"Withdraw? first I want to celebrate something important here in June, then I'll decide. A 360-degree decision must be made because there are various factors to consider. My thought now, however, is to help the team in a difficult situation».

Thus Fabio Quagliarella, captain and forward of Sampdoria, on Sky Sport 24 on his fortieth birthday. Over 600 appearances among professionals, a career always at a high level between Turin, Naples, Udinese and Juventus but above all Sampdoria : with the current one, there are 9 seasons with the blucerchiato and in this one he hasn't scored yet. “They need my goals, it's my job to help them. I for one need to score, it's crazy adrenaline. But my task - he said - is also to help young people because by helping them you help the whole system. I had an injury while preparing. It seemed more serious but working from day to day individually I'm recovering. The coach knows my moment of form and knows when I can be available for the team» .

Then a dive back looking for which was the most beautiful goal among the more than 200 scored in his career: «The most difficult ones always have a particular affection - underlined Quagliarella -, from the overhead kick, to the back-heel, passing through the shot from midfield and the lob. These always have a special place in my heart. Perhaps the back-heel against Napoli is something different," he explains, recalling the seal to Ferraris against the Neapolitans in the 3-0 victory in September 2018.

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