For the bridge of the dead I had planned a good amount of games to watch and talk about, then put out of action by the more classic flu of the season, I only managed to leave on Friday and was therefore forced to the classic football Sunday, in which I manage to squeeze in two games : Trestina-Grosseto starting at 2.30pm and Gubbio-Cesena at 6.30pm, a double made possible by the timetables and the only approximately fifty km between the two centres.
In Trestina this season I had already followed the Serie D Italian Cup match against Sansepolcro, but only a few days beforehand I learned that it will no longer be played at the “Casini” stadium in Trestina but at the “Corrado Bernicchi” of Città di Castello for reasons of public order, as guest supporters are expected in good numbers, so everything has been moved about ten kilometers further than expected. I’m bitter about being a fervent supporter of the idea that each team should play in its own stadium and I’m not even consoled by the prospect of returning to the Città di Castello facility after so many years.
On the day of the race I arrive well in advance and I don’t see this large number of fans and ultras guests, in fact I think that they would have entered the Trestina sector easily. I can therefore only think of those who make these bizarre decisions, even being paid to carry out this task (however badly): why are clubs forced to give up a greater number of spectators, literally waste money on travel, petrol, stewards and so on? else when you could play very well in your own stadium? We are in 2023 and if you want, you can check every movement in advance and know with more or less precision the precise figure of the spectators. And instead they seem to want us to get used to an eternal and widespread emergency, even beyond the limited stage, in order to be able to operate (or sometimes even exempt ourselves from operating) in defiance of all logic.
Returning to today’s match, despite Trestina being a small town of just two thousand inhabitants, the fans of the Juventus team reach Città di Castello in fair numbers, occupying a good part of the stands. Unfortunately without any organized group but only noisy but simple fans who, by virtue of the entrance ticket at 12 euros, quite a bit for a Serie D match, are still to be praised.
Grosseto, on the other hand, is followed by around a hundred ultras divided between the guest sector, the majority, and the covered grandstand. Net of the fact that their team experiences ups and downs, they currently occupy fourth position in the standings without having suffered any defeat, so their hopes remain intact at the very least.
In the stands, as mentioned, there is no comparison: the attention is all on the visiting ultras, with the bulk positioning themselves behind the main banner of the “MAREMMANI 1912” group and the rest of the pieces. As the teams enter the field, several red and white flags wave to create a beautiful visual effect. In the first half they start off well with several handclaps to accompany the choirs, sung with a good choral intensity which then drops, settling down to decent levels even if the cheering won’t always be continuous, which is why sometimes the handclaps help. The color is not always present but from time to time you can see some flags waving and the beautiful flag with the griffin and the writing “GROSSETO 1912”.
In the thirty-seventh minute Marzierli from Grosseto takes care of warming up the spirits, making all the following fans rejoice with the match goal which will then decide the match. In the second half the Maremma ultras, galvanized by the result, try to be more continuous, perform a greater number of claps to accompany the chants, as well as further coloring the sector with flags and the flag, much more assiduously than in the first part of the match , also limiting the number of breaks that can exist in a game like this.
At the referee’s final whistle, the guests rejoice with their players, who went to the section to receive the well-deserved applause for these very important three points which keep Grosseto in the top positions of the Group E standings. Complete all the formalities to resume the document and return the bib, I put away the equipment, I leave the stadium and get ready to head into the car to travel the approximately sixty kilometers that separate me from Gubbio, where the rossoblù will take to the field against Cesena in about an hour and a half. With another journey ahead, another city and with it another stadium and other fans.
Marco Gasparri
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2023-11-24 13:08:38
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