Speaking on Palermo’s official website, the Rosanero’s CEO, Giovanni Gardini, answered ten questions. Below is an excerpt of his statements:
The presence of the Rosanero fans at the “Barbera” was a record. How crucial can it be?
«It’s not how much, it’s decisive! An objective fact that cannot be ignored. The numbers show that we had an average of 24 thousand people. In 72 hours we sold 70 thousand tickets. We are ninth or tenth among the 40 A and B teams. This is a great sense of responsibility that we feel and that we want to reciprocate by having faith in what we are doing but we are doing it with deeds not with words. We fought this year against Cremonese and Venezia who were in Serie A, we come from a journey that started from Serie C two years ago. Among the positive notes there are also negative ones and we are sorry because they do not represent the Palermo public, we have received 150 thousand euros in fines this year, it is not so much an economic problem but the Palermo fan does not deserve it because he has attachment and love, we we know this. We must be credible and to do so we must continue to work, the goal of each of us is to improve ourselves day by day, to work to achieve our goal. You can be close to the fans, but you can also make mistakes, no one doubts that you can’t make mistakes, mistakes are normal, for those who work, making mistakes is okay and we have to accept it. It’s not that because you make a mistake you have to be heartbroken and worried, let’s try to be more rational and have a more far-sighted vision. If we manage to mediate this, with our fans… who I repeat are extraordinary and have demonstrated and continue to demonstrate it, it means that if so many come they are appreciating what we are doing and this is a further incentive to achieve the objective, Together. Not united but cohesive, a subtle but important difference.”
