Elia Morandotti on the field the day after his mother’s death: he scores 57 points

To remember mom Maura did her best. What she knows and what she loves to do. Elia Morandotti, after the death of his mother on March 26, he still took the field and scored 57 points. All dedicated to her, put on the scoresheet during the match basketball of the U19 Excellence of the Angels Santarcangelo, his team. Even if he, 18 years old, also trains with the Rebirth Basketball Rimini, A2. He is a son of art, Elia. His father, Ricky Morandotti, was a former national team player and for twenty years a player in Serie A between Turin, Verona and Virtus (in Bologna from 1991 to ’96), without forgetting the parentheses with Varese and Roseto and, towards the end of his career, at the Gira , Trapani and Guelph Basket. He was four times champion of Italy and with Virtus also champion of Europe (1997-98). Again in Bologna he won an Italian Super Cup, while in Verona, in ’91, he won the Italian Cup. Elia was born in 2005 – from a second relationship with Ricky – and followed in his father’s and aunt’s footsteps Gabriella Morandotti.

The day after his mother’s disappearance no one expected to find him in uniform on the parquet. Instead he chose to be there, to start living with the pain by continuing to play basketball. As mom Maura he would have wanted. In the game he was a fury: in 28 minutes he scored 55 points, with 10 of 13 from three-point range and 9 of 13 from two. The Angels won 128-59, but the party was first of all for him: a photo of him was posted on social networks among his teammates, who are supporting him in these terrible hours.