Let’s start from the beginning. Actually no, we start from the 41st minute of the second half. Because in fact that is the beginning. It’s the beginning of Cesena’s new course in Serie B. Pierozzi heads in to give the advantage over Pescara who smell of history and dives into the corner. How beautiful is the curve without barriers, in which the team and the fans are one. They all hug each other, they all shout, they all sing. They all look at the clock which must reach the end of the last turns of hands. Four minutes of injury time and here’s the final whistle. In the meantime, someone on the bench brought in the box with the celebratory t-shirts, dominated by the letter B formed by the lyrics of Romagna Mia. The coach puts it on, the players put it on, who are now dancing on the pitch. There are Adamo and Kargbo sitting on top of the crossbar, Toscano launched into the air and the indispensable group photo in front of the curve in which, evidently due to the euphoria of the moment, friends and relatives up to the third degree also participate. Prestia and Silvestri are already relatives (cousins) and therefore it doesn’t matter to them. Rather, everything else counts, an uncontainable joy resulting from an interminable wait. The wait is already part of the pleasure, say those in advertising. Let them go and argue with those who have been waiting to return to Serie B since 2018. No, waiting is one thing, partying is another. The party is the good part and it’s the one that has just begun. Because now, finally, the wait is over.
Luca Ravaglia
