“I am going to tell you a sad story that may seem like a fable but it is true. There once was a beautiful black cat. It lived at Appiano Gentile [inter’s training ground].
“It loved to stretch out on the grass where the Inter players would practice. They would train and he would enjoy the sun, occasionally glancing with feline distraction at those madmen kicking a ball.
“It had never hurt anyone. It dozed, sprawled and with its paw would wash itself. Its problems began when someone noticed it at the edge of the pitch — oh no a black cat.
“We are in the Third Millennium, the witches have all been burnt centuries ago but there are still imbeciles who believe that a black cat brings bad luck.”