Sudtirol, only one fan in Benevento. The players give him a shirt and shorts

The South Tyrol is one of the surprises of the championship B series. At his first experience among the cadets, the South Tyrol team, he’s amazing everything with good game and results. After starting the season with three consecutive defeats, Sudtirol have changed gears since taking the bench Pier Paolo Bisoli. Gradually the players have taken the measures to the category by putting together important results and climbing the standings. Yesterday yet another positive test arrived, a 2-0 on the Benevento field which brought Sudtirol to the solitary fourth place in the standings with 44 points, just three points from second place (occupied by Genoa) which the direct promotion to the series A. All in all, a small masterpiece.

The journey from Bolzano to Benevento

The team in Benevento was not alone. At the Vigorito stadium, in the away sector, there was only one fan who in the end was able to celebrate the important success, the eighth consecutive useful result. There are over 800 kilometers that separate Bolzano from Benevento, and yet Damian Gruber, this is the name of the fan – he didn’t want to miss his support for his favorite team. “I was alone because there was no one who could take two days off – he told Sportitalia -. From Bolzano I reached Bergamo by car, there I took the plane to Naples where I rented a car. I often go away , this year I only skipped Reggio Calabria because it was the end of August and we played on Sunday evenings. I’m an employee but thanks to my super boss I always manage to free myself”.

Sudtirol wanted to thank Damian for the great gesture. At the end of the game the players went under the guest sector to greet him and Andrea Masiello and Giovanni Zaro they honored him with a shirt and shorts