Roma City FC: Mister Doino wins like this
ROME – The future is already here and is slowly starting to take shape. But it will be based on solid foundations to fuel an ambitious sporting project destined to last for a long time. One piece at a time, like a complicated and colorful autumn puzzle, the Riano Athletic Center is being reborn on the outskirts of Rome with the aim of becoming many things together, gradually though. Meanwhile, Roma City has stopped wandering and has its own roof, the first indispensable component of a house which, once completed, will become a five-star hotel, an exclusive place to play football and maybe raise new talents not only for the Capitoline company that took over the sporting title of Fiuggi football to participate in the Serie D championship.
FUTURE GOAL. In the intentions of the president Tonino Doino it is only the initial step, but everything will be based on avant-garde infrastructures worthy of a professional club and which is not often found around Italy. «In the meantime, we made our debut at home and it was really exciting, apart from the result which unfortunately once again didn’t reward us (a narrow defeat against the extremely aggressive players from the Marches of Montegiorgio, ed). But even the field – patron Doino confides – will give us the satisfactions we will be able to deserve. I am not convinced. For the moment the joy is large, it was not obvious to redevelop this place that is taking my heart for the beauty and the context in which it is set, in a strategic position that will be an added value when we have completed our project», explains the Miami restaurateur who started from suburb of Rome forty years ago and became a successful businessman also in the real estate field. His clubs in Florida are frequented by the elite, not just the Americans: in his first club, Sport Cafè, thirty years ago, Gianni Versace was a regular customer. But he has kept the humility and humanity of his Italian family, of which he remains proud. From the unforgettable Lucan parents that he carries in his heart even now that they are gone, mum Rosinella (it is also the name of one of his most famous restaurants) and dad Antonio Vito, up to the brothers Rocco (vice president of the City), Paolo ( responsible scouting) and Luciano. And to the irreplaceable sister Rosanna, a special assistant of the volcanic patron always eager to create something that works and the only one who can keep up with the pace. «Look, there was nothing here just a few months ago – says Mister Tonino – we had to work hard to erase the signs of abandonment. But we redeveloped everything. Even if many self-proclaimed builders have not lived up to the times and deadlines agreed in the contracts. Unprofessional people that we have already done without. And they didn’t stop us from moving forward. Indeed, I take this opportunity to thank the many workers and all my collaborators who with generosity and professionalism have allowed us to reactivate this structure», underlines Tonino.
THE PLACE OF THE HEART. Lying on the Tiber and bordered by the Autostrada del Sole between the Flaminia and the Tiberina, the futuristic sports center is surprisingly coming back to life. Forty hectares of dirt paths with woods with centuries-old shrubs will host 8 football fields, two of which are already usable, rigorously in real grass, not even in A are they seen as well-kept. And then a gym with the latest generation machinery, an Olympic swimming pool and another for the rehabilitation and rehabilitation of injured people entrusted to a professional from another category such as Professor Claudio Bordon, former athletic trainer, among other clubs, from Parma, Palermo, Udinese and Inter. Two covered tennis courts will be transformed and put to another use. On the other hand, the guesthouse that houses the Roma City squad is already active. «The work that has been done in such a short time is truly incredible – says Peter Salimonas, the general manager of the club and Doino’s trusted manager also in other business activities, who returned from the States with his son Nicolas for the inauguration of the stadium – When I came last time it was just weeds and the 15 years of abandonment showed. Tonino managed to erase them by reviving an excellent sports center ». In short, everything for him, organized with the Doino method: nothing is ever left to chance. «Over time, the center will be the pride of this area, not just ours. A capital like Rome needs similar structures. Ours would not have been feasible without the total support of the Administration of the Municipality of Riano. Having had the honor of hosting the mayor of Riano Luca Abbruzzetti in the grandstand for the inauguration of our stadium with his family was very nice. But I want to thank all the Administration and the Assessor for Sport Marcello Bocci as well as the technicians of the Municipality who have never let us miss their support. We shared the first home match with the citizens of Riano and the area as far as possible given that there is limited usability at the moment. It was really a good sports party. I’m only sorry for the result, but I don’t care about it. I remain very optimistic, I am convinced that we will be able to improve. Our efforts – hopes the Capitoline president – will be rewarded over time. The current classification situation will not prevent us from fueling our objectives which will be based on results. Not only on sports ones, as it is obvious to imagine, but also on those ».
STRUCTURE AND SCOUTING. In reality, if the entire facility is completed by the beginning of spring, the team will also be strengthened first with elements from the category. Coach Francesco Statuto guides one of the youngest teams in Group F. «We don’t need to give definitive judgments, this group didn’t exist a few months ago – underlines the president -. We know that it will be necessary to enrich the workforce, without distorting our nature. We want to focus on quality young people and not get involved in unnecessarily expensive mechanisms. In the spring we are confident that we will have completed the Riano Athletic Center which we will inaugurate with a charity event, because in our vision football cannot be just business and business. Instead, we believe we must offer an opportunity to the talents we intend to find with our scouting abroad as well. There are many young Americans, but also Argentines and South Americans of Italian origins to whom we look with interest. Perhaps in collaboration with other companies in the area, outside the competition of the standings and potential allies if they want “, explains the ex-boyfriend of Borgata Fogaccia who returned to his Rome left 40 years ago in search of fortune in the world, but never abandoned with the heart. And now that he has found the right place to put his head here too, he has begun to satisfy his passion for football. With optimism, concreteness and sustainability. It is the Doino method. That’s the only way he can win!
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