Well. Now that my emotions have somewhat stabilized, I can say what I've wanted to say, and this has been several years in the making.
Here it is.
Thank you. Thank you Thank you Thank you.
Thank you to the players, who since the start of the 2011 season have taken all of us on a magical ride, and one that won't stop anytime soon.
To President Andrea Agnelli. Your vision, your conviction, and your astute planning have set this club up for the present and the future.
To Beppe and Fabio. The REAL DYNAMIC DUO. What else can we asy, but to humbly, and gladly, admit that a lot of us were wrong. I wouldn't trade the two of you for any sporting director tandem in the world.
To Signore Conte. Every journey needs a starting point, and your fierce pride and winning mentality rubbed off on this club. We don't get to where we are now without your guidance. You leaving us when it did was considered a curse, but as it is with life, it never plays out the way imagined it, and that is because the curse turned out to be the gift known as
Signore Allegri. It is truly amazing that 10 months ago, you had the balls to take on a nearly impossible situation. You were following a club legend, following up three consecutive scudetti, and a choice so unpopular that most experts and fans expected you to stumble, and some of those fans, for their own reasons, wanted you to.
I can't thank you enough, and I know that you will never read this but you have helped instill hope, and most of, faith and belirf, that we can win it all.
And we can.
And we will.
Why?
Simple, and these words have never meant more, or rang truer.
WE
ARE
JUVENTUS.
My nephew, the 5th generation Juventino, said to me on the phone "Zio, can you believe this?!?"
And I told the greatest 12 year old in the world that Yes, I do believe it, because
WE
ARE
JUVENTUS