Basile, lezione all’Italia: “Finchè sarà solo calcio, andremo a picco”

RIO 2016 (Rio de Janeiro). "In Italy we always talk about football, it's as if the judo federation invested its budget only on one judoka, does that seem fair to you? As long as you continue to only see football, Italy will go down". The lesson is signed by Fabio Basile, the authority, in addition to a fiery personality even in front of the microphones, is given to him by a very heavy gold medal, the two hundredth in the history of the Italian team at the Summer Olympics. "I didn't think about anything, I isolated myself with my mind and I only thought about defeating my opponents: in the final I felt the Korean getting nervous under my hands, I had him in my grasp". He, who shouldn't even have been in Rio because he was judged too 'junior' for the expedition, takes his revenge and the thanks are less than you might think: "The handover from Elio Verde a few months ago? I just say hello, but I don't waste any thoughts on anyone except my family and those who were close to me in the gym". (Andrea Eusebio and Giuliano Rosciarelli/alaNEWS)