Reggio Emilia And the day came Reggiana-Modena. At 6pm the two teams, separated by a few kilometers along the Via Emilia, will take to the pitch at City of the Tricolor for the third to last day of the Serie B championship. A championship experienced on a swing for the Granata team, but with the goal of salvation truly within reach. Is one point enough? Maybe two, maybe zero, it will also depend on the results of the other pursuers who take to the field in the early afternoon.
The most used word under the Ghiara and the Ghirlandina, in these hours, is “biscuit”: let’s not hurt ourselves, trying to conquer together that missing point, the meaning. A word obviously rejected by the direct protagonists, starting from the technician Alessandro Nesta who knows very well the meaning of a derby and wants to redeem the knockout of the Braglia of the outward journey. The two teams will obviously try to win, then it is clear that the progress of the match will guide the attitude towards the end of the match.
Modena hasn’t scored and hasn’t won in Reggio for forever, Reggiana finds their starting goalkeeper Bardi in goal who hopes to repeat the exploits of their idol Do it, who saved two penalties in the same match in the legendary Mirabello. Canarini and Granata are without a striker in double figures, but in these matches it can be an episode that makes the difference.
Banners have already appeared in Reggio inviting people to be present en masse at the stadium, to rediscover a home success that has been missing for several months, precisely from 26 December 2023. There will be more than 12 thousand present (3 thousand in the away sector), despite the rain and the May 1st holiday.
It is played, among other things, on a non-trivial date for the history of Reggiana and for the entire world of sport: it was a Sunday afternoon thirty years ago (1 May 1994) when Ayrton Senna died on the Imola circuit and the goal of Max Esposito it sent an entire population into ecstasy San Siro for staying in Serie A.
Yesterday, Speedy Pizza he was a guest at the Store, signing autographs and taking selfies. Different times, different football, but same result. At least that’s what Reggiana fans hope for.
Referee Baroni of the Florence section.
