Giovanni Corrado: “Pisa is already extraordinary, now it can write history”
PISA. They say that history is the only science that changes its laws from one moment to the next. What is certain is that writing history is a privilege for a few. A privilege that now belongs to Pisa, because the Pisa of Luca D’Angelo if it is built, obtained, deserved.
Two days before the end of the championship, that is, the Nerazzurri are still cultivating the great dream, Serie A. Which they can reach from the main entrance (direct promotion) or via the playoffs. And, above all, that they will try in every way to reach through these two roads. «Pisa will try, they will try until the end. Of this – explains the CEO and general manager of the club Giovanni Corrado – you can tern sure. We are experiencing a season that, whatever the ending, we can already define as extraordinary. But it can become magical, unforgettable. And we will give everything to succeed ».
How much do you believe in it?
“It’s not a question of believing it. We have built so much through a path, we have built an acceleration to the path of growing simply by giving already started, and now we must continue. Pisa has no obligation to win, Pisa has an obligation to try. Because he has shown that he has the qualities to do it. And, I repeat, it will do so ».
In the current state of things, however, the ways to go are still foreseen.
«Let’s start from a fact: the playoffs, if they will be playoffs, represent an extraordinary goal and an enormous possibility. This is a complicated championship, with the highest average points in recent years among the top teams and two rounds from the end anything can still happen. Since I have been in football it had never happened to me to gain a position in the standings after losing as we did after Lecce. So we have to dare the best of us in these last 180 minutes. At 11 pm on 6 May we will see whether to celebrate or whether to continue pedaling with our heads down ».
Well, the stakes are definitely worth it.
“Yeah, it’s huge. There is an abyss between Serie B and Serie A; it would be an opportunity not only for Pisa but for all of Pisa ».
What weight can the defeat of Lecce have?
“He mustn’t have any. We didn’t play our best match in Lecce, but the team didn’t hold back, keeping it open until the end against a strong opponent in a difficult environment. To these guys, believe me, nothing can be reproached. They are great things and I am sure they will continue to do them. Net of how it will end, I repeat, we are experiencing an extraordinary season and this group, including the technical staff and anyone who goes around the team, deserves only many, many applauses ».
Maybe already from the challenge with Cosenza, which does not promise easy.
«Far from it. Cosenza will come here to fight for salvation and in the second half of the championship had an excellent performance. The game will be tough, complicated, and the Arena can and must make a difference. I hope, as has often happened, that the fans will stay close to the team, encourage and support them in the difficult moments that will surely happen during the match. The stadium must strike fear in the opponents and give wings to ours ».
A call to arms?
“This is the decisive moment. As I have already said, there is the possibility of making a season, however extraordinary, magical as this square has not lived in for years (actually decades, ed). We write history and everyone is needed ».
And if to get male ear?
“Its part of the game. I repeat that Pisa’s obligation is to try, giving everything. And now he has to think about this. Then, it is clear, at the end of the season the sporting year ends but not the journey of Pisa. This company has a dream to realize and possibly immediately, but it certainly hasn’t finished its path. We are planning the construction of the sports center, which will be very important, we are planning the new stadium, for which I can anticipate that very soon there will be news. In short, Pisa does not stop and will not stop. He wants to continue to grow, to build. With this season he has certainly already laid an important brick, but now we must try to build the entire building ».