«There is a heavy air, a sterile and even exaggerated controversy has arisen. The staff of the National Singers is made up solely of women and tonight’s refereeing trio sees three women ». To speak to Open is Matteo Bassetti, director of the Infectious Diseases Clinic of the San Martino hospital in Genoa, which tonight, May 25, will take the field with the “champions for research” team. His “opponents”? The National Singers within which, in the last hours, a real storm broke out after that Aurora Leone of The Jackal has denounced having been expelled from dinner on the eve of the Match of the heart because she was a woman.
“Let’s not lose sight of the goal, this is a charity match”
«I was not at dinner last night, even though I was invited like all the summons, so I can’t say anything about what happened, I’m out of it. However, I have always believed in gender equality, I have always worked with women. Mine at San Martino di Genova team it is made up of three quarters of women. In this case we have lost sight of the goal, here we are taking the field for charity, for a good thing, I hope that everything will be resolved in the end », he added. The event will be broadcast on Canale 5 and everything that will be donated will go to the Piedmontese Foundation for Cancer Research which makes a significant contribution to the fight against cancer.
“We will play with the empty stands”
We reach Bassetti on the phone while he is still in the hotel, ready to warm up before the game. «Women in science must be valued even more. 70 percent of medical students today are women and it is absurd that, out of 100 primary, 95 are men. In the future, I really hope that women can have more space in the medical field too, ”she said.
“We are a ridiculous country”
The infectious disease specialist – who “has been playing soccer for 20 years” and finds “absurd” still ban showers in the changing rooms calling our country “ridiculous” – he didn’t even like the decision to keep the stadium closed tonight for the Match of the Heart. «The dream does not come true. The Italian obtuseness has led us to have no spectators in the stands, despite the possibility of doing so and without considering that Europe has reopened the stadiums », he thundered. “We could have invited 3-4 thousand people – concluded Professor Bassetti – it would have been a good sign, moreover the tickets could have been sold for charity”.
Cover photo by Matteo Bassetti on FACEBOOK
