For months, Alessia Russo’s private driver had remained completely silent, slipping in and out of stadium gates without attracting a single headline. But this week, everything changed. In a rare interview, the usually invisible figure behind the wheel finally spoke up — and what he revealed was far more dramatic than any match Russo has ever played.
According to the driver, whose identity remains undisclosed, the job often comes with “unexpected moments,” but one particular night stood out.
“People think players only face pressure on the pitch,” he said. “But the most intense moment I’ve seen from her happened in the back seat of that car, not on the field.”
He described a late-evening ride after a training session, when Russo received a message that immediately shifted her mood. One second she was laughing; the next, she grew silent, staring out the window as if the city lights were speaking to her.
“I asked if she was okay,” the driver recalled. “She just said, ‘Keep driving. I need a minute.’ I’d never heard her voice like that.”
He claimed the ride continued in silence until Russo suddenly requested an unexpected stop at a nearly empty park — a place she apparently used to go before she became a star.
For nearly 20 minutes, she stayed there alone, walking in slow circles, “like she was trying to gather herself.” When she finally returned to the car, her expression had completely changed.
“She sat down, took a deep breath, and said, ‘Alright. I know what I have to do now.’”
What decision she made that night remains a mystery, and the driver refused to say more, insisting it wasn’t his story to tell.
His closing remark was the one that sent social media into a frenzy:
“People only see the goals. They don’t see the battles she fights when no one is watching.”
Within hours, fans began speculating—was it personal? Professional? Something else entirely? The club has declined to comment, and Russo herself has remained silent.
But if her driver’s words are anything to go by, there’s far more happening behind the scenes than anyone imagined.
