"With his love for Juventus, Gianni Agnelli was a point of reference.
A black and white thread linked his existence
. And many of his phrases still guide the fans of the Lady today, showing what Juventus is made of".
This was written by Juventus, on her website, on a page created today, with the title "The passion of a lifetime", dedicated to the twenty years since the lawyer's death.
A collection of his sentences remained in the history of the team, including:
"When I became president of Juventus they wrote: a 50-year-old club now has a 25-year-old president
", to recall the age at which he assumed office, in 1947". among others "Boniperti and Trapattoni deserve recognition", quoting Giampiero Boniperti, first player and then president, and Giovanni Trapattoni, the coach who was on the black and white bench the longest. And again: "I gave Del Piero the nickname Pinturicchio: for the aesthetics, for the way of playing.
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His goals are always excellent". and on Platini: "He will remain unique and inimitable". A passion he expressed as follows:
"I love football, perhaps I love it too much, to the point of putting Sunday alternatives in second order.
yes, I love this sport that has no rivals
", with the many images that see him in the stands and that he commented like this:" Before the match, I'm always nervous.
Afterwards, almost always satisfied".
A page, the one with the lawyer's phrases, to which Juventus also refers from Twitter, writing: "
Gianni Agnelli left us twenty years ago. We remember the lawyer with some of his most famous phrases
" and a photo of the lawyer
.