The South American ace will arrive in Pavia (coming from Caserta, the other Italian city where he left an indelible memory) tomorrow morning. In the afternoon, at 4 pm, there will be a meeting in the town hall with the mayor Mario Fabrizio Fracassi and the town council; immediately after Oscar will intervene at the inauguration of the PalaChiappero, a structure that will be usable again for basketball and other activities after the renovation works. On Wednesday, at 18.30, Oscar will meet the representatives of the basketball clubs in the area at the PalaRavizza, as well as some of his former teammates at the time he played in Pavia. “We are happy to be able to bring Oscar back to Pavia after such a long time – underlined the mayor Mario Fabrizio Fracassi during the presentation of the event, held today in the Municipality -. He was the greatest player in the history of Pavia. A champion who, among other things, also loved our city very much”. “It is a gift that we wanted to give to Pavia and to all sportsmen and women”, added Pietro Trivi, councilor for sports. “For me it is a dream that has come true – said Barbara Bandiera, president of Pallacanestro Pavia in the Oscar years, barely holding back her emotion -. It was a great privilege for us to see him play in our team, contributing to the successes of those wonderful years. But Oscar also made himself loved for his great humanity and for the way, so natural and almost childish, with which he was integrated into our reality. I still remember when, at the end of his last match played with the Pavia shirt at the Palasport in Desio, he took off his shirt and came to the stands to give it to me: the gesture of a great man ”. Barbara Bandiera also brought greetings to all the fans from Tonino Zorzi, one of the most famous coaches in Italian basketball, coach of Pavia in those seasons.
