The defeat suffered at the Granillo against Scafatese has reopened bad feelings within the part of the Reggina fans who already had reservations about the project. The Amaranto, after two days, have three points. It could have been only one if that penalty had not arrived, which, at the end of the game, gave the victory to Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto. On the one hand, it is fair to recognize that both challenges were decided by the episodes: both the victory and the defeat.. However, neither on one nor the other occasion did we see a team ready to win the tournament. Could it become one? The potential is there, but a lot depends on how “fast” the championship goes and how long Reggina will take to get to express itself at its best.
The internal fall against Scafatese is already worth a -3 in the standings compared to the only place that can make the championship positive: the first. Even if it is only the second day, a Serie D like that of last season has shown how every single point lost can weigh like a millstone on the future. However, the idea – still waiting for confirmation – that this season can live on a greater general balance, also gives space to the prospect that some empty passages are contemplated even for those who must aim for the maximum.
The comparison with Scafatese showed that Reggina would have the strength to defeat anyone, but has not yet made the leap in quality. It has not done so in terms of play, nor in terms of identity. The Campanians, for example, seemed decidedly more advanced on this last point, also due to the order in which they were able to suffer in the second half. The fact that in the first two games they were rewarded for episodes is not to be dismissed as mere coincidence. Just as it is not the fact that in Reggio for the guests a team took to the field that for eleven elevenths was made up of players bought well before the end of July. Already last July 4, Scafatese had made official top players such as Aliperta, Raffaele Vacca, Esposito and Foggia. On the 24th it was instead the turn of Sowe, Santarpia, Markic, Magri, Becchi and Palmieri.
The last of the Granillo starters to arrive was the 2005 class Di Paola (27 July). A timing of the composition of the squad that gave great meaning to the pre-season retreat. Perhaps more than what happened in the Amaranth environment where two of the first purchases ever, Laaribi and Malara, did not play even a minute in the championship. The last three important signings, however, arrived a few days before the start of the championship and Dall’Oglio immediately became a starter. Not to mention the fact that the supposed advantage of last year, that of already having a base, has been almost erased. Almost nothing remains of Trocini’s team that had done well in the return leg: neither the module, nor the men given that only three elevenths on the field against Scafatese played in Amaranth last year (Barillà, Porcino and Adejo).
