«It’s a real possibility unfortunately. On the other hand, we said straight away that the desire to move forward was there but we would also need a hand from the outside to do so.” Domenico Tarantino doesn’t hide: when asked a specific question about the indiscretion that emerged in the last few hours of a possible merger of Sporting Catanzaro Lido with Real Montepaone he takes the bull by the horns, confirms everything and, chewing bitterly, also outlines what the future horizons of the second could be city football team.
In recent days, as president, it was he who requested a burst of pride from the seaside district to gather around the club and give support of any kind for the restart after the relegation of recent months from Promotion to the First Category; an appeal also addressed to the Municipality to perhaps obtain support or some relief in the huge expenses for the rent of sports facilities. Little or nothing seems to have changed since then. If not, in fact, a contact – quickly transformed into a flirtation – with the Montepaone company for a collaboration with perhaps even a merger. «We have found a very strong interest on their part – Tarantino’s words – The objective is to make Real Madrid a solid reality; the administration there offers support for the structures and thinking about a project is not as difficult as it is here.”
That the relations between the two associations were already flourishing before the opening of this discussion table is also demonstrated by the continuous osmosis of young people between the two youth sectors; However, if both clubs participated in the same championship, the possibilities on the table would be reduced to two: either the transfer of the Giallorossi diligence to Real Madrid – with the Sporting title perhaps ceded to some other person of good will ready to take up the baton – or, as mentioned, the fusion with the Montepaonese reality which in some way would mean the interruption of the history of the eagles of via Murano after years and years of sporting battles. For the city, in this second case, a bitter defeat.
