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During the 25th Vannucci Memorial, the president of Pistoiese also spoke directly from Viola Park in Florence Sergio Iorio who spoke about the start of the Tuscans’ season: “The feelings are a bit mixed, there is the great satisfaction that from nothing we have rebuilt a solid and serious company with professionals and built a very strong team for Serie D. On the other hand I was hoping for a rocket start. that there wasn’t, even if it’s understandable because it’s about 24 guys who have been together for a month and a new coach who knows few of them. It takes time to assemble them and it will take patience. The regret is for not having won in front of a crowd and a warmth that after a very long time has returned to the stands. There were 1,500 people who supported the team even when they were losing and they never booed. It could have been a perfect Sunday.”
Does this square deserve more?
“Pistoia, as I remember it as a place, deserves much more, even Serie B. It would be the right measure and also a series that can allow us to find an economic balance because it is a known fact that in Serie D and also in Serie C we need to invest”.
After the Miami tournament, where will you take the Pistoiese jersey next time?
“I’ll start by saying that it was pure chance that I was there to see Sinner’s match. My son lives in Miami and I went there to visit him and by chance they took a picture of me in the stands. Next time I’ll take her to Celle Ligure where I’m organizing a tennis open that has the orange shirt as its symbol.”
What differences do you notice between football today and football in the past?
“Today I’m in it and I see football today, 30-40 years ago I saw it from the outside with the eyes of a young man. Football has also changed because of, so to speak, the media. The stadium was a unique place because it was the only way to see the games, at the stadium in Pistoia there were 12 thousand people in Serie D and now perhaps in Serie A there are many. Now it’s a more mercenary football, it’s sad to see that even the youngest players are too attached to money and lack passion”.