The fear of Vincenzo Montella: 'At the mercy of events'

"There are constant aftershocks, we are all worried and at the mercy of events."

, Roma and national blue, has been coaching Demirspor of Adana for two years, and today he should have played at Umraniyespor of Istanbul.

"Match cancelled, obviously" he says on the phone with ANSA, not hiding the fear that gripped his entire group after the earthquake that devastated southern Turkey, on the border with Syria.

"With Demirspor - says the Adana coach, - we have been in Instabul since yesterday. Adana is 200 kilometers from the epicenter, where the situation is tragic; but we learned that there are the first deaths in our city too The earthquake felt strong there too, many of my players are worried about their families. They told us that buildings had collapsed and that many people were on the street during the night.

I gave the team 2/3 days off waiting to figure out what to do: there are constant aftershocks and only in the next few days will we know how to handle the situation, and I too will have to evaluate what to do: the championship will stop, starting with next day". In addition to the news of the first confirmed victims in Adana, there is also news of "some dead players from the other teams", perhaps even from Eyupspor next opponent of Adana. "The boys are worried because the people there are on the street and it's raining.

We need to understand what's going on."