was the time of Covid, it was difficult for me, also due to my mother’s illness, while in Sweden, at Malmoe, I returned to scoring many goals, 22 in 40 games with qualification for the Champions League. In 2022 the experience with the legendary Glasgow Rangers was like a soldier in Real Madrid, it was a spectacle to play in the Champions League at the Ibrox Stadium filled with 50,000 fans.”
The Cesena Peak?
“From the first day, from the match against Cesena, I felt the incredible passion of the La Spezia fans. I really like this stadium and the warmth of the people, the 8-9000 supporters who are at the ‘Picco’ seem double that.”
What objective did you set yourself with Spezia?
“I just want to do my best in every match, leave my heart on the pitch for the team and the fans.”
The derby with Sampdoria?
“It’s a very important match for us, it would be a wonderful emotion.”
There will be no Spezia fans
“The supporters are part of football and of Spezia, it’s a real shame that they can’t follow us. For us they are the twelfth man at our side, we will do everything to win for them. A derby is always very difficult, we know that the opponents are in a very difficult situation and what awaits us, obviously we will give our best”