Friday 2 November 2018, Part one. The excitement of facing the formations Under 13 e Under 14 one of the most prestigious clubs in Europe, FC Bayern Munich, offering the opportunity to live this experience to our boys on the vintage 2006, before, e 2004-2005, then. An official friendly double that, currently, worth anticipation of something more important, to organize in the near future ...
Thanking first Fortitudo Academy, in the figures of Federico Politi e Gianfranco Lelli, for having extended to INVICTUS Academy the invitation to play in the official friendly with the Bavarian club, joint with a double-decker bus containing four teams Under 16, Under 15, Under 14 e Under 13, thus dividing the afternoon of Land Rover Arena Bologna with their first team. And we thank the officials of the two matches, Stefano Mazza e Riccardo Rimondi.
And thanks especially Steffen Hamann, we had the pleasure to embrace remote 12 years since he played as a professional in Bologna bank biancoblù - then to play especially in Bamberg, becoming captain of Bayern and earn the national team of Germany - and his assistant Khee Rhee, to which has entrusted for the occasion, the technical guidance of the first friendly, and then train in first second. And thank you also to distance the Sports Director Daniele Baiesi, a close friend for years.
The story of the day goes well beyond match commentary, and the meaning is above all to have an emotion given to our boys, as well as that he did play the German boys in a plant with unique charm in Europe. including "lighting bolt" organized spontaneously by Steffen after the first, or "third time" enjoying together sweets brought by a mother, or walk to the foot of the Two Towers, for the legendary pizzas On the second day, accompanied by Andrea Gatti.
obviously, the underlying motivation was still playing basketball. A one-way challenge the Under 13 - although "Oranges", stuck in front of the fluidity of the German game in the first half, They have found ways to make up in the third period, fighting on par for a few minutes, and it is already an achievement - while the challenge of our Under 15 with their Under 14, It was conducted largely by our own boys, exceeded only in the final and sun 6 lengths, with a Fabio Pinto you will remember forever his "career high" of 41 points, and the satisfaction of Marco Pappalardo They had given a similar opportunity to kids who have chosen to play for him.
Photos Fabio Pozzati Academy for INVICTUS.