Prince Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia, descendant of the royal family, is on the field to take over the Savoia Calcio 1908, the team from Torre Annunziata, in the province of Naples, today in group A of Excellence Campania. Welcomed by fans and many people, Emanuele Filiberto arrived in the city this morning to present the ‘Casa Reale Holding’ project in the halls of the Basilica of the Madonna della Neve.
“Prince, help Torre Annunziata a little” shouted a blonde woman making her way. “Help the city, not just the team,” she echoed another, while all around was a contest of handshakes, selfies and requests for autographs. He, always smiling, did not deny himself to anyone.
He was welcomed by the priest of the Basilica della Neve Don Raffaele Russo who exchanged a few words with the prince between the flashes of the photographers and the interviews. Then, space for the illustration of the project, in a room packed with fans of the oplontina team, recently shaken by a judicial investigation that saw subjects of Savoia Calcio victims of extortion attempts.
It is a discovery that dates back to 2003, that of the prince for Savoia Calcio, when the management appointed him an honorary member of the team. “Since that moment I have always looked with affection at Savoia Calcio 1908”, he explained to the reporters. “Two years ago I wanted to get a little closer and today, after the bad news we’ve read, I think it’s time to do something.”
An ambitious project that aims not only at the rebirth of the team, but also at the recovery of the youngest who live in difficult social areas. “In 3-4 years we will aim for Serie C and then return to Serie B. I want to do it for the city and for the fans. And above all I appeal to young people: thanks to sport we can give the underworld a kick”, he said at a press conference. the prince presenting the Casa Reale Holding SpA project, which will be listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange.
It also points to the birth of a football academy: “We want to take young people, who are our future, and take them off the street, show them what the nobility of sport and work is. The nobility of sweating by making an effort.
We rely heavily on young people – added Emanuele Filiberto – and we have the idea of creating a youth sports academy and putting many young people from Southern Italy around us, making them a real nursery and taking care of them with scholarships “.
The manager Nazario Matachione, coordinator of the new holding added: “We will play football in Torre Annunziata. We have fielded a team of professionals because we have to protect this club and, as regards the logo, we will put the emblem of the team on the team’s shirt. Royal House of Savoy “.
Casa Reale Holding Spa left Torre Annunziata today, after the signing of the agreement in the presence of Emanuele Filiberto, Nazario Matachione and Marco Limoncelli, president of Banco Preziosi Nazionale SpA, who will handle the crowdfunding campaign. In the field also the criminal lawyer Elio D’Aquino, the civil lawyer Carmine Romano, legal technical manager of the company, with his sports consultants Eduardo Chiacchio and Vincenzo Fogliamanzillo, and Marcello Pica, entrepreneur and shipping manager who held executive positions in the field international, who will hold the position of Chairman of the Holding’s Board of Directors. Finally, group photo with the Savoy shirts with the coat of arms of the Royal House on them.
