Like Immobile, Dybala, Mertens, and others before: Leo Štulac joins the ranks of special football heroes; he will be awarded recognition
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Palermo did not secure promotion to the elite Serie A during the regular season, but vacation time has not yet arrived. The Sicilians will compete in the playoffs, facing Sampdoria led by Peter Stojanović in the first round. Leo Štulac, who will receive a special award on May 27th regardless of the playoff outcome, will also assist the Pink and Blacks in their quest for promotion.
The Primorje native, who has been earning his living in Italy for years, will be a guest of honor at the event in Jesi, where he will be presented with the Cesarini award. Since 2016, this award has been given to all those footballers who score a goal in the last minute of a match during the season. Leo Štulac accomplished just that in the match against Spezia, scoring the latest goal in the history of football in Italy with an exceptional free kick in the 103rd minute.
The award, named after former Italian international Renato Cesarini (who scored a last-minute goal for the Italian national team in 1931, leading to the phrase ‘cona Cesarini’ still used in Italy for goals in the last minutes of a match), is expected to be presented to Štulac by none other than Italy’s national team coach Luciano Spalletti, who has already confirmed his presence at the event. Also in attendance will be Arrigo Sacchi, Marco Tardelli, Luca Marchegiani, Alessandro Altobelli, Giuseppe Baresi, Fabrizio Ravanelli, and numerous other giants of Italian football.
In the past, the Cesarini award has been received by Eros Pisano as the first among all, Ciro Immobile, Paulo Dybala, Cristian Zapata, Dries Mertens, Patrick Cutrone, and others.
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Author: editorial Football Planet
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