"Full solidarity to the volleyball champion Paola Egonu from President Draghi in the phone call this morning. The Italian athlete is a pride of Italian sport, he will have future opportunities to win other trophies wearing the national team jersey".
This is the note issued by Palazzo Chigi, to announce that the outgoing Prime Minister also wanted to testify to his closeness to the blue volleyball champion, immortalized in video in tears , after the victorious final for third place at the World Cup in Holland, while he vented with his attorney for repeated questions about whether or not she was Italian.
An outburst, which went around the web arousing controversy, culminating in the announcement of Egonu herself that she wanted to leave the national team .
However, there were many messages of solidarity to the champion - born in Cittadella, Veneto, in 1998, from Nigerian parents - including, in fact, that of Draghi.
Enogu, after the explosion of the case, has partially corrected the shot, explaining that he only wants to take a “break” from the blue lap.
" Every time I am targeted, it hurts to be attacked because I always put my heart in it and I never lack respect . I would like to have a free summer to disconnect - she added - and it makes me laugh to think I have read people who have asked why I am Italian and I wonder why I represent such people ".
And the whole sporting world now really hopes that his is not a final decision.
(Unioneonline / lf)