To realize it is really over will take a few more days. Too fresh is the excitement of a stadium all to himself and his family, his son Tommaso brought under the blue curve for the final goodbye after the match with Inter. “Only in the next few days will I be able to understand that we are at the end of my run. Beautiful, intense, totalizing for Como. Now I still feel like one of them……” Alessio Iovine is a whirlwind of emotions after bidding farewell to soccer played, the last six seasons at Como, promotion to A a year ago. And now the strength to say enough and stop.
“I sowed a lot and gave everything to the team, for my teammates, for the club and the fans. 151 games in the blue jersey, believe me when I say I can’t make a ranking of the good things experienced. I was a ball boy here at Sinigaglia, I fought for this jersey and became captain. Then the promotion to A: I leave here I close in A. A thank you to everyone, I am happy and I can say I have a clear conscience for the commitment given.” Alessio has already announced that he will stay in Como, the role still to be defined, but Fabregas himself appeared happy to have him on the field again. “Because Iovine,” said the coach, “is not one for the office, but for the open air…..”
With Iovine Friday night, the farewell also came from one who has experienced so much of soccer: club, national and international victories. The moving farewell was also that of Pepe Reina, Spanish goalkeeper who has decided to stop. For him perhaps the adventure in Spain with the bench, he has not yet announced it officially but it is likely. Reina arrived at Como, called by Fabregas, at the beginning of this championship. In the initial phase he was the starter, then he sat on the bench since January with the arrival of Butez. But he always made a remarkable contribution in the locker room. Cesc recognized this and praised him for it. That is why he sent him on the field – as a sign of thanks – on Friday in the last match with Inter. Too bad that Pepe ended his career with a “red,” remedied for a too reckless exit outside the box and a foul on Taremi.
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