Cristiano Giuntoli, head of the technical area of Juventustook part in ‘Fragile’, a documentary on Nicolò Fagioli and his fight against gambling addiction which can be seen for a couple of days on Amazon Prime.
Says the Juventus manager: “We decided to renew his contract because he is a boy of great value, but also to make him feel close to the club. The call to the national team did not surprise me because Nicolò is an extraordinary talent. He will have to be careful in his life’s journey to Don’t repeat certain mistakes.”
This is part of Fagioli’s revelations in the documentary: “I started playing at 16 by making bets with friends, but it was a stupid way to pass the time. Over the years it got worse and became more frequent: I woke up wanting to go to bet. In the Under 23s I started playing more money than normal. And I didn’t do it to win, at the beginning, I didn’t need the money but the adrenaline it gave me. When I was at Cremonese, I got Covid And I stayed at home for a month, it had become automatic to bet a lot every day and I started to understand that I might have some problems. I went to Sert to talk to someone but it didn’t seem very useful to me, I thought I didn’t have it we need specialized people to get out of this thing.”