Little-big players grow up. The triplet twins Mascia Gabriele, Raffaele and Michele (the names are the same as the Archangels) have been playing for this year in the historic club of Monserrato, that La Salle which boasts a sporting tradition of over sixty years.
They never split up and, before joining the club of president Simone Murgia and the new sporting director Walter Stevelli, they played in another Cagliaritan club where there were even eight pairs of twins. The three are inseparable, regardless of their roles on the pitch: Raffaele is a prolific goalscorer, Michele a whimsical midfielder and the agile Gabriele is a full-back with an educated left foot. They are 15 years old.
The new company
From this year the three boys (Michele and Raffaele, homozygous twins, will soon catch the meter and 85, while the "little" Gabriele is already one meter and 78) have had to break a tradition that saw them inseparable since they were children in the fields tennis, football and soccer, trained by the brothers Michela and Fabrizio Meloni in Su Planu. Coach Daniele Andreini, coach of the Allievi, loves the perennial smile of the three boys, the uncommon manners and never missing training sessions. And still today he doesn't hesitate to try them even in defensive roles to take advantage of their size. The twins, born on February 15, 2007, are struggling in their new roles but will soon be able to understand what the main road will be.
Juventus sympathies and the Portuguese idol
Supporters of Juve and above all of Ronaldo, they cheered on Portugal at the World Cup in Qatar, even if their idol was ousted by the surprising revelation Morocco. But - they say - «all three of us support Cagliari». «I like the red and blue colors – declares Michele -: they represent passion and the desire to reach higher and more ambitious goals. However, the climb to Serie A seems really difficult to us».
