Article by Remus Dinu – published on Thursday, June 12, 2025, 15:35 / Updated Thursday, June 12, 2025 15:39
Grieving the images caught last night, late at night, after Italy defeated us at the debut at Euro 2025. A scene from the mixed area continues to intrigue me now, at good time after the match.
We are “sick” after football! And no, it's not an exaggeration. We consume it non-stop, and if it were the last thing we had the right to do. We allocate them asleep, miles in ignorance and “break” even from our spare time to be there, at a microphone away from his breath.
And we have something, well rooted in the interior in the frustrating years in which the qualifications and any performance fragment have been forbidden to us: an intense call to be with that football that really matters. Let's take part in the episodic part in the world relevant to which we long for.
Otherwise, how would I explain the scene I lived live, on the corridors at the basement of the stadium in Trnava?!
Two worlds separated from a panel
It was just what I was preparing to descend to the ground floor from the conferences of the selections, hosted on a upper floor, in a room numericly dominated by Romanian journalists. Only one was Italian, stinging in a corner, with a laptop and a pile of papers on his knees.
Carmine Nunzata, the coach who had confused his counterpart the day before, remains surprised when Ion Alexandru, the colleague from Eurosport – at the same time the one who commented on the match on Pro TV – addresses a question in the mother tongue of the coach. “No English? Ok …
Further, the mixed area. Two similar areas as space, separated by a huge panel with tournament sponsors.
To the right, 15-20 Romanian reporters and operators crowded to ask Răzvan Sava, the holder of the national gate.
Before him, Matei Ilie had been there, and the script had repeated itself.
The interest is tangible, you realize after the microphones stretched back in a few minutes. Almost glued to the wall, the cameramen of the television, the unseen heroes of the screen, capture the ambiences with their “toys” of thousands of euros.
Romanian reporters interview Răzvan Sava
But on the left? Well, on the left you would have a foot tennis. Or at least a whisper (that if you leave the joints).
At the same time as Sava gave the interview of his life, three Italian reporters were discussing, more friendly, with one of the footballers of Italy. Forget about DSLRs and microphones with fluff, backpacks and tripods, the statements are stored on a phone, so. Record, Play, Stop, ArriveDeci!
Only three Italian reporters were present at the mixed area for interviews dedicated to Squadrei / PHOTO footballers: GSP
Moral? It is possible that the Euro 2024 this summer has triggered including among the journalists a phenomenon of the depth of the “yellow wall”. We are here and we do not want to break our heads to stay home! Not even in the competitions that others fit in “and others”. Football to have.
