Once years ago, including referees, we played our national tournament which was a kind of apotheosis of anti- Football.
the quarter-final we were removed from a home that Lombard can not remember.
I remember that game, however, that an arbitrator, the arbitrator Series B, paying a great professional who made his work a great pleasure to the teams and the tournament.
After 90 minutes (obviously) bad football, compared to the standard that was probably used to, decreed the end of the game just as I passed next to him.
Moments before, he opened his mouth quest'arbitro professional for the first time since the race and said earnestly, and convinced a phrase that struck me very much.
looked at everyone and no head-on, and said "Gentlemen, it was a pleasure but also an honor."
Then put the whistle mouth and sent all three whistles in the shower.
Since then I've taken seriously every race, every time learning a lot of things about the professionalism, commitment and means to be a race director.
Today, after
170 matches
47 different fields
Hundreds of miles completed
410 yellow cards
46 expulsions
31 races of the summer tournaments
and 7 years overall black jacket
I put the whistle in his mouth and sent to heaven my last 3 whistles.
Even in my small it was, indeed, a pleasure and an honor.
