“It will be a more balanced derby than the rankings say. But obviously I hope that Sassuolo wins. Modena? I was born there, but I have lived in Sassuolo for 54 years now and my Modenese nature has inevitably diminished. I would be happier if we immediately went back to Serie A, it’s too important for us.” From the columns of Journal of Modena the green-black president Carlo Rossi this is how he talks about the challenge with Canaries scheduled for the weekend: “Modena is a very good team, whose potential for various reasons is still unexpressed and we hope it doesn’t come out against us. Furthermore, it has a highly prospective company behind it, the Rivetti family is taking all the right steps to lay the foundations for a great future.”
Then there is room for the Neroverdi’s moment: “The team is competitive and leading it is a coach like Grosso who is a great worker, few words and many deeds. Derbies, however, escape any rules or predictions. They were special matches, I remember the antagonism that was created in the matches at Braglia, a climate that made these derbies more difficult”.
Rossi finally focuses on some possible protagonists on both sides: “I hope that Gliozzi remembers that his career began with the black and green shirt and fortunately it seems that Defrel, a player capable of shifting the balance, is not there. Then we have to be careful about Abiuso, who is from Sassuolo. – concludes the Emilian number one – Berardi? Domenico recently returned after his long injury, he is getting better and better and in the two spells he played with Cittadella and Brescia he made three assists. Let’s see what he will do in the derby, he is an exceptional player”.