The saves against Como went around Europe. But Lorenzo Palmisani is not a new name in Italian football — what impresses is the impact he has made in his first Serie A season after a long and patient development that began in the small football school of Mole Bisleti, a hamlet on the outskirts of Alatri, the town in the province of Frosinone where the family has deep and enduring roots. Behind every save by Frosinone’s goalkeeper there is a community. But first and foremost there are his parents and siblings: father Piero, mother Graziella, and brothers Giada and Yuri. Lorenzo is the youngest of them all.
“We Are an Ordinary Family — It Is Not Easy to Manage This Flow of Emotions”
Piero Palmisani — the owner of a small building company — opens the conversation with the warmth and measured pride of a man who has watched his son build something entirely through his own determination. “We are getting enormous satisfaction right now. We are an ordinary family and for us it is not easy to manage the flow of emotions — especially after the match against Como.”
“He Started in Midfield — at Nine He Decided He Wanted to Be a Goalkeeper”
On Lorenzo’s early footballing development, Piero’s recollection is touching and entirely human. “When my wife and I got married I was coaching a small women’s team in our area and she played in goal. It was an amateur setup — we even played in a small league. We would often bring Lorenzo along and he gradually fell in love with football, but initially he did not play as a goalkeeper. He preferred to play in the middle of the pitch — he was not bad. Then one day he told us he wanted to go in goal. He was tall, and so he decided to change role. He was nine years old. I had advised him against it — it is a particular position, you need to be mentally strong: at a certain point you are alone. But he was stubborn.”
The Family Are Juventus Supporters — “For Lorenzo It Has Always Been a Dream”
The detail that brings Tuttosport’s interview its most satisfying dimension is the one the headline states plainly: the Palmisani family are Juventus supporters. His father’s words — “Juventus first, and then everything else” — are not a diplomatic courtesy. They are a statement of lifelong allegiance. The report from the article’s chapter titles reveals that Lorenzo has “always had Buffon in his head” as his childhood idol — a detail that mirrors almost exactly Guglielmo Vicario’s own relationship with the Juventus legend and the club he eventually joined.
“For Lorenzo, Juventus is a dream,” his father confirms. Whether that dream arrives in January, next summer, or further in the future will be determined by the months ahead. But from the family home in Alatri, the direction has never been in any doubt. Frosinone first, because they believed in him when others were still watching. Juventus, when the time is right. That is how the story has always been told at the Palmisani dinner table.
