357:, Ceccaroni scored his next league goals. This happened in the stoppage time of the first half. Ceccaroni rushed down the right wing, staying remarkably close to the side line all the way, and after having run more than 50 meters he crossed the ball very high to the middle. As it seemed that the ball would fly over the cross bar, it suddenly dropped and fell into the goal. It was the first goal of the match as Basel won 6–1. His fourth and last league goal of his professional career was scored on 30 October, seven weeks later. It was the last goal of the home game as Basel were 3–1 victorious against
500:, Basel's designated penalty shooter, lays the ball down, but then the spectators intervene. «Massimo, Massimo!» The first tentative calls swell to a noise tornado. Ceccaroni's Christian name echoes through the small stadium through thousands of throats. The game is deep in stoppage time, Basel lead 1–0 and are preparing to take over the top of the table. But that is only a minor matter. What really counts is solely the wish that Massimo Ceccaroni finally makes himself immortal.
428:. Because he did not have many appearances in the team, Basel did not renew Ceccaroni's contract at the end of that season and his career came to an end. Between the years 1987 and 2002 Ceccaroni played a total of 605 games for Basel scoring a total of six goals. 398 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, 34 in the Swiss Cup and 153 were friendly games. He scored those four mentioned goals in the domestic league and the other two were scored during the test games.
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Ceccaroni runs up, the fans collectively hold their breath. But instead of an explosion of cheers, it comes to a big disappointment. Jehle blocks Ceccaroni's weak attempt. Alltough the ball lands before Ceccaronis's boots and although he nails it into the net via the lower edge of the crossbar,
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Stuchlik had already blown his whistle. What a drama! Ceccaroni shrugs his shoulders in embarrassment, the end of the dream of his dream of his first top level goal. Basel win 1-0 and "Massimos" mythos reached unimagined heights with the miss. Kreuzer reports on the field:
472:. This mainly because he stayed loyal to the club for 25 years and always showed full commitment in each of his games. On the other hand, also because he never scored a goal in the top division during his entire professional career, not even then when he took his only penalty.
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