THE FIRST DAVIDE ASTORI MEMORIAL IN FLORENCE
Bologna, Cagliari, Cremonese, Fiorentina, Inter, Rome, the Florentine club Affrico as host and other amateur teams. These are the clubs that will give life to the first edition of the Davide Astori Memorial, a tournament reserved for the 2012-2013 Pulcini category and dedicated to the captain of Fiorentina, who passed away on 4 March 2018. The tournament, which is played precisely on the Affrico field (in District 2, a few steps from the Artemio Franchi stadium), will take place from 2 to 4 June. The amateur club is affiliated with Fiorentina. Among those present at the press conference to launch the event at the Football Museum of Coverciano were the general manager of Fiorentina Joe Barone, Bruno, Marco and Renato Astori (respectively brothers and father of Davide), the technical director of Affrico Renato Buso, the president Valeria Pisacchi and the director of the Football Museum Matteo Marani. “Coming to Florence is like coming home, whenever we can we try to do it for these events – said Bruno Astori -. Coverciano was a very symbolic place for Davide, the first time I came to see it was in 2005 when he played in the Under 18. I spoke to Fiorentina and they will always try to keep the memory with great discretion, we really appreciate it.” “I was in the United States when I read about Astori – explained Barone -. His story is very evident in Fiorentina and he is always present in many stadiums, we have his photos everywhere and his shirt, his memory is always alive in Italian football. This event is very important, Davide did a lot for the children and having his name in a memorial was my first point of arrival: Affrico is my first acquaintance in Florentine football. final can be played at Viola Park Astori has left a memory of how a human being, a footballer, a father, a friend, being part of the city and of a people must be: I see these values again every day in our captain Biraghi “. “I think Davide has done one of the few miracles that football knows, putting everyone together – concluded Marani -. I remember that some time ago he came here to the Bonucci Museum, he saw Astori’s shirt and I saw him moved”.