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He scores, gets the rival coach (the father) sacked and then bursts into tears. “But my son only did his duty” – Corriere.it

from Alessandro Fulloni

Niccol Bagatti, 23, midfielder of Progress, with a long shot in the 22nd minute condemns his father Massimo, the Carpi coach, to leave the bench. My son only did his duty, said the parent who then consoled him, hugging him

History is raging on social media. In reading it, there are those who smile. But most are moved. It comes from the pitches of the minor football series. Exactly the Serie D, group D, Emilia-Romagna. The game we’re talking about is the one between Progresso-Athletic Carpi, finished 1-1 last Sunday. In a nutshell, this happened: a player of Progress, midfielder Niccol Bagatti, 23, scores the 1-0 goal. We are on 22 ‘and basically the decisive goal. In fact, Carpi manages to equalize – the 1-1 will be the final result – but the team president Claudio Lazzaretti, disappointed, exonerates the coach. That Massimo Bagatti, dad of the player that, with that goal – a powerful shot under the crossbar the chronicle of Gazzetta dello Sport – condemned him, let’s say, to leave the bench.

the law of sport, they say. If he paron not satisfied with the team’s performance, has every right to expel the coach who trains him. Football also this … Except that, after the match, Bagatti father, interviewed by journalists, said that shortly before he met Bagatti son. Right now there … in front of the locker room, he is crying because indirectly with his goal he thinks he has done me harm. The coach heaves a sigh, then starts talking again. He utters consoling words as a dad, as an educator, as a sportsman. Well, I told him he doesn’t have to do that, and that he just did his duty. Then perhaps he too is moved to admit that they greeted each other with a hug.

Bagatti son yesterday (Wednesday) been interviewed by Official of Modena. Niccol said that after the goal I also cheered on Drogba as I always do, but I immediately apologized to my father. I didn’t want to disrespect him. Then he continues: I never thought that my goal could lead to this exemption. In a different situation I would have liked to have scored him and I would have also cheered in front of him. But this time Niccol immediately realized that the situation was different: We had played against once in the past, when I was at Castelvetro and he was training in Correggio, but then I had heard less of the game. On Sunday during the match I was calm, I think it is still just a matter of football, even though I knew that he was under a lot of pressure in Carpi. But I didn’t think he was at risk and I don’t think he believed it either. After all it came from 2 wins and 2 draws …. Evidently for the president Lazzaretti – at the helm of Athletic Carpi, the club that in the summer collected the legacy of the glorious Carpi from Serie D, canceled from professional football for administrative defaults 6 years after winning Serie A – not satisfied with that peer. And he gave the goodbye to the coach.

After the final whistle Niccol realized that the dad’s position was shaky. Out of the field, hearing some Carpi fans who were inveighing against their team and against my father, e seeing him disappointed, I burst into tears. Not because I thought it was my fault, but because of the situation that had arisen. I cried for a quarter of an hour, I let myself go. Be that as it may, Bagatti father did not take it either for the goal or for those tears. Also why we have a wonderful relationship and we are very close even beyond football Niccol clarified. This time finally smiling.

October 28, 2021 (change October 28, 2021 | 06:48)

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