Ultimately, everything holds together. Nomen omen, destiny in the name. How do you not call back a guy called Mason because you help build the Juventus home starting from foundationsthat is, from Spring? Masonby name Simoneborn in 1998, from Cuneo, Saluzzo, who joined the Juventus academy at 16, working his way up to the first team, coach Sarriin the season of the last championship, also debuting in Champions League.
Above all, how can you not hug him again, telling him come and work with us, if this guy has defeated cancer after three very hard yearsfull of pain, of anguish, but also, full of resilience, of courage, of the desire to never give up on an enemy so treacherous and damned present in your life. So, the history of Simone is a providential story of Natale. He himself told it best, remembering when he was forced to retire. «Three years have passed since that day. News that came out of the blue that changed my life and that of those around me. Neurocytoma of the left ventricle. Moments of thoughts, questions, anger. I have never shed a tear, I have always tried to make myself seen as strong in the eyes of others, from the day of the news until the night before the surgery, in the room with my mother, the strongest woman I have ever known, when I burst into cry like a child, with the fear of never waking up again or in any case of waking up and no longer being the same as before. There were days, weeks, months, years of suffering. I had to learn to speak well, walk, run, write, read, count, it was as if I were a child again and I had to start all over again, from day zero. There were days when I even struggled to get out of bed, even though I already felt better. Today I put an end to my career as a player, I tried until the end to come back, I put in tears and sweat, but I was no longer like before, I realized that, in any case, I was lucky enough to be healed and to be Well. I was lucky enough to play with extraordinary players, champions, on the pitch, but, above all, off the pitch and no one will ever take this away from me. I am grateful for everything I have done and achieved inside that green rectangle, together with my teammates, who later became my friends. They were magnificent years: the pitch, the locker room, the passion, they are things that are difficult to explain if you don't experience them first hand. First of all, I thank my family for always being by my side. Tommaso, my unique and special child who gave me the strength to carry on, and finally my friends. I thank the Juventus, Atalanta and Tondela clubs for standing by me. You learn to give importance to things when you are one step away from losing them. Life is a wonderful gift”.
You learn to give importance to things when you are one step away from losing them: the phrase that says it all Simone. He wrote Baricco: «Things happen that are like questions. A minute passes, or years, and then life responds.” At the his ex's hunger for life replied the Juve: he wanted it youth sector coach, announcing it in recent days with a symptomatic relevance of corporate desire to sign a noble gesturenot at all a given in football at the end of 2024, which always and only wants to be entangled in the logic of business, of icy unrecognition, to the point of indifference towards those who have left the scene or have been forced to do so. Is winning the only thing that matters? It is not true and it is necessary to say so in the presence of the company name of Bonipertian memory. You can also win off the field, when you appreciate the strength of such a vigorous Bricklayer so much that you cannot do without it. Simone has demolished the cancer, now he starts rebuilding his life in Casa Juve. Your house.
