Siena, 16 June 2024 – “I’m having my stag party in Germany and the aim is to convince Luciano Spalletti to be there for me witness”. The message from Tommaso Petrini, a young Sienese man on the verge of a wedding, echoes inside and outside the Signal Iduna Park stadium in Dortmund where last night, 15 June, Italy won 2-1 against Albania in the European championship match. Petrini, for his friends “Tommulo” is a fan of the Tuscan coach and has been since his days at Empoli and followed him in the most important events of his career”, say his friends. It was they who organized this trip to Germany.” We left Siena and drove more than 13 hours just to be present in Iserlhon, home of Casa Azzurri, and then to the Dortmund stadium to see the match against Albania”, explains Petrini.
Things were done really big, Spalletti masks (sold like hotcakes in the fan zone), tattoos, personalized t-shirts and above all a banner with the mission to be accomplished written: “I want pandemonium at my wedding / Will Spallettone be my best man? “. The message, displayed yesterday during the challenge, went viral on social media. “A Reuters journalist even took an interest in the story, interviewing “Tommulo” shortly before kick-off, while Cristiano Militello from Striscia la Notizia, present at the stadium, shared an Instagram story”, say the boys.
And if until yesterday the message, despite the great outcry, had not yet reached the national team coach, today it did the same Spalletti, leaving the sports facility by car, stopped to respond to the future groom. With the window half down, smiling, he exclaimed: “Look, I’m really coming!”.
