“Football was my dream, but today it’s an amusement park.” Reached by the Republicin its Turin edition, Domenico Marocchino has its say on the evolution of the most beautiful game in the world. “Before there were rides, today the amusement park – underlined the former Juventus midfielder – today everything is entertainment, at the stadium I was struck by the accompanying show that I had never seen”.
During the interview, Marocchino talked about his relationship with Boniperti, president of Juve in “his” time: “He turned a blind eye to me several times, even two. He appreciated my irony, every now and then I made him smile.”
The story about Boniperti moves to the moment of his farewell to Old Ladygreeted in 1983 after four championships with two championships and an Italian Cup: “When he sold me he called me to the office and told me that he loved me like a son. There I thought that something was wrong: he wanted me to go to Avellino, I told him he had other brothers to send.” Eventually, Marocchino moved to Sampdoria.