From yesterday’s Messina to today’s. TO Liparipresent for the “I Bastardi di Scoglio” event, the Giallorossi midfielder Domenico Franco he said he was happy to participate in the initiative: “For me it is a pleasure to be here. I’m getting to know players from the past Messina and it is truly something beautiful. They saw each other again after a long time, I think when it happens to me in the future with some of my teams and some of my teammates, it will be a strong emotion. Hearing them speak, their strength was the group, I take this as a lesson, because in all categories it is a fundamental aspect for achieving goals.”
Domenico Franco at the Franco Scoglio exhibition
For Franco, the season of his return to Messina ended positively. In 2013/2014, when he was signed in the winter transfer market by the team then coached by Grassadonia in the Second Division, he managed to put together just nine appearances, while in the recently concluded C championship he was among the key players of the team. “The first time I was much younger, ten years ago I even broke my knee and I had this desire to come back, I wasn’t the footballer I am now. Thanks to the coach, the director and the president, I immediately seized the opportunity to return to Messina and leave a mark.”
Twenty-nine “tokens” with one goal, al Monopolies. Vision of the game and many kilometers covered. An indispensable contribution provided on the chessboard of Modica. “I’m happy with my season, I had a difficult start due to the four-match suspension and a knee problem, but I worked in silence and I think I gained some personal satisfaction. As a team we could have done something more, but a little arbitrage and the results at the beginning cut us off a little.”
Domenico Franco cuddles his daughter
For the midfielder, from Calabria Castrovillariit was also a return to group C. “This year it wasn’t easy, the previous season I faced group B (at the Luccheseed.). I returned to the southern group finding organized teams and experiencing many battles. I think that the Messina square can and should aspire to something more. There is a hunger for football, you can feel it when you go around the city and walk down the street, I think this club’s ambitions can grow considerably.”
Bound to Messina until June 2025, he can enjoy the weekend at Aeolianin view of Sunday’s match with the players of the past. “It will be a pleasure, we are getting to know the former players. They are nice, good people, it’s a pleasure to be with them and hear stories that have a certain impact. Me and Plescia we brought our families, we enjoy a magnificent place, listening to as many things as possible related to a historic square like Messina”.
