The captain on the pitch in a full stadium. “His” full stadium. If Catanzaro wanted to use an image to promote the sense of belonging to the club, he could safely use those that will start on Sunday, when Pietro Iemello will return to lead the team after the disqualification shift. It will do so in a “ceil” that runs around all over, even a little surprise considering the average spectators of this seasonlower than the previous one (not too much, for heaven’s sake): only once we went close to the sold out, against Sassuolo to the championship debut, but on this occasion you should exceed 12,490 appearances of that August evening. For the challenge with Cosenza this and more, after all it is always the most anticipated and felt derby by the fans, who yesterday afternoon pulverized about three thousand tickets in half an hour. He is a fan, but he will also be the protagonist and not a spectator Iemmello, who grew up on bread, Catanzaro and Giorgio Corona and always driven by a particular charge when it comes to facing the rossoblù “cousins”.
Leaving some avoidable controversy and some exultations that have never gone down to Cosenza, as when he mimicked the flight of an eagle to the “San Vito” after a goal with Foggia, one of the most important moments of Pietro with the Catanzaro shirt dates back to the derby at the home of the last tournament: on the net on the assist of Katseris for the partial 1-0, in front of the guest sector, that is, in the most indicated place to show the place The shirt opponents, prepared ad hoc, with the inscription “I have found you again”. Like Totti in a Roma-Lazio derby.
This time in that sector there will not be people from Cosenza, as per the decision of the Prefect of Catanzaro Official last night, but at the request of the company 750 children of the football school and the youth sector of Catanzaro will be hosted. More than the exultations, they are numbers and goals that speak for Iemmello, who faced Cosenza on eleven occasions and hit him seven times: only Juve Stabia (nine goals) and the Citadel (eight) were punished several times by the Giallorossi captain, who a year ago had stamped the tag in the first leg and return, while this season he remained the regret for all his companions. Didicated to the “Marulla”.
Its balance against the rossoblù is six successes (three of which with Foggia, the fourth with Frosinone), three draws (one with Foggia, the second with Perugia) and two defeats (Foggia and Perugia) in a novel that will be enriched with a new chapter on Sunday. He, and all those who have decided to fill the “Ceravolo”, hopefully win: in this way the Catanzaro would start again after the first Ko of 2025. Iemello against the Cremonese was not there and his absence proved to be heavy. The eagles hope that it is redone with interest.
Among the opponent of the day, the challenge for the title of top scorer and the need to strengthen the playoff position of Catanzaro, the stimuli and responsibilities are certainly not lacking.
