Bologna, 11 October 2024 – He has left us Nando Machiavellihe was 85 years old. One of the last reporters truly in love with the profession. One of the last direct witnesses of Bologna’s scudetto in the play-off at the Olimpico on 7 June 1964.
I met Nando at the beginning of my professional history. He used to talk about <a href="https://www.archysport.com/2024/07/a-champions-journey-jan-van-breda-kolff-and-the-resurgence-of-virtus-in-1983/" title="A Champion's Journey: Jan Van Breda Kolff and the Resurgence of Virtus in 1983″>Fernet Tonic matches on the radio on Saturday afternoon. I, a collaborator of Pug almost making his debut in the world of basketball, he has an arm right by Gianfranco Civolani in the Bologna editorial office of Tuttosport and then animator of radio and TV programs in that ether galaxy so full of excitement.
Baby pensioner from Enel, shortly after the age of forty, he was dedicated body and soul to his passion: reporting on sport. He did it with chronological scruple and without emphasis. With the good nature of the Bolognese native and the specific knowledge granted only to those who have actually practiced the sport. And Nando was a excellent tennis playera true champion in the world of the “unclassified”. Even with the racket in his hand he was generous, who chased the joy of victory with hard work.
He has followed the events of the for over sixty years Bologna football, Virtus and Fortitudo, baseball and every sport that it found new life under the Two Towers, like American football in its golden seasons. Fondol’ with Alfonso Velez also a weekly magazine “The sports news” which became a hotbed of many young journalistic talents.
From the antennas of Telecenterfrom the radio waves of Neptune and from a thousand other stations came Nando’s clear voice with his polite observations, composed criticisms and that heart of a fan that he struggled to hide.
Together we lived the UEFA away games for Bologna in the nineties and rejoiced in those successes. Despite the pressure of age and ailments, Nando never gave up an inch. He remained clinging to his work, made up of genuine passionuntil the end. His voice was weaker but his heart was intact.
I funerals they will take place on Tuesday 15th at 4pm in the beautiful church of San Girolamo delle Certosa. The funeral home is open from 2.45pm
