The Assistant Coach (37/37) Epilogue included
Title: The Assistant Coach
Rating: G
Pairing: Antonio Conte/Gianluigi Buffon; Bernd Schneider/Arturo Vidal (The Schneiders);
Character crew: Bernd Schneider, Arturo Vidal, Antonio Conte, Gianluigi Buffon and other members of Juventus FC crew and players from other leagues.
Special appeareance of Alessandro del Piero
Disclaimer: Everything displayed in this text is entire fiction and made up by Chelsea Lady
Warning: Unbetaed.
Summary: The Italian Job is the most important job ever taken, specially when is pioneer for being the first openly homosexual assistant coach
in Italy. Prepare for the change.
In this part - Bernd's hiring is now official...
Previously on "The Assistant Coach"
Gianluigi and Antonio are just married. Arturo was with the formal suit, so as Bernd.
Alessandro del Piero was fixing his suit while the cameras are shooting and flashes are lighting.
"Oh yeah, Alex, there he comes" Arturo says while watching on the screen holding Bernd's hand. "You can enter whatever you want, Bernd"
"While Antonio and Gianluigi is not there, nope."
"Aw, man, okay! Hm!"
"First of all, I want to thank the specialized press and the accredited journalists for watching this moment happen. First of all, I want to Antonio
to come. Obviously he wouldn't do this alone."
Antonio comes to the press conference hall with Gianluigi holding hands. They were zooming and shooting their wedding rings.
"Which one has the three stripes?"
"It's mine's" Gianluigi answered "The single stripe is Antonio's. But we aren't here for that..."
"Well, a new era in Italy begins from now and on. Despite of Champions League disqualification, we shalled our efforts to convince Bernardo to sign the
contract. Now we are focused in getting the Scudetto. Bernardo would be in this oddysey for the first time."
"But the new era, has already installed inside Europe with Bernardo and Arturo. The problem was that this country is still with people with...anachronic
visions of life. We didn't hired Arturo for his sexuality, we hired him because of his skills as player. After several days of adaptation, we knew his
story with Bernardo, but it's collateral to his career. Same with Bernardo. We believe that with him, we can make a different style of tactics.
He applies influences of the Team..."
"Teamgeist" Buffon supports.
"Teamgeist style of 2006, which indeed, if they didn't reach world title, they could reach third place and that style in part is a good proposal.
So as Southamerican style. Well, we cannot wait anymore...Bernardo? B...Ber...Bernardo?"
Arturo behind curtains was hearing the call.
"Auf geht's, auf geht's!!" he whispers.
Bernd kissed his hand and Arturo screamed a loud: "¡Fuerza!"
"See?" Alessandro adds "That's what really matters. Support, love, care. All couples, for last, need these three points. And the Schneiders have them.
So, there he comes..."
Soon they began to photoshoot Bernd. The Jenaer sits down.
"Ciao."
"Turn on the microphone" Buffon speaks.
"Okay... now... hallo, hallo, hallo, molto bongiorno..."
"Do you feel that football is experiencing a new era?"
"Football hasn't change in these last years. They say football has changed because I told to the world that my love for Arturo almost ended with my life.
After certain English footballer nobody dared to do it, until three years ago. If people stops doing fake marriages for hiding the real way how they
feel, the double existence practices, just in that moment I would say that a new era began."
"But... many footballers who made their Coming Out (sic) have retired or did a different profession of what they used to do."
"That's the reason. Because despite of what I did three years ago, I kept playing until my retirement and Arturo kept going on. Say what you are and keep
going on, that's the reason they say there's a new era in football."
"Okay, Bernardo. Is time..."
"Time for what?"
"You know what I'm talking about. We read it several weeks ago." Alessandro says.
"Ahhhh! Now I know!"
The pen was on the paper. Bernd sat down and finally his signature was on the paper. Every trace was captured by cameras.
Then, Bernd shake hands with del Piero and Antonio, with Gianluigi and the rest of the audience applauds.
Buffon and Conte shook hands with Schnix.
"Benvenutto alla Juve, Bernardo!"
"Molto grazie"
"You will be near to your compagno..."
"More than ever"
Laughter from the audience.
Arturo comes into the place and hugs Bernd and kisses him on cheek.
"Now we'll be together!"
"Not on pitch, you on pitch and me on the bench, but we'll be together..."
A kiss on lips sealed the reception. Gianluigi and Antonio repeated the same gesture.
Then, the two couples held their hands. They raised them up and the four state:
"Fino alla fine, forza Juve!"
And the audience applauds and cameras flashes. To make that moment to last forever.
THE END.-
EPILOGUE
Is enough to waste lines, to say that Bernd Schneider became the first openly homosexual assistant coach in football history. He will be part of Juventus
for the next two years. That includes courses on Juventus University. His graduation was passed by FIFA, so as the convalidation, which grants him the
right to represent them in other international matches.
Finally, after a three week battle - which was produced before the wedding - Gianluigi Buffon won
the last instance appeal on the Italian Supreme Court. Justice determined that sexual orientation
was an arbitrary and unfair reason to remove custody and that his right as divorced man of visiting his children was violated.
Also, some evidences of psychological reports of children determined that they were coerced by Alena for lying the therapists saying that his father
did wrong and even the younger child made up stories of his father surprised having sex with Antonio.
Also, the Supreme Court annulated the evidences, because the psychologist belonged to a pro-life organization against homosexual adoption.
The new research found that Alena had PAS (Parental Alienation Syndrome) which in Italy was not used as legal evidence. For the first time in Italy history,
they consider PAS as a legal evidence for appealing a case of custody and visiting rights removal.
That means his children can come back to his father.
Also, few days later of Bernd's signing, Antonio and Gianluigi made a proposal to change the laws in family matters. A reform which allows not consider
sexual orientation as cause for removing visiting and custody rights to divorced parents. It's popular in Italians that this law is called "Buffon Law"
Antonio changed his daughter's last name for Buffon. He used the Spanish system of last name assignment for alphabetical order.
The civil name is Vittoria Buffon Conte.
Antonio made freeze his sperm at Turin University, using the same source as Bernd. Allegra's birth is projected for August.
Iker is still in therapy for his cleft lip. A surgery was performed on him and he is in constant treatment with a speech therapist in Italian, German and
Spanish.
Roberta now can sing "Storia di un grande amore". Also she can speak in part of Spanish, part of Italian, but most part is German.
Iker revealed the identity of Robbie, his alleged imaginary friend. Through a photo, he told to his parents who he exactly was. The man of the photo
was Robert Enke. So, he was talking to a dead person.
Worried, they looked for psychologists and they couldn't give a proper and satisfactory answer, so they talked to Mesut Özil about it and he said:
"He is special. Not only for his condition on his lip, but also seems that he is a special kid, he's not like the others. We say that they are enlightened,
but Western world say they are Indigo kids. He's a being of light..."
Vittoria and Iker are in constant contact. He introduces her as 'the love of his life', and he is only three!
Fabio and Mirko started to live together in a flat.
Paolo de Ceglie will represent Italy in the World Solo Bagpipe Competition which will be made in Glasgow in November.
Alessandra, with almost six months of pregnancy, found a boyfriend in Norway. They met each other on the wedding. His name is Olaf and they keep a distant
relationship through Skype. For certain circumstances, her parents find this method better than the physical contact.
Also, Juventus made April 19th as "Love and Understanding Day", for conmemorating Antonio and Gianluigi's wedding each year in Juventus Stadium.
RANCAGUA, CHILE, 14-04-2013 3:36