“I would miss everything about Bologna: the city, the people, my teammates, Motta.” But who knows that the latter, Thiago Motta, a Riccardo Calafiori may be missing a little less. The central defender of Bologna it is one of the prized pieces of the summer market, identified for some time by the Juventus as one of the priorities for the future. Interviewed by Sportweekof the possible farewell he only speaks in this way, while on Motta he expresses himself like this: “Revolutionary, intelligent, rigorous, precise”.
Is your model Stones?
“Well, the City defender is a reference, there’s no doubt. However, it all starts from the freedom that the coach gives you. Motta immediately saw me as a central defender as well: with him I learned a lot
of things”.
How complicated was it to restart after the knockout?
“You’re referring to that knee injury, I imagine. Yes, it’s true, maybe I risked stopping my career there but do you know what? At a certain point, instead of abandoning myself to feeling sorry for myself, I did something else. I worked. I sweated. I hoped. And I thought about enriching myself with that experience, trying to draw benefits and lessons from it. And I grew mentally.”
What advice do you advise young footballers today?
“Go and play. Don’t look at the category or the country, for example I went to Basel. Play, take your space. Then everything comes.”
