THE ORIGINS OF THE PASSION FOR PARMA
“The love for Parma Calcio came early! – it starts Luciano – When I went to high school, and at the time we slept there, there were also the kids from the Parma Calcio youth team, so it often happened that we met them. In those years it was there Ancelottibut also Azzali, Leaf. I have many good memories linked to that period, we felt very involved in the successes of the team and the youth teams. A few years later, we were lucky enough to collaborate with Tanzi family celebrating the team’s successes on many occasions and organizing various events over the seasons. Thanks to these activities, affection has grown and a good relationship has also been created with the players.
I remember Frizzy at a Christmas dinner, he must have been 20 years old, he was very shy and spoke very little, then he took off and we know what a player he became. Also Inzaghi, very young, with his leg in a cast as soon as he arrived, we remember him well. We got along well, we shared a lot and seeing each other over lunches and dinners helped to create a relationship nice atmosphere between us and the Club.
It must be said, however, that as a child I risked not being a Parma fan because at the time, I was 7 or 8 years old, we had a waiter who supported Bologna who had “pushed” me towards the rossoblu, but luckily it didn’t last long! Then they tell me that he also had a Juventus phase… but this is a fairy tale! So much so that one of the best memories I have is precisely that Parma-Juventus 2000when Crespo equalized with Parma in the 91st minute, 9 against 11.
