Mar(m)otta Day

The Groundhog Day, Groundhog Day in English, is celebrated in the USA on February 2nd and is a typical Pennsylvania tradition dating back to the 19th century. It was born from a celebration of German immigrant settlers called Candlemas and originates from a superstition linked to the alternation of the seasons. The Groundhog Day ceremony involves waiting for a groundhog to emerge from his burrow on a sunny day and waiting for his reaction. If the marmot runs away in fear at the sight of her shadow and returns to her shelter, winter will continue for another six weeks. If the marmot runs free across the meadows after leaving its den, spring is closer.

And in perfect American style, the American era at Inter begins with a real celebration day Marmot. June 4th represents for Oaktree the solemn exit to the world: the new ownership emerged in all respects from its atrium, even that of The Corner where a delegation had already unofficially appeared in the previous days, complete with official status, opening the long race on the endless lawn that had opened in front of. Shareholders’ meeting held in the morning and midday toast to celebrate the new Board of Directors at the top of the managerial pyramid Giuseppe Marotta, the manager from Varese who arrived at the end of 2018 led the Beneamata under the presidency of Zhang, acting as spiritual guide and not only to the dolphin of the number one of Suning.com and who with the passage of FC Internazionale into the hands of the Californian group also inherited the title. “FC Internazionale Milano SpA today approved the new composition of the Club’s Board of Directors at the Shareholders’ Meeting […]. During which Giuseppe Marotta was confirmed as President”, he notes which arrives a few hours after the press release through which FC Internazionale announced the “proposal for the appointment of Giuseppe Marotta as new President and the new composition of the Board of Directors of the Company, which will be confirmed by the Shareholders’ Meeting”. A communication which comes a few hours after the spoiler made by Sky Sport which announced the ‘peep of a marmot’ which had dribbled and sowed all the rumors circulated in the previous days and which effectively cuts the red ribbon of inauguration of a real spring.

But speaking of Groundhog Day, the ancient Pennsylvania tradition was made known to the news by the film ‘Groundhog Day’, a film which, with the interpretation traced by Ramis, pave the way for the theory of Groundhog Day Syndrome which represents the feeling of finding yourself trapped in a loop that makes you think that your life is leading nowhere. A syndrome that is little suited to the Nerazzurri context in question. With the sublimation of Beppe Marotta’s professional life, a career consecrated just last Tuesday with the appointment to the highest managerial position of a football club, Oaktree establishes the continuity that the Italian Champions cared about and needed, also guaranteeing a daily management faithful to the traditional strategic plans of recent years which have nothing to do with mechanicalness, truism and obviousness which “lead nowhere”.

On the contrary, if there is one certainty that Marotta represents in the collective conscience of Inter fans, it is the ability to bring somewhere that is distant, successful and certainly sustainable and healthy. An injection of serenity, trust and security that finds its reason for being in the numbers and CV of the manager from Varese, well known in Italian football history and beyond. It is no coincidence that there were a lot of comments of “genuine envy” expressed by various figures from the rival supporters, whether AC Milan, Juventus, Roma or Neapolitan, immediately following the celebration of what today can be considered a new anniversary for Inter: on Mar(m)otta day. The day the new President came out of the den, dribbling past shadows (and journalists) and running fearlessly towards a new spring.