From the fratta, a small town in Cortona in Aretino, to Serie A. It is the beautiful story of Samuele Angoriwho celebrated the promotion with the Pisa Despite the defeat of Bari. The 2003 class born in Cortona grew up and took its first steps in the small town in Valdichiana, where an entire country welcomed him with a surprise party on returning home on the rest days granted by the Nerazzurri club.
Angori, he brought his small town to A. “It is the one who wrote to me in a banner the many friends of the frattta when I returned from mine in recent days. I found myself a whole country in front of the door of the house with smoke bombs, strips and choirs. They thanked me for having ‘brought them’ in A, it was exciting. Among other things, while we played in Bari, there was the Fratta-Fratticciola derby. My parents and sisters, then I made a video call to my friends who were at the game, to celebrate but also to know how it was going “.
In Bari what sensations did you feel? “At the beginning so much tension: I was on the bench because I had played owner three days earlier. We started badly, we took a goal but he was also losing the spice. In the second half I entered, the spice drew then went below again. I felt my companions on the bench explodes and we understood that it was almost done on the field. As soon as the referee whistled I built to cry for the emotion: there”.
-Did you expect such an intense season? “The goal of the club was to play the playoffs, but at Christmas we were at -3 from the top. We understood that we could do something more and the environment also started believing it. From a personal point of view it was even more surprising: I did not expect to play so much, just two years ago I was in the spring. I will never stop thanking Pisa for believing in me, but also the Pontedera for the last season, when he allowed me to compare myself for the first time to confront me for the first time. with the greats “.
Is there anyone who owes so much in his growth? “I was lucky enough to find coaches, companions and managers who left me all something. In particular, I say Miro Scatizzi, who when I was still a child brought me from the frat Fiorentina, and Mauro Mancioppi, another fantastic person who is no longer there. When at 4-5 I started playing in the frat with young people older than me, he took me wherever it was needed. I also have to thank Vittorio Polvani, a Castiglion Fiorentino trainer who helped me So much from a boy in athletic work.
Do you think you stay in Pisa? “It is early to say it but I hope so, to crown the dream I had as a child to get to Serie A.”
