The five categories of humanity. Conte rejects “whoever does not jump is a Juventus player”, Sarri denies Sarris and Giuntoli reveals his identity at Juventus
Db Milan 06/10/2019 – Italian Football League / Inter Juventus / Photo by Daniele Bova / Image Sport In the picture: Antonio Conte Maurizio Sarri
The difference between Conte and Sarri (or Giuntoli) was explained by Shascia
Antonio Conte’s clear response to the Napoli fans who chanted “Whoever doesn’t jump is a Juventus player” at the Piazza Dimaro was incredibly controversial. Conte responded in a few words, saying: “Don’t ask me what I can’t do.” He explained that coaches must be role models and that he would not disrespect any team. We won’t touch on it any more. Anything that doesn’t go in the direction of populism, giving anchovies to the fans, is always welcome by Napoli. Conte’s identity at Juventus is a subject we leave to others, to the self-appointed guardians of identity (who knows why the concept of identity in Naples is always associated with junk). We prefer to remember the Napoli that went crazy with joy when Juventus player Sivori arrived. Those were the days when the word identity was exclusively associated with a document.
There is another side to Conte’s reaction. It reminds us of the reactions of Maurizio Sarri and Cristiano Giuntoli once their lifelong dream came true: working at Juventus. Sarri has denied that dirty buffoon that was Sarrismo and who followed him to Napoli for demagogic reasons. Giuntoli has even revealed his previously hidden identity at Juventus, with bus trips following his father who led him towards the Juventus creed. It would be nice to subject Giuntoli to a quiz on Juventus in the 70s and 80s, it might be fun.
Conte, Sarri and Giuntoli explained by Sciascia
This contrast is reminiscent of Leonardo Sciascia’s memorable division of humanity into five categories in The Day of the Owl, in the dialogue between Don Mariano Arena, a mafioso, and Captain Bellodi.
“I have a certain experience of the world; and what we call humanity, and we fill our mouths with the word humanity, a beautiful word full of wind, I divide into five classes: men, half-men, little men, (with respect to speech) the damned and the charlatans…. Very few men; there are few half-men, because I would be happy if humanity stopped at half-men… But no, it extends further, to the little men: who are like children who think they are adults, and the monkeys who make half-men. The same movements as adults… And even lower: the loafers, who have become an army… And finally the charlatans: who must live like ducks in ponds, because their lives no longer have meaning and no more expression than ducks… You, even if you nail me on these cards as a Messiah, you are a man…”
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