From the boat to the goal at S.Siro, the fairy tale of Musa Juwara - Lifestyle

On June 10, 2016, Musa Juwara was going through a decidedly different day than today. Four years ago, in fact, he landed in Sicily, after crossing the Mediterranean on a boat, at 15 years of age and without parents. One of the 25 thousand minors who, in that year, arrived in our country alone . Born in 2001 and originally from Gambia, his parents had him boarded one of the rubber boats of despair, to seek fortune in Italy. After landing in Messina, he was sent to a reception center in Ruoti, in the province of Potenza: there he started kicking the ball, with the Virtus Avigliano coach who takes it so much to heart that he takes it to home, becoming the custodial parenttogether with his wife. In 2017 another turning point, because Chievo sees him, who joins him to the spring team. Toro tries it in a Viareggio tournament, in which Juwara scores three goals in three games, but then returns to Verona, where he made his Serie A debut in May 2019. Bologna believes instead, with Mihajlovic who believed in him last summer. he sees his qualities and brings him to the first team. Some pieces of the game, showing all his skills between technique and speed even against Juventus. Until the big day on Sunday 5 July in San Siro: within 25 'he scored his first goal in Serie A, expelled Bastoni and started the comeback of Bologna. '' The goal is thanks to Mihajlovic. I thank him because he made me play against Inter. I am very happy for this day, I am only 18 years old and I scored in San Siro, I will remember it all my life '', his words, excited, after the game. A Sunday to remember forever, four years after that crossing full of fear and hope.