The story of Franco Cipriani, the director of Pavarolo from whom the defender’s climb to Juve and the national team started in Promotion: “How did I find out? He’s the son of my best friend, we live three houses away. reimbursement of 300 euros, that work as a window maker and the beginnings of a midfielder: closed, but he was transformed on the pitch “
Those who saw it for the first time at 16 hardly recognize it. “It makes me strange. Federico didn’t talk to anyone, he just played, then straight home. A good midfielder, but silent “. Moment, median? “He started in midfield, then ended up in defense.” From Promotion to the National; from a reimbursement of expenses of 300 euros to a contract with Juve. Federico Gatti is the new man of Italy, and Franco Cipriani laughs. “I have known his father for thirty years, we played football together, then he chose to be the coach and I the sporting director”.