Elia Caprile, Napoli’s next second goalkeeper, talks about his past, present and ambitions for the future.
Elia Caprilegoalkeeper owned by Naples returning from his loan at Empoli, he is ready to get involved in the blue shirt and demonstrate to Antonio Conte and his staff that he has the right qualities to stay in Campania in the next edition of Serie A. Fresh from a positive championship in Tuscany, the goalkeeper was indicated by the sports statistics portal ‘Who Scored’ as the best interpreter of his role among the young talents on the European scene: an achievement that gives us hope for the future and which certifies the quality of the investment made by then sporting director Cristiano Giuntoli, who saw in him an interesting reinforcement in perspective for the Napoli goal, which from this summer will be orphaned by Pierluigi Gollini, who will not be redeemed at the end of the loan from Atalanta.
Neapolitan father and Veronese mother, what dialect is spoken at home?
“Normally neither of them. But if dad attacks with his, it means he’s getting pissed off… But the one in charge is mum Elisabetta. It’s always like that at home, isn’t it?”.
Do you feel more Veronese or Neapolitan?
“Fifty-fifty. I’m Neapolitan in my desire for food: it’s not hunger, it’s just that I really like eating. I know I shouldn’t say it, but I’m too greedy. I can’t resist a pizza. I’m Venetian for punctuality and because I’m “precise” in my head, but dad is also punctual.”
Your football story begins in Caldore, why did you choose to play in goal?
“My tears. I was 6 years old. I arrived at the pitch and they threw me among the others, running after the ball. I wanted to be in goal, but the instructors couldn’t imagine it, because no child, as a rule, wants to be in goal. So I go home pissed off and, crying my eyes out, I announce: ‘I’m not going back there!’. I chose the goalkeeper because I started in 2006, when Italy won the World Cup took me home, it was Buffon’s one for the national team, gold in colour.”
