“I knew these boys and had seen them around, so it’ll be strange not to see them again. I am destroyed. Please don’t make me speak, I can’t manage it right now.”

Rampulla, another former Juve legend, is now the goalkeeping Coach and was stunned at the tragedy to have struck this club.

“Last year Neri was one of the main protagonists in the Scudetto Allievi victory. I saw great qualities in him and wanted to let him train with the first team next season. He would’ve been ready to work with Gianluigi Buffon.”

The reasons behind the accident are not yet clear, but it seems the two teenagers climbed over a fence to recover some footballs that had fallen into the lake, which is 50m by 30m and 5m deep, after a Christmas party.

It’s believed they slipped on the plastic sheeting used to keep the water in the artificial structure and couldn’t climb back out.

Ferramosca was pronounced dead at the scene, but desperate attempts to reanimate Neri at the hospital failed.

“This is such an absurd tragedy, it makes no sense,” added Rampulla. “When we think of everything that’s happened to us this year, one wonders what else can hit this club?”

It has certainly been a traumatic 2006 for the Turin giants. Calciopoli saw them demoted to Serie B and director Gianluca Pessotto is only now working towards full recovery after falling from a window at the club headquarters in an apparent suicide attempt.

Ferramosca’s father, Lucio, is the vice-President of amateur club side Atletico Mirafiori, where Alessio first showed his talents. His family had until recently lived only a few miles from the Vinovo training ground, as he was a native of Turin.

Neri was from Florence and his family had been preparing the celebrations for today, his 17th birthday.

There will be a minute’s silence before all Serie A and B games this weekend in memory of the two youngsters.Its funny, football as beautiful game as it is, people would do anything for it, as much as dieing. A few days ago 2 Juventus players (Juventus is one of the premiere clubs of Italy and the world and one of my sworn enemy) were found dead on an artificial lake. This is a great loss for not only thier families, but for Juventus, Italian football and the whole football in general. I just want to say, may god make your journey to heaven as safe as possible.

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