Bologna, 5 November 2021 – Passion screams out loud, almost like she on the stands of the Dall’Ara. As for the heart, strictly rossoblù, it often manages to see Arnautovic’s plays better than the eyes can. But then there is the logistics. E qui the supertifosa Chantal Pimienta Sosa, 32 years old, born in Genoa, resident in San Donato Milanese e blind from birth, remained at the stake and this year risks having to follow only on television, but above all on the radio, the home games of her beloved Bologna, as well as the exploits of Fortitudo, her other great Bolognese love cultivated at a distance together with the devotion to songs from Cesare Cremonini.
Mihajlovic and the blind Bologna fan: “We’ll bring you here, I’ll organize the trip”
Hence the idea, as courageous as the lioness that Chantal has inside, to launch a heartfelt appeal: we are looking for a companion who faces the round trip between San Donato Milanese and Dall’Ara. “I know it’s difficult, but I try,” roars the lioness on the phone. After all, who better than her favorite Sinisa Mihajlovic, another lion for how he was able to fight and overcome leukemia, teaches that there can be no obstacles when willpower is overwhelming? “When I think about her story, I get emotional every time,” says Chantal. Which basically asks only to be able to continue applauding Sinisa at Dall’Ara.
Blind girl, wish fulfilled. “We’ll take you to follow Bologna”
Chantal, how come this year she stayed at feet?
“Because I can no longer count on the chaperone who at every Bologna home match took me by car from San Donato Milanese, where I live with my mother Loredana, to Dall’Ara, taking me home after the game. He moved and I’m desperate, because I absolutely don’t want to give up at Bologna. “
Therefore?
“I am looking for a guardian angel who offers to accompany me on the double journey. I know that I ask a lot, but perhaps by spreading the word a solution is found. Keep in mind that I want to do the season ticket in the Bulgarelli curve again this year, now that Bologna has I have reopened the campaign. Since 2015 and until the pandemic I have not missed a single home game: sun, rain, cold or snow makes no difference to me. But before I had someone who accompanied me, now not anymore “.
Where did your passion for Bologna come from?
“My father Walter, an Uruguayan, in 1999 had to take me to see an Inter match at the San Siro and the opponent by pure chance was Bologna. Unfortunately, during the week my father passed away and at that moment, perhaps due to an emotional reaction, A spark ignited within me and from there I began to follow the events of Bologna “.
True love?
“Crazy love. In the year of B (2014-15, ed), in addition to having seen many matches at the Dall’Ara, I was away from Vicenza, Cittadella and Latina. takes me”.
How is the game seen with the eyes of the heart?
“It is a wave of emotion that overwhelms you, difficult even to explain. The problem is that, not being able to see it, every time at the stadium I need someone next to me who can tell me about it live. I take this opportunity to thank them all: with me they are always special and full of attention “.
At the same time he cultivates a passion for another sporting pillar of Bologna: the Fortitudo.
“And here the indirect responsibility lies entirely with Cesare Cremonini, who is a myth for me. Denis, a friend of mine from Bologna who is a Virtus fan, one day, speaking of Cremonini, told me: ‘He is good but I can’t stand him because he is a fortitude’ . And from there I also became a fan of Fortitudo “. It is curious that a girl living in Milan is so tied to two teams from Bologna.
“But inside I feel Bolognese: when I’m in Bologna it’s like I’m at home”.
When he is at the Dall’Ara, on the other hand, he screams.
“Yes, I sing from the beginning to the end in the curve, I participate in all the choirs and if there is a whistle to whistle. Including the referees, who have damaged us a little in the last few games.”
Last match of Bologna seen?
“This year I only saw two: at San Siro with Inter, and unfortunately it ended up as a tennis set (6-1 for the Nerazzurri, ed), and at home with Lazio, when we won 3- 0. When she can, my mother will accompany me now, but it depends on the distance and time of the matches. On Sunday, however, I already have the ticket for Sampdoria-Bologna in my pocket “.
Favorite Cremonini song?
“It’s called ‘Come and see why'”.
And why can’t you give up seeing Bologna live?
“Because on the radio it’s not like the stadium. That’s why I hope there is a pious soul who after reading my story can help me. Soon I will have a job (switchboard operator, ed), but if they take away my chance to see Bologna at Dall’Ara I’m sick “.
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