Draghi to the Azzurri: “Now you are in history”

“You are in history”. Prime Minister Mario Draghi receives the European champion national team, Matteo Berrettini and the blue of the Under 23 national athletics team at Palazzo Chigi. “Your successes have been extraordinary. The national football team won the European Championships after more than 50 years, Matteo Berrettini was the first Italian in the final at Wimbledon in almost a century and a half of history, the under 23 athletics team was first in the medal table. to the Europeans, for the first time in 13 editions. You made us move, move, rejoice, embrace. I have always been proud to be Italian, but this time we celebrated your victories together and you made us proud to be united in this celebration in the name of Italy. Today sport indelibly marks the history of nations, each generation has its memories: today you are the ones who have entered history “, he says, rattling off a series of epochal events:” The Davis Cup of 1976, Tardelli’s scream in the 82nd final, Mennea’s record in the 200 meters in Mexico City, Schiavone and Pennetta who win at Roland Garros and Flushing Meadows, the second places of the national team of football at the 1994 World Cup and at the 2000 European Championships until the triumph on the night of Berlin “. Read also Draghi looks for Gigio Donnarumma with his eyes (“what a save!”), Praises “the team spirit and the game forged by coach Roberto Mancini” and underlines “your efforts and sacrifices, I think of Leonardo Spinazzola’s tears”. The premier highlights the importance of families, crucial for supporting athletes’ dreams and businesses. “You have strengthened in all of us the sense of belonging to Italy and you have placed us at the center of Europe as evidenced by the many congratulatory messages that have arrived in these hours”, he concludes.