Chievo veteran Sergio Pellissier won’t stop scoring yet, especially with new Coach Giampiero Ventura to “teach football.”
Last weekend’s goal against Milan brought Pellissier’s total to 109 in 443 Serie A appearances. “I like to think that as long as I feel good and can help my teammates, I’ll continue playing,” the 39-year-old told La Gazzetta dello Sport.
Chievo veteran Sergio Pellissier won’t stop scoring yet, especially with new Coach Giampiero Ventura to “teach football.”
Last weekend’s goal against Milan brought Pellissier’s total to 109 in 443 Serie A appearances. “I like to think that as long as I feel good and can help my teammates, I’ll continue playing,” the 39-year-old told La Gazzetta dello Sport.
It’s been a poor start for the Flying Donkeys this term, an early three-point deduction for false accounting has them rooted to the bottom of the table and last week saw the departure of Coach Lorenzo D’Anna, who was replaced by former Azzurri tactician Giampiero Ventura.
“Ventura is a Coach who teaches football and has always taught football,” explained Pellissier. “We aren’t thinking about his time with the national team, because before then he was a highly regarded Coach.”
As he approaches 40, Pellissier himself has been thinking about life after hanging up his boots. “I have a strong character (to become a Coach), but in a world where you have to adapt, I don’t think I would be adequate.”
At the moment, however, Pellissier is only thinking about helping the team survive another season in the top flight. “I have a great relationship with President Luca Campedelli, we have a relationship that goes way beyond football and we both give our all for this team.”
A father of three children, Pellissier enjoys family time. “It would be great if they could see me play more,” he explained, “but if not, well that’s OK.”
Pellissier started against Milan and scored his 109th goal in 443 Serie A appearances, so what about one of the men keeping him out of the starting XI? “I like (Mariusz) Stepinski, because he needed to understand Italian football tactically and as a young man I also wanted to learn from the most experienced players.”