Sunday appointment with history
They are waiting for us right there, in Piazza Azzarita, in the temple of Italian basketball, on the parquet boards of Villalta, of Gary Schull, of Brunamonti, of Myers, of Ginobili... There will be 5 thousand of them like in the days of the Scudetto finals, of the derbies between V black and shielded Effe, like in the times of the winning Fortitudo and noisy like his Fossa and down there we will attack in the second half and it will be hard to play, shoot a free throw, not immerse yourself in the heat of a blue and white tide.
No storm will destroy our Faith. So says the banner that dominates the curve and has never stopped leading despite the fact that many storms have passed through Fortitudo and have left the remains of many disasters and much suffering including relegations, lost finals and then, even, a failure. But they are always there, with the same banner, even in Serie B, even if this time the Bianconeri to be defeated are not called Virtus. No, they're called Tortona. Sorry, their name is Derthona.
Those lineups from the locker room to the pitch accompanied the dreams, hopes, fears of all the best in Italian basketball and when the opponents came out the welcome was always the same from Meneghin to Danilovic: the louder the whistles, the higher the level of respect and of fear. Say hello to the league leaders. Yes, I really think they will boo us because they say we are strong and the pitch is saying that up to now we have been the best of the group so I will be happy when they boo us, I will be impatient to see our boys fight with a lion on their chest and think who are doing it right there, on the day Derthona played in Bologna... I don't know how many of us think about the idea of being able to win the match, I don't know for how many it is the essential thing, in the meantime perhaps the truth is that bus, car or train, we will all be there to be there that day, to tell it a thousand times, to remind Leo, Paolo, Giuliano, Kenny, Stefano, Raphael, Marco, Paolino, Jimmy, Michele, Stefan or Flavio that they are not alone in the middle because 200 hearts will beat with theirs on the day Derthona puts on her beautiful dress and goes to the Palace.
Sunday 19 January 2014 at 18pm, Paladozza, Piazzale Azzarita, Bologna.
Fortitudo Bologna vs Derthona Basket
