Genoa – Gentlemen, let’s all stand up and applaud Fabio Quagliarella. If only for what he has done for Sampdoria in recent years and for national football in general. This 39-year-old man deserves a standig ovation, no ifs and buts. And not only by the Sampdoria fans, mind you, but by fans from all over Italy. Last Sunday, at Marassi, with Empoli, he showed what champions like him are made of: they never give up and know how to be decisive when the situation requires it.
Caputo is not in a great period, Sensi is injured, but winning was more necessary than ever, despite the storm. And so he, the national quail, took care of bringing the ship to a safe harbor. And how did he do it? With heart and determination. Two goals in full of his style that made the South explode and the joy on his face. In short, for me he is in all respects the Sergio Mattarella of the game of football: at a decidedly retirement age, but if there is a need to save the shack he never backs down. Apart from the jokes, his numbers speak for themselves: 180 goals in Serie A and 100 with the most beautiful jersey in the world.
And I knew it would reach 100, when he scored the ninety-ninth. I felt it. I said to myself: this is his Sunday, he scores a double. And so, I hadn’t even been to an episode of Ok, the price is right with Iva Zanicchi all flattened, I found myself standing yelling: “cen-to! Cen-to! Cen-to!” And he really did, a hundred. What a pleasure. I would like to be completely honest, though: I am not one of those who would always like him to be an immovable owner and who, when he is not on the pitch from the first minute, mumbles.
I don’t consider myself like the Roma fans who had made a mess because Totti, at the venerable age of forty, was made – rightly – sit on the bench by Spalletti. No, I want the good of Sampdoria above all else (as Fabio wants it). I know that what he did on Sunday with Empoli is a “magic” that will hardly be repeatable and I know that, at times, in certain matches, the right choice, given his age, could be, alas, to leave him. in reserve to cheer on his teammates, perhaps ready to enter the last twenty minutes and have his say again.
But I am also very sure that what he has already given and what he will still give for us will always be worth a special place in the hearts of us fans. Long live our number 27, then. And then, the whole stadium! Out the voice! “Oh mum mum mum, oh mum mum mum, do you know why the corazon beats me? I saw Quagliarella, I saw Quagliarella … oh, mom, I’m in love!”
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