“Wearing the Cesena shirt is a reason for pride and belonging, every time I put that shirt on in the locker room I feel I have to give everything for this city and these fans.” Cristian Shpendistriker for the Romagna team and top scorer in Serie B, spoke to the club’s official channels about his relationship with the club and the Romagna club: “Scoring under the Curva Mara is a new, indescribable emotion every time. At the end of the match we always sing ‘Romagna Mia’ which is the essence of Cesena, the union between team, city and fans. I always feel happiness and every time it’s a fantastic emotion to sing it under the curve. – continues the Italian-Albanian – At the moment I’m fine, I feel very good and we’re having good weeks with the team due to the results obtained.”
“I arrived in Cesena in 2019, I spent two years in the youth sector before joining the first team in 2022 when we went out badly in the play offs against Lecco. – continues the attacker talking about his journey in black and white – Perhaps it was the lowest point of my adventure here and from there I decided to start again stronger because I felt I had to give something more to Cesena. I was ill that summer, I felt the weight of not having given what I could and the desire to give something to the fans and the club arose in my head, the only thing I thought was to work 200% with my mind free to bring out the best in me. And to date I think it was the right path”.
Finally, a thought for his twin Stiven, currently working for Carrarese: “We have always played football even if he was the one most in love with this sport. When we went to play with our father sometimes I didn’t want to get out of the car to do it, it wasn’t my first goal. I liked looking at the moon and the sky dreaming of being an astronaut. I have a special relationship with him, which those who don’t have a twin cannot understand, we feel like one.