It was an eventful Monday, September 9th, with the National Romano Fogli Class and World Loyalty Award in Santa Maria a Monte, the Nereo Rocco Award in Coverciano, and the charity match Un Calcio alla Fibrosi Cistica in Turin.
The first ceremony was attended by many prominent figures from the world of football, including Guido Angelozzisports director of the Frosinonewho focused on the situation of Matias Soule at Roma: He’s a very good player. The other day they asked me if he could play with Dybala and for me a player like the former Juventus player could steal some of his space. Soulé for me is the new guy who’s coming forward and I’m convinced that he’ll give great satisfaction to Roma”. Pure Herald Pecciformer Bologna, has made some statements, speaking specifically about the rossoblù: “Last year’s season was exhilarating, we take our hats off, but… Nothing to say, I want to congratulate everyone. But let’s not talk about the Champions League because it’s a joke. Even if you win a friendly it seems like you’ve won the World Cup. What do fifth and sixth in the Champions League have to do with it? The first one has to do it… Everything flows behind money, there’s never been so much money, just as there’s never been so much debt. Maybe it’s time to review the mechanism”. Radiant instead John Sartorihead of the technical area of the Emilians: “After sixty years we have achieved this great goal which is the Champions League, but it is not Sartori’s Bologna. It is Saputo’s Bologna and Sartori also works there. The technical staff and a great coach (he is referring to Thiago Motta, ed.), together with a group of extraordinary players, have achieved a great goal, the fruit of the work of a great club. The result must not distract us: it should make us proud, yes, but let’s focus on the championship, the Champions League and the Italian Cup where we will have at least 47 games. It will be exciting, rewarding and challenging”. Finally, also Augustus AllegriMassimiliano’s father, spoke to the media: “My son is fine, he’s a little nervous… He likes this job, let’s hope he finds something (laughs, ed.)”.
The Coverciano event is also very interesting, with Joseph Marottapresident of Inter, who returned to talk about Serie A: “The grid of those interested in winning has been the same for years, I would authoritatively add Atalanta: they deserve recognition for what they have done and for the position they have acquired in these years. Among them there are those who will win the Scudetto”. A comment from Paul Maldini on his son Daniel’s season: “I know him well, I’ve always had few doubts. There are players who are early and others who are late, he probably belongs to the latter category. He undoubtedly has a quality that is not common in kicking, in seeing the game and physically he has grown. There are those who explode at 16, those a little later, now is the time to show what he’s worth and I think he’s doing it”.
He returned to Turin instead Leonardo Bonucciformer Juventus defender, who was present at the charity match: “It’s wonderful to be there, because when you play these games it’s always a pleasure to help and making the children smile leaves joy in the heart. I pushed hard to be there, because I had the coaching course tonight, but I left early to be there and give a moment to all the boys and all the people who are here for the collection, hoping it will be helpful”. The last voice is that of Hernaneswho revealed what he said to Thiago Motta: “I wished him a happy birthday and I still wish him a happy birthday today because he deserves to have a great season, he started off on the right foot and with the right approach and his Juventus is coming along well. I hope so, he is also a fellow countryman of mine and this makes me love him”.