Years earlier, while exploring whether Avigliana could bid for a U12 European Championship, I was told the venue was not suitable even for that level. I remembered it.
Later, when the opportunity emerged to bring the senior European Championship to Piemonte, that old limitation became the starting point rather than the conclusion. The proposition was larger: use event management, political support and territorial funding to transform the venues and bring a continental senior championship to the region.
The idea was not to prove someone wrong. It was to prove what the territory could become with a complete project around it.
