THE EAGLE. It’s the eve of the big day. It will be a day of celebration tomorrow at 3.30pm at the Tommaso Fattori stadium, for rugby L’Aquila which against Us Roma has the possibility of mathematically achieving promotion to Serie A a day early. He will referee the match Pietro Menga from Bari.
The L’Aquila team are in first place in Group 4 of Serie B with a 12-point lead, with two days to go, with the Romans also having to make up for the match against Messina on May 12, which was not played due to a strike which prevented the Sicilians from playing for a long time. away. A tough opponent, fresh from good results, who stopped the team coached by Emanuele Lo Greco And Gigi Milani. The neroverdi, after the defeat in Frascati, the only one of the season, have changed gear and are returning from a period of great form with 4 consecutive victories and, after a long ride, have the opportunity to celebrate their promotion in front of a friendly public. The public for special occasions is expected on the steps of the historic stadium in L’Aquila, with tickets available in advance on ciaotickets, at a cost of 2 euros in the Distinti for all age groups (1 euro advance sale); The cost of the grandstand is 10 euros (11 if purchased in advance) which includeshospitality, i.e. the possibility of being able to enjoy unlimited use of the drinks made available by the company. L’hospitality it costs 10 euros even for members, while children under 10 years of age will enter the Grandstand free of charge. Furthermore, for the Distinti sector, the club distributed thousands of copies in bars and commercial activities in the city voucher, which will allow access to the stadium (subject to reservation from Aterno Gas & Power) at the symbolic cost of 1 euro. Inside and outside the stadium, events linked to the thirtieth anniversary of the Aquila rugby championship are also planned.
«Everyone at the stadium on Sunday: we have a match to win, a promotion to win and a party to enjoy». This is the appeal social of the president Mauro Scopano, a real call for the whole city to experience as protagonists a long-awaited moment built by the team, technical staff and club. Rugby L’Aquila, a club founded in July 2021 and restarted from Serie C, is about to bring the black and green colors back to Serie A.
The partnership chaired by the entrepreneur Mauro Scopano, CEO of Aterno Gas&Power, after greeting coach Massimo Di Marcowho had achieved promotion to Serie B, entrusted himself to Emanuele Lo Greco, who immediately managed to amalgamate a group, made up of young debutants and experts, including those in the higher category, who have always been able to make up for absences due to injuries and suspensions as well as for the captain Lorenzo Fiore.
Spells aside, next season will be the A2 series, with the federation announcing last summer the reform of the championship with the introduction of the new second Italian championship, the A1 2024/25 championship with a single national group with ten teams. The A2 series, however, will be made up of 3 territorial groups of 10 teams each with the first team also participating in the play-offs to rise to the Elite. L’Aquila is missing from Serie A since the experience of the L’Aquila Rugby Union, which ended on 28 April 2019 with the victory of the team coached by D’Antonio and Milani on the Villa Sant’Angelo pitch against Capitolina with safety achieved and thwarted in the summer due to the club’s economic and organizational problems.
