Il Modica calcio a un passo dalla Serie D

Now it stands there, half a mile away, the much-desired Serie D that Modica will embrace if it secures the 21st victory of the season against Leonzio on Sunday in Scordia. The County eleven will be mathematically promoted regardless of the result in Palazzolo, where Vittoria will play, still forced to win to maintain its second position in the standings.

Moreover, the developments of last Sunday’s match against Gioiosa are still unknown as the result has not been validated and it will be the Sports Judge who will assess, based on the referees' reports and any further investigations, the outcome of the match. But the question mark for Modica is of no concern. Thirteen points ahead of Vittoria only guarantees them the wait to reach the well-deserved final goal.

In Scordia, the Lentini field is currently not usable, the match will be played with open gates for a permitted capacity of one thousand spectators (entrance fee for locals and guests is 10 euros). The first leg ended two to zero in favor of the red and blues.

A complicated and tricky match that was unlocked thanks to a great goal by Asero and a net from Bonanno.

From Modica, caravans of fans and sports enthusiasts are already being organized to experience the great moment and participate, after fifteen years of absence, in the grand return to a series that was planned and missed for four years.

The triumphant tournament of this edition, perhaps the most exciting chapter in the long history of the red and blue club, is also the summary of the mistakes made: wrong technical choices, incorrect evaluation of the players signed, not always harmonious relationships in the locker room, athletes with little attachment to the jersey and more to their football interests for future seasons.

All these mistakes have been capitalized on, and a club that could have disappeared after four years of disappointments and resources, not few to be honest, wasted, has stubbornly relaunched its ambitions, returning to the field on the wings of enthusiasm by putting together a team that now more than ever identifies with the ambitions of a city that wants to grow and develop also through football. The renewed “Pietro Scollo” has played its part, with the timely and attentive administration, to achieve this appointment. Even from here passed the revived ambitions of the partnership.

Filippo Raciti granted an extra day off to the team, and preparations resumed on Wednesday.

The coach will have Bonanno available again, who has served his suspension, and most likely Asero, who seems to be free of the aftereffects of a right ankle sprain.

Continuing to be absent is Salvatore Maimone, who has not been seen in the city for some time, and we assess that the season, with five matches left before the curtain falls, is now over for him. The player has been a victim, almost for an entire season, of a knee ligament injury. It has not been a good season for him.

Marco Sammito