We are all human and we all have a beating heart. The president of Potenza on Monday evening Donato Macchia he was moved on live TV while talking about his Potenza with his tears which in a few hours made the rounds of the city in the media. Difficulties often help us grow and mature. And this must also happen at Potenza. The rossoblù club is certainly not going through an idyllic moment, we can certainly say that we are going through the most difficult moment of Macchia’s management but, as mentioned, it is in difficult moments that one finds the strength to react. This is what president Donato Macchia thought, together with his son and CEO Nicola Macchia, with the decision to sack Mister Marchionni and director Varrà, a strong action that would lead to an even more decisive reaction. Patron Macchia himself spoke about it on Monday evening during Stop&Gol, an intervention as decisive as it was emotional in which the first rossoblù fan not only reassured the square by instilling courage and security but also showing the human side, the suffering, the weaknesses of those loves red and blue colors. And not even days later does the anger and disappointment over the defeat against Foggia go away: “I’m still angry – declared owner Macchia -, Potenza is within me at all times. We have to look ahead and to these next two games in which we have to do what we need to do because it’s our duty. We owe it to our intelligence, to our conscience, to our extraordinary fans and lastly to our invested capital. We have to do it and we will do it, I have a lot of faith in Pietro and I am convinced in my heart that he will do what he needs to do.” After entering the locker room on Saturday during half-time and a brief contact at the end of the game, no further discussions with the team: “I didn’t speak to the team, they were and are very angry – continued Macchia -; at this moment it is Nicola as administrator who deals with the team, I still have to cool off my anger. Some imagine that we like this ranking but we are not distracted. Owls? If they come to terms with it, I love Potenza Calcio, I am a person who very seriously admitted that I was not a Potenza fan, but I have become one and I am the first fan not only because I am the president but like many others who love this shirt and that we must honor. I have Potenza in my heart, we will do everything that needs to be done, we will relaunch and grow in power and Lucanity, but the owls stay away from Potenza Calcio.”
