Alessandro, Magic winner of the day: “But now give me back the Fantachampions …”

Last week’s Magic Zalando Cup prize ended in Bocca di Magra, in the province of La Spezia. “But I’m from Sarzana – explains Alessandro Sambuchi, the winner – I am 48 years old and I am a fan of Fiorentina: unfortunately, I would say, given the times. I have been playing fantasy football with La Gazzetta for 25 years, I have already won various prizes: single days, mini championships, but until I win the general classification I will continue. I am passionate about fishing, all my teams have fish names: this year it’s the barracuda’s turn. I love football, but I have been playing tennis since I was 9 years old: I was Italian junior team champion in 1990. I was very fond of Salah at fantasy football, now Gosens, Freuler and Zapata cannot be missing: Atalanta gave me a nice hand, but Kessie’s penalty in the 95th minute against Udinese was decisive for the victory, otherwise I would have finished second. Let’s say Stryger Larsen was a friend. I remember when there was Fantachampions, which should absolutely be restored: it was beautiful. I think you had 15 changes to make over the course of the season, and you had to replace the players as the teams were eliminated: you had to be good at guessing who was going ahead, otherwise the changes were not enough for you. In the year of Inter’s treble I was first in the overall standings, with a half point advantage. Before the final you lined up all of Inter, except Chivu, because I thought that with Robben he would suffer, so I chose Lahm. And in fact Chivu suffered a lot, but with the fact that Inter won he still took 6, and Lahm 5, with all that he made a good game. The second in the standings lined up Inter in full, and lost by half a point ”.