June 17, 2024 8.36pm
by ANTONIO ARGENTIERI PIUMA
Catanzaro quickly changes its skin after the unexpected (?) farewell of Vivarini And Magalini still stuck here and the non-renewal of Forests.
The first to arrive is the general manager, Paolo Morgantiwith a managerial profile very different from that of his predecessor.
Morganti comes from Juve where he held the role of Football department organization manager, dealing with the organizational management of the “Area football” activities and, among other things, the management of the Continassa and Vinovo sports centers and the Juventus school.
Clear choice of field of the Giallorossi association that fishes in the circle of the old lady thanks to the knowledge gained over the years and focuses everything on the youth sector and on the youth sector with a view to sustainable football that mainly looks after the budgets and the maintenance of the category.
At the same time, we proceed with the construction of new football fields and the idea of a real sports center which will become the home of the Catanzaro of the future.
In the background is the stadium issue that so agitates and tickles everyone’s fantasies, including ownership, which relaunches the desire for a new facility elsewhere.
A sudden change of direction that in truth almost no one expected after the adrenaline play-off and the promotion dream that quickly makes it clear what type of football the Noto family is trying to set up.
Serie A is a beautiful dream, but hardly practicable except with out-of-budget financial outlays that the owners do not intend to face and therefore there is no point in thinking about it now. This is the meaning of history that fans have to quickly metabolise with great difficulty.
Vivarini’s beautiful Catanzaro is just a distant memory. We start practically from scratch with a new management and a new coach, but above all with new ideas. It’s a total revolution.
First objective: maintaining the category, “already a luxury” according to Noto who reiterates this on several occasions.
The next moves to be made will therefore be the sporting director and the coach. Only when these two boxes are covered will the new technical project and therefore the players who will be part of it be defined. But it is clear that the presence of general manager Morganti and the Juve model from which he comes will increasingly weigh on the choices.
On the DS front, Romairone And Polito they are in pole position but everything is being examined by the company which is evaluating the alternatives.
The new director is already alongside President Noto and together they took part in the conference on stadiums organized this afternoon by the Order of Architects of Catanzaro at the Casa delle Culture and will certainly show the way to the president who has decided to cut with the past and start a new path.
For the bench Aquilani? Very popular with the public because it reminds us of Vivarini and his playing philosophy but at this point what continuity are we talking about?
The next few hours will be decisive to better understand what will be saved from the record-breaking Catanzaro!
