Catania, Pelligra lands in the city: meeting with the fans at Massimino

The attempt to relaunch football in Catania passes through projects and money brought as a dowry by the group of Ross Pelligra, the Australian Sicilian entrepreneur who will arrive in the city tomorrow for a series of official appointments and others less publicized: it will be the start of a new era after failures, management entrusted to the curators, cancellation from the geographical map of football on that cursed afternoon of 9 April which also marked the early end of the C1 championship for the rossazzurri.

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Tomorrow, however, Pelligra, will meet the acting mayor, Roberto Bonaccorsi, the councilor for Sport, Sergio Parisi. And, at 11.30, in the city palace there will also be many fans waiting for the new master of city football. Pelligra, yesterday afternoon also confirmed the presence at the day of the red and blue pride that the fans had developed well before the news of the advent of a new owner. Here are the words of the patron: “It seems only right to introduce myself to the supporters and devote the right attention to this event, desired and organized by those who await the relaunch of football in Catania with healthy hope and pure passion”. At the Massimino stadium, Pelligra will arrive at 18.30, he will leave shortly after, but he did not want to miss his “baptism” in the stadium that will be the club’s home for the official matches.

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“I congratulate you on the choice of the fundamental themes of the meeting: environmental compactness, the link between the red and blue generations, the celebration of the past that is experienced and the future propitious, the thought of young people and women’s football” he wrote in a note, by the way. Between celebrations and official meetings, Pelligra’s day will also unfold through non-publicized meetings, such as the one to understand the mechanisms and possibilities of taking over Torre del Grifo, the village that has been closed for two months due to the failure of the former Calcio Catania and that the he entrepreneur wants to restore it to return it to the fans and to the teams, especially those in the nursery, who previously trained on the four fields.