Maurizio Bertelà was not yet 17 years old when in 1982 the Spezia Basket, then branded Ezio System, won the Serie B as a newly promoted C1. The current coach of Spezia Tarros in those years, a young and talented playmaker, had ’emigrated’ between the ‘more in Rimini to follow a totem of La Spezia and national youth basketball: Claudio Papini, certainly one of the most appreciated basketball teachers who for 20 years held the position of head of the Rimini youth sector and to him we owe the discovery of Carlton Myers . That Spezia Basket, if we want artisan in some respects, …
Maurizio Bertelà was not yet 17 years old when in 1982 the Spezia Basket, then branded Ezio System, won the Serie B as a newly promoted C1. The current coach of Spezia Tarros in those years, a young and talented playmaker, had ’emigrated’ between the ‘more in Rimini to follow a totem of La Spezia and national youth basketball: Claudio Papini, certainly one of the most appreciated basketball teachers who for 20 years held the position of head of the Rimini youth sector and to him we owe the discovery of Carlton Myers . The Spezia Basket, if we want artisan in some respects, was obviously the son of those times, full of passion and fervor, embodied mainly in the very president Alberto Russo and in the general manager Gianfranco Montrucchio. It was the Spezia of the legendary masseur Liano Tommasi, and of a team entrusted to Antonio Fiorani, a 27-year-old coach from Carrara but already with three years of B behind him in the great Carrara of the time; a spice that was practically made up of almost all La Spezia people. Captain Ettore Bonanni in the first place, then Dino Pironti, the two 22-year-old twins Maurizio and Roberto Russo, Marco Caluri, brother of the current president Danilo Caluri, and then the various young Eugenio Bonanni, Mirco Lamberti, Flavio Artioli and Piero Grassi. In addition to these, only three foresti: the great Piedmontese sniper Giorgio Paschetta, the Livorno-born Fabio Panerai and the Sicilian Antonio Incremona. It was the Spezia that practically saw the sold-out every Sunday in the gym in Viale Alpi and that in that season began to be followed, and for many more years, by a local broadcaster, Radio Alto Tirreno, which later became Astroradio , with its radio commentaries thus expanding the sports offer that on the shores of the Gulf was focused solely on football offered by another broadcaster of the time, Onda Spezzina, with the great Piero Bragazzi and in the studio Marco Biso.
“We won because we were a humble group” comments Antonio Fiorani, the coach of that company, with a bit of emotion. “A team that was certainly not born to win – continues the coach from Carrara -; we were newly promoted, but immediately an important alchemy was created among everyone, between our stars Dino and Giorgio with all the others and vice versa. a bit of luck but basically we deserved that promotion. I sincerely hope that Spezia can repeat the climb even though the clear knockout on Wednesday is difficult to recover: but I tell the boys to believe it. Race-3 with the CSM? the other in Viale Alpi and that tap-in on Dino’s siren. The roar. The people on the pitch. Good memories. ”
“Now you have to play it well, with heart and determination – goads Marco Caluri -; the only regret is that we have now been playing without an audience for two seasons. We were a united team, of friends, and with us in tow even away from home. loyal: an important factor “. Finally, a wish from Parma from the great Dino Pironti.
G.S.
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