“Half Azzurri on their knees and half standing is not good: we would need a sort of directive that would invite all our national team players to make a gesture of solidarity against racism on the pitch at the start of the match”. This is the opinion expressed to AdnKronos Lino Banfi who for the occasion returns to play the role of Oronzo Canà, the famous’ football coach ‘of the cult film for fans, as well as the promoter of the propitiatory and superstitious cry of the’ holy shit ‘to every goal of the blues. “Free will is fine, but not always and not on every occasion a person can do what he wants, choose and decide only for himself – explains Banfi – In this case, it is not the individual player who kneels but it is our national team. to do what, for me, is a nice symbolic gesture. We all reason together and then collectively decide whether to kneel or not: I would do it, already in the next match “. Austria, Banfi-Canà says he is “optimistic, especially if they come back to shout the ‘porca puttena’ that is bringing us very well. They promised me that they will return to do so, hopefully until the final, maybe at the Olimpico in Rome to raise the European Cup: I would also go to celebrate with them, on my birthday … “. (by Enzo Bonaiuto)