«I entered for the first time during a Milan-Cagliari match. It took me about twenty minutes to try to enter in time and then lost four minutes and twenty seconds spent in pushing, shoving, where do you want to go idiot, before being able to see the field in color. Too bad Gigi Riva had scored exactly in the fourth minute, final result Milan-Cagliari 0-1 ».

This is how Diego Abatantuono recalls his first entry to the San Siro stadium in the 1970s. A story that, however, has unleashed a real storm on social media due to the tones used against the Sardinians.

In an article for Corriere della Sera, the actor took a stand in the dispute which for years has seen the future of the Meazza at the center and which splits the fans of Milan and Inter between those who would like to preserve the historic "temple of football" and those who, instead , would like it to be replaced by a new and modern plant. "Let's hold on to him. He gave away colors, stories and myths " , said Abatantuono, siding with the "conservative" faction.

Then the anecdote about his "first time" in the stands of the Scala del Calcio and the disappointment, for a die-hard Milan fan like him, of seeing the Rossoneri beaten at home by the Rossoblù thanks to Thunderclap.

«So – adds Abatantuono – at the debut, I saw at most Sardinians laughing wearing Nuoro-grey clothes and also gray decayed teeth, combined with inconclusive actions by Milan . I was happy all the same because smiling Sardinians were rarer than the Boranga figurine. They spoke – he jokes – in a mysterious language which later, it turned out, was Sardinian dialect».

Words that, as mentioned, have sparked controversy. On social networks, many Sardinian users have harshly criticized Abatantuono's story, judged "offensive", beyond the goliardic intent.

(Unioneonline/lf)

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