The Infurna team manager leaves after more than twenty years

He resigned: it closes on December 31st

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A sort of Udinese “era” is about to close. Luigi Infurna, for all Gigi, has resigned and from 31 December will no longer be the Juventus team manager. The position he held for over twenty years does not really say everything about Infurna’s work in the Juventus club. The role was that of team manager, that is the one who sits on the bench, who gives the referee the list of players who will participate in the match, which indicates to the fourth official the numbers of the players who are replaced and who take over. But also the one that in the increasingly rare appointments – also thanks to Covid – with the fans, accompanied the players. His photos are rare and those few, coincidentally, always see him on the pitch to quell hints of brawl or to hold back the players who at the end of the match rushed to protest with the referee.

Infurna has dedicated the last twenty years of his life to Udinese. The word holiday has almost been abolished from his vocabulary. For any eventuality or commission to attend to, just ask Gigi. In November 2012, on the occasion of the trip to Moscow against Anji, three journalists, including myself, plus Franco Dal Cin and my son Michele, showed up at the airport to return to Italy with the expired visa since midnight was passed by 5 ‘. It took three hours to redo them with the team stopped in the plane waiting and Guidolin in fibrillation. “What if we leave without them?” Was the question. “I’m not leaving anyone here,” replied Infurna backed up by General Manager Collavino. After so many years we renew the thanks that we extend together with the wish for a new life. To replace him, Udinese will need three to do the job he did. –