The climate around Cosenza football remains heavy. Despite the “cordial” meeting, as they define it in a statement from Palazzo dei Bruzi, between President Guarascio and Mayor Caruso. The mayor of Cosenza himself in recent days had said he was worried about the tom tam of rumors linked to the present and future of the Company, in a year in which everything and more has happened. Starting from the penalty (the issue is still alive, there is the final level of judgment, but at the moment the -4 in the standings nails the rossoblù to last place), not to mention the elimination of the women’s football team, continuing with the difficulties encountered by the academy in taking off (with the teams stuck at a standstill until a few days before the start of the championships and some collaborators who knocked on the doors of the Bruzia club to ask for an account of their salaries), the question of the stewards (the discontent over missed payments had been simmering under the ashes for some time, until it came to light in recent days and will result in tomorrow’s protest). The pitch, even though the team was having a normal championship, dealt the final blow, thanks to that -4 which effectively nullified the rossoblù’s exploits against battleships of the caliber of Cremonese and Sampdoria, just to mention the most striking examples.
The “ghost” Ursinus
In all this scenario, the presence without infamy and without praise of the general manager Beppe Ursino, who arrived on the banks of the Crati with the ranks of manager capable of acting as a trait d’union between the company, the sports area and the ‘red and blue environment. However, at the moment, only the initial conference in which Tutino’s redemption was announced was remembered. Then nothing, or almost nothing, if we exclude the institutional meeting with the Order of Journalists. At the moment, a big disappointment. Sometimes even a reassuring word can make the difference, but nothing came out of his mouth. The hope is that, sooner or later, he will get into the saddle as he was able to do in Crotone, having been one of the main architects of the Pythagorean miracle.
The many questions
Then there are the many (too many) unanswered questions. Officially it has been known since this evening, reading the press releases from the Municipality and the Club, that there is a pro tempore administrator within Cosenza (Rita Scalise). The same one that is dealing with anyone who comes to the premises to ask for an account of previous situations. The same ones that were brought up in the two official notes. Are we talking about issues linked to the past? Yes, but produced by whom, given that President Guarascio has been at the helm of the Company for 14 years?
Alvini and the team
The funeral atmosphere, the worried chatter of the city of bruzi and the long faces are fueled – as mentioned – by the precarious conditions of the rankings. The feeling is that, at this stage, the only support is Alvini and the team who have gone beyond their possibilities. And it is precisely them that we will need to rely on to get us out of trouble. Because this time the lucky star that has accompanied the owner Guarascio for years seems to have been distracted. The feeling is that the ways of the Lord… are finished.