He was the one who passed that passion on to me," the Italian told Salim Lamrani in his book Football According to Roberto de Zerbi. Amid mounting debt and financial problems, Brescia Calcio, owned by Massimo Cellino, were excluded from professional football by Italian authorities last summer. Tonali and his wife were there to watch Union Brescia in the Serie C play-offs earlier this year - the club eventually lost to Ascoli in the final. But that prospect seems to have died after Brescia Calcio were wound-up in a court ruling, external on Tuesday. As Brescia and their fans embrace a new era, the passion and footballing ethos De Zerbi learned through his father and those visits to Stadio Mario Rigamonti remain.