Niccolo, the son of manager Andrea Pirlo has posted on Instagram to reveal the disgusting messages which he has received.
Despite being only 17 years-old, the young midfielder has already received threats and messages where people wish both he and his father would die, whilst he is only just beginning to try and carve out his own career in football.
The above loosely translates to: ‘I’m not a person who judges, I don’t like doing it, everyone has the right to be able to say what they want, I’m the first to do it and I would never want anyone to take away my freedom of speech.
They taught me to have ideas and above all to listen to those of others, but I believe that there is a limit to everything and this limit has already been exceeded for some time.’
‘I’m 17 and every day I receive messages of this kind not because I do something in particular, but only because I am the son of a coach who probably, they do not like. This would be my ‘fault’ and the reason why every day I receive messages of wishful death and various insults. I would like to ask you to put yourselves in for just a second in my shoes and ask yourself how you would feel.’
One message he claims to have received simply said: ‘You must die with your father.’
I’m not sure who needs to hear this, but this behaviour is simply not acceptable, be it directly to the manager, or worse to a minor.
Patrick
Thank you for alerting people to this repulsive crap. Everyone who is an actual fan of Calcio and/or Juventus should be repulsed by this sort of communication, particularly toward a young person, regardless of their parent’s job. There are many reasons for Juventus’ first (relatively) poor season in a decade, and Pirlo, in his first season on the job, is not solely, or even primarily, responsible for the club’s erratic performance this year. Many years of questionable decisions from club administration regarding squad composition and also the manager position have culminated in this rocky season. All of us who follow the club (I have since spending time in Torino in 1983) should check our “Agnelli privilege”, so to speak. The family and the club’s invariably dedicated and classy players and staff have thrilled us for decades and now, in an exceedingly difficult time for all clubs around the world, with a global health crisis and economic hardship enveloping everything and everywhere, the last thing we need is people going rogue and hysterical over a sport club that has, in reality, only once failed its followers in 124 years. Potentially finishing out of the UCL would be a huge financial hit (for the Agnellis) but doesn’t affect people who watch on television. And if someone is out there screaming at me that they are profoundly affected, I’m sorry, but there’s always next year. As the noted philosopher Alessandro Del Piero once said, “a true gentleman doesn’t leave his lady.” And ADP isn’t noted for saying this, but I’m sure he thinks it: fans who walk away when the club management slips up, weren’t really the tifosi we want among us anyway. If you want to read my latest match report on the less than satisfying Firenze match, see link below. https://www.bianconerizone.com/post/match-report-fiorentina-vs-juventus