The LECCE, who does not agree with the series A for having to play this Sunday against the Atalanta after the death of his physio last Thursday, will jump into the field with a completely white shirt, without sponsors or patches of the league organization in protest.
“The LECCE considers that the decision of the series A to recover the game with the Atalanta a few hours after the death of our Fiorita Grazian reported The club in a statement this Sunday.
“In other equally painful cases, more reasonable decisions have been made. A death hierarchy arises based on the shield of the affected club, or worse, in the role played by the person who dies,” He regretted the club in southern Italy.
A controversial decision
Florit, That he worked at the club for 20 years, he died this Thursday, a day before he was scheduled to play the game against Atalanta. Before the news, the club asked to postpone it and the series relocated this Sunday despite the protests of a LECCE that threatened not to play because the decision was made unilaterally.
“Graziano Fiorita died while he was concentrated with the team, far from his wife and 4 children and is still thousands of kilometers from his house, waiting for the judge to authorize his return,” The LECCE revealed.
“This game should not have been played today, but all attempts to postpone it have been cynically rejected. We would like to thank the Minister of Sports, Andrea Abodi, who until the end tried unsuccessfully for the game to be played on a more appropriate date,” The statement said.
A very long trip today
The LECCE decided to finally appear to the match, which faces two of the most remote teams in the country, although he traveled the same day in what is a match.
“We will be in the countryside despite having left Salento today, for having waited until the end of a change in attitude that never arrived. Grazian's memory is not honored not by presenting in the field or by playing the Canteranos,” The LECCE argued.
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As a protest he will play with a shirt that is not the usual red and yellow stripes.
“We will play the match of 'trampled values', but we will do it by wearing an anonymous white shirt, which does not represent us, without colors, shields and logos. We will dress our shirt again when Graziano returns home and is honored, as he deserves, for his people,” The LECCE sentenced.
A great merit draw despite everything
Despite the delicate circumstances in which the game played, the LECCE started a valuable tie of the Gewiss Stadium (1-1) and is now two points from the descent squares.
Jesper Karlsson He advanced in the 29th minute to a LECCE who even dreamed of the victory, but Mateo Retegui He tied penalty in the 70 'for an Atalanta who complicates his classification for the Champions League. Third with 65 points, Juventus approaches with 62 after winning today on Monza (2-0) waiting for the Bologna, with 60, visiting Udinese on Monday,
