ALL CRAZY ABOUT CITIZENS: BONETTI AND MOSS ON THE EX CAPTAIN, A HIGHLANDER

Brescia. The announcement that has emerged in recent days regarding the retirement of one of the protagonists of the rebirth of basketball in Brescia, Alessandro Cittadini (later denied by the person concerned), immediately brought back many great and many important memories, among the most fervent that of the ‘then deus ex machina Matteo Bonetti: “Citta is like a son to me, every time he calls me he says hello dad how are you, he is part of the many children I have in basketball with whom I have lived fantastic moments. Citta is the captain, the hero of the 2016 promotion, every morning I go into the studio I look at the wall where there is the blow-up with the 2016 team that brought us back to Serie A after 28 years. So many beautiful anecdotes, the first that comes to mind is Cinelli’s song “I’m looking for an apparent age center” to say that Cittadini is one of those eternal players, a player of great basketball intelligence, we founded our fortunes on the axis 1-5 playmaker Fernandez and Cittadini, the understanding that existed between these two boys marked an important piece of Brescian basketball. A beautiful family, three children, one of whom was born in Brescia, and my joke is always that, when they’re of age to register, I’ll wait for you all in Brescia to join you. The doors of Brescia and of my home will always be open to the Cittadini family for what they have been able to give and give us from a human and sporting point of view. An extraordinary man, a beautiful person with whom we are all in love, and to whom all of Brescia owes so much. His return to Brescia as an opponent when he wore the Trieste shirt with the whole building holding the card with the number 5 and everyone was singing crazy about Cittadini was something extraordinary, the mark this boy left is unique and Long live Citta everyone is crazy about Citta”-

David Moss also compliments Cittadini: “When I arrived in Brescia he accepted me in the team and in the locker room with open arms and together we did something special. He’s a very good person, we didn’t spend many moments together, but I’m very lucky to have had the opportunity to play together even for just a few months in that year, where I understood that Alessandro is a true professional, a true basketball man , I’m glad I had the chance to win something with him, because he worked so hard to get to that result. I’m sorry about his retirement from basketball as a player, but he certainly has more to give in this beautiful sport.