Urban Cairo, president of Torino, spoke from the stage of the Milan Football Week organized by La Gazzetta dello Sport on the eve of Italy’s debut at the 2024 European Championship: “The winning memories are those that remain in the heart, I think of ’82, 2006, to 2021. But I have fantastic memories of Italy-Germany 4-3. Among other things, I was a kid and I loved football, I liked it when it went to extra time. I was disappointed by Schnellinger’s goal, but not too much.”
A national team player in your heart? “Well, obviously mine. But if we think about the past I say to Gigi Riva, not surprisingly still the record holder of goals for the national team. And I think of Roby Baggio. As for Buongiorno and Bellanova, it’s obvious: I support the whole national team, in its entirety, but also and above all for them.”
Is there a figure on Buongiorno that would convince you to let it go? “I’ve already said it other times, I didn’t think about this because I didn’t put Buongiorno on the market. He stayed with us last year and I was very happy with that, he had a very remarkable championship, so I’m keeping him close. Now Let’s see how the European Championships go, I wish him the best and I hope he will be with us next year wearing the captain’s armband.”
Good morning, maybe you will be coached at Turin by Vanoli? “We will have the coach shortly, I would say that we are there soon. Any steps forward? I didn’t say who he is, there are steps forward in general…”.
What season do you expect from next year? “In the meantime, now let’s try to make the right choices for the coach and the players, then we’ll see. Now let’s concentrate on doing the signing campaign well, keeping the important players and then we’ll see.”
