Interview with Giovanni Bia, the player's agent, who tells the dreams of the Bianconeri outfielder scoring with Verona: "Andrea also cares a lot about the national team, he will make it"
"Seeing Andrea score the first goal with the Juventus jersey was an immense joy. A very heavy and timed-dated network: it looked like a movie, so much so that I started crying with joy. As I saw him cheering, all the experiences I had lived together passed through my mind. The years in Serie D and C, the serious injury to the crusader, the many sacrifices but also the desire to never give up, which brought him high up to the point of wearing the Bianconeri shirt". His agent, Giovanni Bia, is still a little excited to relive the final minutes of Juve-Verona.
The parable of Cambiaso looks like a fairy tale.
"It is, because he lives everything with the genuineness of a child playing football for the first time in the park with friends. Look at the smile he put on his face after the goal and his arms raised to the sky: there is the pure emotion of those who love football."
By the way: on social media the photo of Andrea as a child with the Juve jersey is popular.
"It went viral. That day of 2010 in Marassi there was Genoa-Juve and Andrea took the field with the black and white jersey at the entrance of the teams: it was destined that when he grew up he would be able to wear it as a protagonist".
How did you change how you celebrated the goal?
"The first thought was for his family, who has always been close to him and then we immediately started talking about how we could improve. During the week he and I do a lot of video sessions to study and review the movements of the races. Andrea is like this: he doesn't enjoy the moment too much, he's a perfectionist maniac. He never cuts off a second and pushes to the maximum: his goal is to stay for 15 years at Juve."
From the outside it strikes Andrea's great seriousness.
"Cambiaso is a whitefly in the world of football. A boy from yesteryear. The ideal boyfriend to present to your daughter. I tell you this as a testament to her simplicity: when she comes to my house to eat, she always wants to clear the table. Andrea is very polite and of healthy values as there are few today. So much so that he never asked to talk about money in any negotiation."
Cambiaso arrived in Turin at the right time.
"Last year, the day after signing with Juve, we went on loan to Bologna and he didn't blink. The step with Motta was important. He had the maturity to get to Juve ready to play with it, without rushing the times. With Andrea we never disagreed on any decision. He knows how to listen: few footballers do it and so it makes everything easier in management for me and my collaborators Luca Dell'Amico and Massimo Manganelli".
Juve anticipated Inter's competition in the summer of 2022. How did the negotiation go?
"Cherubini and Manna believed so much and spent almost 9 million to get him from Genoa. An important investment that made it possible to anticipate Inter's competition. Ausilio wanted it strongly, but the Nerazzurri at that time could not close and Juve was good at inserting".
It is said that Giuntoli has appreciated him since the days of Serie C ...
"It's all true. Cristiano already wanted it, when Andrea was at Alexandria. He knows him like a little."
She was a major defender. Is the secret of this Juve the rearguard?
"M making 7 clean sheets in 10 races means having crazy solidity. Behind them are all humble people who are hungry for success. They play with grit and take opponents high. They always mark forward and so shorten the field with the 2 arms that go in aggression on the opponents. That way they put 60 yards of field between the opponents and the goal."
After the championships won in D (Albissola) and B (Empoli) now does Andrea dream of the tricolor?
"There is no two without three... Juve I see it very well: it's solid and has the huge advantage that it doesn't make the cups. With this hunger and humility, the Bianconeri will go far. And then there's one thing I like so much..."
Which one?
"They also know to suffer to bring home dirty victories. There is so much Allegri in this. Even with Verona he was making changes and then he knew how to wait. Max is a phenomenon in reading and managing moments within the game."
Is the next dream to be realized for Cambiaso in blue?
"Andrea cares a lot about the national team. Aim to be summoned. Everywhere he goes on tiptoe, but then he manages to take his place: I'm sure he will also make it with Italy."