The president of the National Amateur League in Cagliari: «An honor to be here ». Lhe hall of the regional committee named after the historic Sardinian federal number one
CAGLIARI. Forty years in the service of amateur football, twenty-seven as president. Between games to organize and watch and accounts to be brought back to allow the clubs to spend as little as possible to make their kids play. And since yesterday the room that hosts the meetings of the Regional Committee of the National Amateur League bears the name of Benedetto Piras, for all the professor. He passed away in 2019 at the age of eighty-four, but not forgotten. The president of the National Amateur League, Giancarlo Abete, also moved for him. Piras was also vice president of the NLD. The ceremony was attended by, among others, the family of Piras, the regional councilor for tourism Gianni Chessa, the regional president of Coni Bruno Perra and the current president of the Sardinian regional committee Gianni Cadoni.
«For me it is an honor to be here – said Giancarlo Abete – for a friend. I remember the battles to make ends meet with arbitration costs to prevent the costs from falling on the companies. I also remember the attention to the school youth sector ». The memory of Gianni Cadoni is moved: «Benedetto Piras – he said – continues to give light to this regional committee. I myself continue to take advantage of his work and his teachings ». A long applause closed the naming ceremony of the room with the blessing and the discovery of the plaque for the professor. A sportsman: «In 2006 – said the commissioner Chessa – I was president of the Johannes of Cagliari and we had rearranged the plant in via Is Mirrionis and organized a party, once the works were completed, which involved the whole neighborhood. Piras was with us and he watched what was happening ecstatic, happy because he was experiencing the rebirth of a field that he surely had seen before me ».
Excited also Bruno Perra: «He taught me everything there was to know about the role of manager – he said – he took a liking to me. And I loved it ». A special day. Abete, while he was speaking in the new Benedetto Piras room, could not help by hand to notice the blow-up by Gigi Riva. And he opened a parenthesis. «Here is Riva – he smiled – we shared many experiences in the national team together. From Leggiuno to Sardinia: he has always represented the rigor, clarity and determination of this island ». On the sidelines a passage on the state of professional football in Sardinia, between a Cagliari relegated to Serie B and the numbers that speak of only two clubs, the rossoblù one and Olbia, representing the island in the first three series. More Torres than in Sassari hoping for a repechage. “We keep in mind that situations such as Tuscany and Emilia, for example, but the discourse also extends to other realities – explained the number one of the Amateur League – with the presence of many professional clubs, they are also linked to the strength of the territory in terms also population and businessworld “.
La Torres? «It is a company that has a management – he continued – aimed at growth. The situations related to the positions of the various leagues depend on several variables. For now the staff are made, but then we have to see if there will be shortages that will determine the need for repechage. Usually these situations are defined by the month of July ». A focus on plant engineering with the latest case of a club, even in D, which cannot play in its country: «It is the heart of the problem – he continued – without a plant everything is very complicated. A problem that often also involves local administrations because most of the fields are public ». Finally, a thought to the national team and the Italian talents. «The Amateur League – concluded Abete – represents about one million members and above all has a social dimension. But he can make his contribution: you can work more on scouting at a technical level, because you focus too much on the professional world and risk losing growth opportunities ».
