"Rome is a city that is used to sport, where there are two football teams and in each category it has excellence. So the sports fan or lover in Rome has a lot of choice and this leads to dispersion. I am from Mantua, a city of 70,000 inhabitants where Serie A2 is held. It's logical that it's easier for a player to live in a small town than in a city like Rome where when you walk around you don't feel the city's attention on the team. I remember when we went to play in Avellino the arena was full, or in Roseto degli Abruzzi: these are cities where basketball is the only local sport and therefore is supported by the entire population. In Rome the problem was that the fans came to the stadium when there were important matches or when the hot phase of the playoffs began. And so we filled the stadium in the semi-finals and, the two times we did them, when we played the finals. But before we have always struggled, especially if we are talking about a city that has 3 million inhabitants. When you play a final and fill the PalaLottomatica with 13,000 people you say to yourself "where have they been until now?"."
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