Speaking of Di Natale I read a touching thing the other day, by the way. Got nothing to do with anything really but it's a good story. I don't know if anyone remembers Piermario Morosini. He used to belong to Udinese. He wasn't a very good footballer but he had a pretty heartbreaking life story. His mom died when he was fifteen years old and his dad passed away two years later, leaving him solely responsible for two disabled siblings. His brother committed suicide a year or two after that which meant that the only relative Morosini had left was his sister. Since he knew what it was like to lose his parents he offered a lot of support to Di Natale when his mum died a couple of years ago and the two grew close.
Morosini suffered cardiac arrest and died on the pitch earlier this year while on loan at Livorno in Serie B. He didn't have much money and no will so his sister, who's got the kind of disability that has stuck her to a wheelchair unable to move most of her limbs, didn't get a cent. She couldn't work and didn't have any family left who could support her. Di Natale, as the class act he is, offered to act as her guardian. He's agreed to take financial responsibiliy for her for the rest of her life.
Moments like that show that some players understand what being a club captain and a teammate is all about.
