Over 500 people at the Coral Garden for Italy’s first match at the European Championship. Several hundred fans watched the match against Albania, who ultimately rejoiced at the first success of Spalletti’s Azzurri. The initiative organized by the cultural association “Development”, of which Gazzetta del Sud and Rtp are media partners, allows you to watch the live broadcast of the 9pm European Championship match every evening on the giant screen set up in the outdoor area of via Boner, comfortably seated in the audience.
Like on the occasions when Italy will play, before the match the nice pre-show hosted by journalist Salvatore De Maria who he conversed with Alessandro Parisi and Carmine Coppola who remembered the years at Messina and the debut in the national team and Romolo Rossi, Gascon and nice as always. We talked about the Serie A years with images of Parisi and Coppola’s goals, with the former left back showing the blue shirt from his match with the national team. But it was also an opportunity to talk about the Messina of those years with references to current events, with a hint of nostalgia for those times and of bitterness because today it is not possible to really form a “team” in the city and we move forward with precarious projects. Romolo Rossi remembered the Scoglio years and spoke about last week’s reunion in Lipari of the professor’s “bastards”.
Then comments on Italy and Spalletti’s call-ups with Coppola praising the former Napoli coach while Romolo Rossi expressed some doubts about Jorginho. The first doubts were dispelled by the first half of the Azzurri who in a comeback overturned Albania’s initial goal, which was also celebrated in the audience by an Albanian fan, one and only. Then it was up to Bastoni and Barella to chase away the ghosts, even if it was more than a thrill in the end. In the end everyone was happy with many enthusiasts who showed that they appreciated the initiative at the “Corallo”. The match at 9pm will be broadcast every evening, while next Thursday there will be pre-show guests for Italy-Spain Totò Schillaci, the man of the real Magic Nights of thirty-four years ago, and Sasa Sullo, among the protagonists of Messina’s record-breaking Serie A. A “chat” between friends, with anecdotes from the past and current events from the European Championships, before the Azzurri’s match.
