PHOTO | The first Serie A festival in Parma: Sacchi, Ranieri and Capello will be there
The first Serie A festival arrives in Parma, scheduled for 7, 8 and 9 June. Among the highlights is the Friday evening panel with three expected super coaches, Arrigo Sacchi, Claudio Ranieri and Fabio Capello
PARMA – It will develop as a traveling event, in the heart of the ducal city and above all among its most prestigious and history-rich venues, such as the Farnese Theatre, the Teatro Regio (in the Ridotto for at least 200 people), the Governor’s Palace and the San Paolo Laboratory. Among the other events, or “panels” as the organizers call them, the one on Friday evening stands out withthree expected super coaches, Arrigo Sacchi, Claudio Ranieri and Fabio Capello, in part of a program which also includes an exhibition on Paolo ‘Pablito’ Rossi. This is the setting for the first Serie A Festival, scheduled for the next 7-8-9 June in Parma” to tell the beauty and uniqueness of the top Italian football”.
All announced today, in the municipal residence, the mayor Michele Guerra, the president of the Serie A League Lorenzo Casini, Giammaria Manghi of the Region (head of the political secretariat of the president Stefano Bonaccini) and the municipal councilor for Sport Marco Bosi, alongside Luca Martines, corporate managing director of Parma Calcio, and Giacomo Malmesi, of the Iren board of directors. In fact, today’s launch coincides or almost coincides with the promotion of the ducals themselves to Serie A, sanctioned in recent days, after several years of Serie B. Martines admits it: “We were almost hesitant when they proposed the Serie A Festival to us, given that we were still in Serie B. Then…” came the happy ending. Parma’s coach, Fabio Pecchia, is scheduled to attend the festival (which will be moderated by Parma’s Monica Bertini, of Mediaset) on Sunday 9 June.
Here and there in the programme, which still needs to be refined given the many events, there is no lack of a focus dedicated to the history of radio paying homage to ‘All football minute by minute ‘, with Massimo De Luca, and another meeting on sports facilities, as well as mini communication shows. Everything will be broadcast live from municipal accounts, a system of platforms that features 22 accounts in eight languages reaching millions of users, with a surge in recent years. Furthermore, managers who have written the history of the championship, directors of the main Italian newspapers dealing with sports, influencers and social media experts, “actors, singers and great football fans”, will arrive in Parma for the second weekend of June. add the organizers without going further for now.
The opening event of the first Serie A festival will be held on Friday 7 June at 3pm; to follow, among others, the meeting of the Association of European Leagues will take place, with a show at the Farnese Theater which will conclude the evening of the inaugural day. On Saturday, then, “many meetings and in-depth panels” are planned, with works that will open at 9.30 am and last until 7 pm (in the evening Gala Dinner at the Voltoni del Guazzatoio). The Festival will close on Sunday 9 June, then, with the last workshops and lunch at the San Paolo Laboratory. Guerra highlights, seeing a Parma from now on that is closer to the Sport Valley of Emilia-Romagna, compared to the recent past: “We welcomed this Festival with great enthusiasm when the opportunity was presented to us a few months ago. of great organizational, management and sport challenges, as well as a unique opportunity for the city”.
A city “extremely rooted in football, even before the 90s” during which Parma marked its international history, among other things. Lorenzo Casini, president of the Serie A league, also smiles, speaking of a “very important event: we are happy to be in Parma, also for the lucky coincidence with the promotion of Parma football to Serie A. They will therefore be three days, in June, of meetings with the protagonists of sports institutions and the sport practiced to deal with all the topics and bring the general public ever closer to football and its values”.
Manghi also believes in it, calling it “an unprecedented experience: it is the first Serie A festival, for football that combines with the history, customs and customs of the communities. We try to combine sport with history, knowledge and flavors “. He relaunches the axis with the Bosi Region: “We are very proud of the choice of Parma. We have starteda path together with the Emilia-Romagna Regionwith a collaboration that has been going on for some years for the creation of large sporting events to bring people closer to sport, on the one hand, and, on the other, to promote our territory by creating important related activities”.