"From the road to Serie A" in less than three years: those who saw him kick the ball summarize the fabulous rise of the 19-year-old
Atalanta striker
Moustapha Cisse
, who made his debut against
Bologna
last night scoring the match goal in the 82nd minute.
Arrived in Italy three years ago after fleeing from Guinea, "where he was left without parents", Cisse was welcomed in Carmiano, in the province of Lecce, where he began to "have fun" playing some friendly matches in the refugee team
'Rinascita Refugees '
of the Sai project, whose slogan is "Let's kick racism".
A football that pushed the ball up to Bergamo, when the Atalanta talent scouts were invited to come and see the phenomenon with their own eyes by the legal consultant
Roberto Nitto
who discovered it.
"I heard Cisse last night and this afternoon - he says to ANSA Nitto - he was very happy and incredulous, it was all so fast and beautiful that he surprised everyone a bit".
"He told me that the emotion betrayed him a bit before entering the field but then accompanied him during the match but he managed to keep calm and balance."
Nitto, after seeing Cisse play during a friendly match, had no doubts and reported the young player to his contacts with Atalanta.
"They sent all the entourage to Carmiano - he remembers - and they chose him immediately".
Nitto had immediately noticed in him "quick thinking and extraordinary athletic skills: he uses his two feet as if they were one, he is a natural talent. Besides, he is a hard worker".
Vincenzo Nobile, sporting director of 'Rinascita Refugees', says of Moustapha that he is "a serious guy: never a sprawled attitude on the pitch. It seemed to everyone from the start that he had a talent and a higher gear than the others. He is a modern forward. look for depth. He is always very comfortable on the pitch and when you give him the ball you are sure he will know what to do. "