“Fortunato, Salerno’s gift to Juve” – ​​Sport

A life for Juventus, with a motto, which soon became one of the symbolic proclamations for Juventus, “winning is not important, it is the only thing that matters”. And the universe of the Old Lady, but of national sport, mourns the death of Giampiero Boniperti, one of the most representative footballers in the history of the club, and then a manager capable of replicating the successes achieved on the field even behind the desk. He left at 92, fifteen of which, practically his entire career, spent in Juventus, for an experience as a footballer seasoned by 188 goals in 469 appearances, but above all a bond with his team that lasted over fifty years. And Pasquale is also crying Gallo, a doctor from Salerno, but above all a manager, a player’s agent, club president, who has tied his life to Juventus hand in hand, managing, by virtue of an idyllic relationship with Boniperti himself, to also bring the president to Salerno for the inauguration of the historic club in Piazza Amendola. “Let’s say that I expected it a little, in recent years it wasn’t him anymore, I always thought about when the sad day would come, I’m sorry not to be able to be in Turin for the last farewell”. The market operator rewinds the tape of memories, especially those linked to Boniperti and his hometown, Salerno. «March 1987, I had already been in contact with Juventus for some years, I started following the openings of some clubs in Campania, and he always sent players of great caliber. We started with Montecorvino, then it was the turn of Salerno. He always told me that in 40 years he had never gone to any inauguration of his choice, so as not to make any differences and not to make anyone feel bad, instead he told me that it was time to break this taboo ». A choice that caused quite a stir, so much so that it passed almost like a hoax at first, before the great crowd. «Besides Boniperti, they came Scirea e Morini, but the president also showed a great class with the mayor Giordano. He said that he had to be in the front row, and that that was one of the many absurdities of football, a class gesture that tells who he was ». Visit to Salerno replicated on the occasion of the presentation of the book written together with Enrica Speroni, “A life with your head held high”. “He decided after stopping in Turin and Milan to foresee something also in the South, and the choice fell on my city”. Strong bond, even closer even after the purchase of Andrea Lucky, who died tragically when the triad took over from the president. “We got him from Genoa, and after an initial interest I remember that he sliced ​​our defense, so I convinced him to take him, saying he could become the new Cabrini. After a challenge with the Ligurians, he called me and told the family that the deal would be done, albeit two years late. He was very struck by the tragedy, even though he was in the European Parliament at that time, but it was a story that particularly shook him, we often talked about it… ». And Boniperi told his friends that “Fortunato was Salerno’s gift to Juve”. He who was included in the Hall of Fame of Italian football and in the Fifa 100, the list of the strongest players in history drawn up by Skin. The Juventus fans originally from Salerno will hardly forget his stops in the city.
Stefano Masucci
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