Matteo Pessina is part of that category of footballers capable of matching books and balls. You notice it immediately when he comes to the microphones from the locker room to act as a spokesperson and transfer the emotions that are experienced inside. For example, on Saturday evening his lucid analysis went like this: “We achieved historic salvation twice, this year with many days to spare: it was our objective. In the last quarter of the season we scored few points, but we scored them Before”. “Maybe – adds Pessina – there was a sense of satisfaction, but you can’t say anything to the boys and the staff. We worked a lot and hard, the results didn’t arrive. We like to have fun and entertain ourselves, always playing well, so the balance is positive. Even from a personal point of view, but the team always comes first.”
He also did it three years ago, when the blue vibrations of Mancini’s Italy entered the hearts and homes of the country to the notes of Gianna Nannini and between the lines of one of his thrilling logbooks. It was not yet the time for phone calls that change lives, that reconcile with the past, that tease the strings of life, like the one from Adriano Galliani two years ago, in these times. “Hi Matteo, I just wanted to tell you that we went to Serie A”, and the phone hangs up.
On the other hand, the boy didn’t think he’d reach 100 at the Stadium with the captain’s armband, after another season of quiet salvation, but with a hint of sadness for an early holiday that he wouldn’t have wanted to book. The native of Brianza will not go to Germany, he is not on Spalletti’s long list, he will not be able to replicate what he did 3 years ago where he also put his best foot forward on the pitch with two goals: one against Wales at the end of the group, then against Austria to go to the semi-finals. Matteo Pessina doesn’t hide his emotions: “Certainly for a player who has that type of aspiration it’s obvious to feel bad about it, there’s a bit of bitterness because I was hoping to relive what happened years ago – he admits after ending his season on Saturday evening -. The coach certainly made the right choices, it wasn’t easy because there are many strong players and my teammates will make a great European: I will be rooting for them from home.”
It will mean that Monza will be the ones to enjoy him from day one of the season, the third consecutive in the top championship where the captain is always on the pitch to make a contribution regardless of his role: Palladino deployed him in the middle, moved him forward, highlighting the its flexibility even within the same match without ever giving it up. Thirty-seven games with 6 goals and 3 assists and the weight and responsibility of penalties, even the most delicate and decisive ones. Playing for the city shirt as if it were the national team. This too is being a captain.
