15-04-2012
Pozzo:
“The saddest day”
The loss of Piermario Morosini has shaken Italian football
and, in particular, Udinese, team and home to the young midfielder since 2005.
For the occasion, the president Gianpaolo Pozzo has talked to the press to
express the grief for the loss of the young player. How do you feel?
“It is one of the saddest days of my career, I can’t recall such a tragedy for 26 years (“in the last 26 years”?). I got to know from TV (BAD English!) that Morosini had fallen on the ground, but I didn’t think it was so serious and then, one hour later, we’ve been (“we were informed”?) informed that he was dead. He had been staying here for years, we took him from Atalanta’s youth team in 2005. I remember him because he’s always been serious, professional and good. He was often on loan but always came back for the training camp. We are shaken by this news, as soon as the coach and players heard the news, they asked not to play. We’ve talked to Inter managers (“Inter’s managers”) and they didn’t hesitate at all: they didn’t want to play either. Ten minutes later we got the Federcalcio bulletin saying that the championship had been suspended. We wouldn’t have played anyway. This is such a sad and tough day, no one could have taken part and watch (“watched”?) this match”.
Has Abete taken the right decision?
“He has indeed. The squad was not in the ideal condition to play. There has been no speculation, and this makes me understand that football can be human. We want to commemorate this boy with these good gestures. We can feel the pain for a young boy (boy? A 25 year-old ISN’T quite a “boy”?) who has suffered from an unbelievable disgrace” (translation from “disgrazia”, tragedy??).
What do you remember about Morosini?
“He was a boy we were bound to, even if he didn’t play all the times (“all the time”?) in Udine, he used to come to all the training camps. He was a very good boy, well-behaved, professional. Everybody loved him. This is why, when they got the news, the players didn’t hesitate and asked not to play. It’s been such a traumatic and shocking event that no one was feeling (“no one felt like talking”?) like talking football”.
Stats show that this is not an isolated case. Are you worried?
“I think it’s casual, there is more prevention and more attention lately, also thanks to rules that force you to protect the players’ health. They don’t take drugs, they don’t take anything, they have a special diet and their training sessions are scheduled in a scientific manner, so I can’t imagine anything but casualty. Evidently there are thousands and thousands of players in the world and this can happen as in all other sports. It’s casual. You can’t prevent it, it’s casual”.
Are the players shattered?
“They are. They had known him for years. He was so well-settled in that he used to train with the first team, and he was here until late January. He was one of us, he left us only one month ago, and before that he’d always been present. The coach was moved, and he told me he couldn’t play. I will always remember him with admiration for the way he behaved”.
“It is one of the saddest days of my career, I can’t recall such a tragedy for 26 years (“in the last 26 years”?). I got to know from TV (BAD English!) that Morosini had fallen on the ground, but I didn’t think it was so serious and then, one hour later, we’ve been (“we were informed”?) informed that he was dead. He had been staying here for years, we took him from Atalanta’s youth team in 2005. I remember him because he’s always been serious, professional and good. He was often on loan but always came back for the training camp. We are shaken by this news, as soon as the coach and players heard the news, they asked not to play. We’ve talked to Inter managers (“Inter’s managers”) and they didn’t hesitate at all: they didn’t want to play either. Ten minutes later we got the Federcalcio bulletin saying that the championship had been suspended. We wouldn’t have played anyway. This is such a sad and tough day, no one could have taken part and watch (“watched”?) this match”.
Has Abete taken the right decision?
“He has indeed. The squad was not in the ideal condition to play. There has been no speculation, and this makes me understand that football can be human. We want to commemorate this boy with these good gestures. We can feel the pain for a young boy (boy? A 25 year-old ISN’T quite a “boy”?) who has suffered from an unbelievable disgrace” (translation from “disgrazia”, tragedy??).
What do you remember about Morosini?
“He was a boy we were bound to, even if he didn’t play all the times (“all the time”?) in Udine, he used to come to all the training camps. He was a very good boy, well-behaved, professional. Everybody loved him. This is why, when they got the news, the players didn’t hesitate and asked not to play. It’s been such a traumatic and shocking event that no one was feeling (“no one felt like talking”?) like talking football”.
Stats show that this is not an isolated case. Are you worried?
“I think it’s casual, there is more prevention and more attention lately, also thanks to rules that force you to protect the players’ health. They don’t take drugs, they don’t take anything, they have a special diet and their training sessions are scheduled in a scientific manner, so I can’t imagine anything but casualty. Evidently there are thousands and thousands of players in the world and this can happen as in all other sports. It’s casual. You can’t prevent it, it’s casual”.
Are the players shattered?
“They are. They had known him for years. He was so well-settled in that he used to train with the first team, and he was here until late January. He was one of us, he left us only one month ago, and before that he’d always been present. The coach was moved, and he told me he couldn’t play. I will always remember him with admiration for the way he behaved”.
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