The president of LecceXavier Sticchi Damianispoke last night at Yellow-red Square (Telerama), of many times of pastof the present he was born in future of the Giallorossi club. Below are his statements.
LAST TWO DEFEATS – “With Udinese and Atalanta we wanted to say goodbye to our fans with a prestigious result, but beware of wasting any more energy to talk about this and not about what we have achieved this year, seizing the salvation with three turns to spare and seeing the latest matches of our former competitors, comfortably from the sofa, and I don’t care if someone scores more points than useven if in this case we also lose money. The real result is that we were saved with three rounds to go. When I learned that Lecce-Udinese would be played on Monday, I called the League to protest, I wanted it to be played on Sunday, perhaps with all our people in the stadium, and at the same time. Then we were saved after Milan-Cagliari and the team arrived on the pitch downloadbut I didn’t like the reviews I read or heardcertain values cannot be questioned.”
LECCE MODEL – “In football, in addition to passion, you need to have vision of things and in this I found ample sharing with my parents partners in embarking on the path of rigor financial, investing in young people and accepting sporting risk, because when you make these choices, it is more difficult to win a match. From ideas we moved on to facts by choosing the best possible figure, that of Pantaleo Ravento which a young figure like Stefano has been added Trinchera, an added value; and then Sandro Mencucci, responsible for the numbers, who could give experience and further strength to the club. These choices made us realize our vision. Today Italian football also noticed it, Inter won the Scudetto but they don’t know if their president will remain the same tomorrow. I was quoting a survey according to which 74% of fans prefer to have equilibrium economic than winning trophy without sustainability. They told me that the fans wouldn’t understand, but that wasn’t the case. At the stability they joined results sportsmen and this they do Lecce’s recent history is unique. We’re putting up brick by brick and we invest every new brick in society to build an even more beautiful house, growing little by little from year to year. New members? They have sense if someone gives us the Force to do something what time we can’t do it, we would roll out the red carpets for them. But a shareholder with a minority share, it doesn’t make sense, he floods the machine.”
ERRORS – “We were catapulted into the first A with our inexperience, mine as president, that of Liverans as a coach, that of Meluso from right. But I know how to be grateful and in that moment gratitude towards them prevailed, even at the cost of taking a Babacar more”.
FANS – “We have one in common with Atalanta square passionateas numbers of the fans we play with them big. In the future I don’t see squares that are structurally strong but have no environmental context. Today football needs catchment areas, we have it, we have awakened it even if we will discover the real potential in the coming years. Today it is the parents who tell me to come to the stadium because it is forced by their children, not vice versa, as happened before. We were in Surbo, in a school, together with Berisha and seeing so many children all wearing Lecce shirts was something never seen before. There is symbiosis with the our people.”
ROD – “The next championship will be even more difficult with the arrival of How And Parma who have great resources, and we don’t yet know who the third promoted will be. We must do what we do every year: last year we had a base with many young people, this year we have enriched it and by selling Hjulmand we could do those interventions which we couldn’t have done without resources, purchasing several players a definitive title as Falcon, Pongracic, Krstovic or Raffia. We have to to continue about this process, without the need to make who knows what transfers. Then there are transfers and transfers: giving up a player good boy And functional to our project and that is enthusiastic to stay and who wants to stay here to center the third salvation in a row, it does not belong to us, while it is different if a player is al tophe has the line of teams ready to take over him, he has other ambitions. If you force him to stay, he will take you to a ghost. Anyone who thinks about Real Madrid should go to Real Madrid.”
MARKET – “They have reached both me and Corvino offers who wandered around hundred millions, and someone was making fun of us. We’ll see in June whether we invented those figures or not. Beyond Hjulmandthere have been others four or five situations similar that we didn’t want to monetize because the salvation asset was much more important. Strefezza he left because he was no longer a starter, a team made him an indecent proposal, he made us a satisfactory proposal and the following year he would have been released for nothing. And we had taken it anyway Pierotti before the Strefezza situation. Could we ever say no to an operation like this? With Gotti there’s a written contract, I’ll leave the chat to Raven And Trinchera, perhaps in the open countryside, as long as everyone leaves that meeting convinced that they are setting off again for the most important undertaking. With Corvino and Trinchera we didn’t need to discuss the contract, when we did, we found an agreement in five minutes. Who will be the next Hjulmand? Well Pongracic you can see it’s from Champions LeagueI think he knows it too. Dorgu he is a talent that everyone looks at, but I think that one more year in Salento wouldn’t hurt him. If a team arrives that fills Dorgu’s head, then we will evaluate. Rooster? Same thing, he did very well this year, I would be happy for him to stay. But then why do we necessarily have to give up someone?“.
VARIOUS – “The stadium? It doesn’t depend on us, we have given two feasibility studies to the Municipality for free and we are ready for the first tranche of financing; for the second, which should concern coverage, we will know by June. The var? Needs to work on issues essential, macroscopic ones that escape the referee. I don’t understand why it’s a penalty if the ball grazes a finger and it’s not a penalty when an opponent hits you with a shoulder while running. We are in a period of illogicality from the rules, a serious rethink is needed. The best moment? The return match with Sassuolo but also that of Monza from last year, strong stuff. There party? Too bad, she was ruined by rain and, playing on Sunday evening in Naples, there is no more time to organize it because then the players leave for training camps with the national teams or on holiday. Bonds with old players? There is the C group that never gives up, Cosenza, Lepore, Torromino. Then there’s the Covid year group, with Saponara, Barak, Tachtsidis, with whom we communicate. Also with Hjlumand And Strefezza, they have a wonderful humanity. This year I was excited to see the Primavera play there Youth Leaguewith the Champions League ball, the only football memorabilia my wife allowed me to keep in the house“.
