Simone Farina and honesty in inauspicious times

A photo to remember, a moment captured: the winners of FIFA 2011 Golden Ball posed together at the end of the show on 9 January in an image where we can recognize a number of football stars past, present and future so we can see teammates as Vidic and Rooney chatting lazy days, two myths as Ferguson and Manchester Matthäus perhaps remembering some of the ninety-Bayern, the best player in the world, Japan's Homare Sawa, true to the traditions of his country, a smiling Ronaldo entertained by something that happened to his left, Dani Alves thinking "you'll see when I tell Mom," Guardiola wondering if he'd left the gas on, saying Neymar ai eu Shakira hit you under the watchful gaze of Messi and Pele ... but there is someone who recognized costs more: who the character is on the left of the image next to the Barca coach? It's Italian, is called Simone Farina and was invited to the gala FIFA and appointed ambassador of fair play to reject and denounce an attempted match-fixing in the Calcio.

Surely Farina, modest footballer of Gubbio, in the Italian Serie B, he never imagined being able to attend a gala like the FIFA which honors the year's best in the world of football. However, if this distinction well deserved. As we know, Italian football has long suffered the scourge of illegal gambling with the rigging and buying parties, and defender first-person trans-lived situation. Alessandro Zamperini was now accused and it was Farina companion for a decade at the lower of Rome, who offered him 200,000 euros in September to split between him and three others by getting lost the Italian Cup match between his club , Gubbio, and Cesena to be played late last November.

Farina, husband, father of two children and charged annually about 60,000 euros, declined the offer and did not hesitate to report it, which helped considerably to the research that the Italian authorities remain open against the purchase of games and already has taken before Beppe Signori former players like or Doni, Atalanta or former Mallorca. When it is considered normal except something is wrong, and what he did Farina in rejecting the attempted bribery should be considered usual, however it is not, and is mainly to highlight the courage demonstrated by going Farina to prosecutors and report the irregularity still considering possible retaliation, when might well have given up the money and forget forever the case.

If Italy needs a hero in the fight against the purchase of matches found him in the modest figure of a footballer in Serie B. Possibly Farina, who will not talk to the media until the investigations and wants to stay away from the limelight, no one remembers a few months, but neither Italy nor Europe left him alone. Prandelli Italy coach, acknowledged the gesture of his compatriot and invited him to Coverciano, home of the Squadra Azzurra, to train with the national team (it could make his debut a few minutes). And as already mentioned, Blatter and Platini did not hesitate to invite to the gala FIFA alongside Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and company to devote a few words and honor precisely the honesty of Italian footballer with a purchase of parties that not only affects the Calcium and cleaning dirty football and sport.