The official season for Reggina is now upon us, but above all so is the meeting with the city and the fans. In fact, the appointments are arriving that put an end to a phase of forced separation that has marked this start of the season. The retreat in Piedmont allowed them to enjoy the embrace only of the away fans present in Cantalupa, then the return to Sant’Agata and the closed doors due to the works did not give the people from Reggio the opportunity to watch live either the training sessions or the joint test with ReggioRavagnese.
Now things are about to change. The starter of everything will be the joint training with Asd Catona. The club has announced that this afternoon the gates of the facility in via delle Industrie will open to welcome the press and fans “considering – we read in the press release – the many requests received”. Access permitted from 5.40pm, departure at 6pm.
Preparations also continue for the Amaranto Festival scheduled for tomorrow evening at the “Ciccio Franco” Arena dello Stretto. The club has announced that the event, co-organised with the Municipality and Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria, will be broadcast free-to-air by Dazn, the Club’s YouTube channel and other authorized broadcasters. The event will be hosted by journalists Leonardo Metalli (Tg1) and Alessio Di Giuseppe (Dazn). Also on stage were Raffaello Di Pietro, singer-songwriter who wrote the historic anthem “Vai Reggina”, the showman Gennaro Calabrese and the comedian Santo Palumbo.
Then on Sunday it will be time for the Granillo and the Coppa. Praia Tortora arrives in Reggio Calabria and it will be real football. The primary objective remains the championship, but Reggina has the obligation to try to get to the end of the competition anyway.
In the meantime, news is expected from a market that has not yet been completed. Indeed, when August 27th one would have expected a Reggina with the main center forward already in the squad. The market situation did not allow it and the Patierno track expired, as he terminated his contract with Avellino and signed with Casarano. Although Reggina was ready to offer a two-year deal well beyond the more important figures seen in D, it was not easy to convince a B player to give up professionalism. A choice that does not only concern questions of prestige, but also situations linked to contractual differences when one ends up in amateurism.
However, for the attack we are waiting for Jallow to be made official by Vis Pesaro, while news is awaited for Gianmario Comi. The central striker of Pro Vercelli has always been one of the primary objectives, but before being able to sign him, a possible green light is needed from the Piedmontese with whom he still has a year left on his contract. However, it is not the only objective, because it is clear to everyone that Reggina will have to present themselves at the starting line of the next championship with a first striker of absolute value if they want to give a signal of their strength. And then there are the other expected shots: a defender (Silvestri, Baldan and Di Chiara remain the names in contention) and a midfielder.
