It will be available from 18 December on new original content of DAZN , Growing Together , which will talk about the new faces of Serie BKT in the context of the city in which their reference team plays. Starting from the talents of football, some of the most relevant startups of the territories will be explored, real Italian excellences to know. Under the pretext of sport DAZN wants to enhance local realities, giving space to young talents who have contributed to the growth of the territory in which they operate, both on a sporting and corporate level.

“We are proud of this project which is, first of all, the story of people who strongly believe in their idea and carry it forward with tenacity” , commented on launch Veronica Diquattro , Chief Customer and Operation Officer of DAZN, “It is a journey of discovery of excellence: the excellence of football, the territory, innovation with the aim of giving voice and visibility to the talents and the great potential, often hidden, of our country. the territory, sustainability and innovation are values ​​shared by DAZN as by all the partners involved in this project and in together we have the opportunity to tell them and make them known to all sports fans “.

It starts from the South, with the first episodes that are set in Reggio Calabria and Salerno. The first episode will see Enrico Del Prato , midfielder Reggina on loan from Atalanta and the Italian Under 21 national team, who will recount his experience not both as a footballer and as a boy. Alongside its path is that of SmartOsso , startup incubated inside the University of Reggio which invented a dog toy capable of monitoring the health of its 4-legged friend.

Growing Together tells the Italian excellence from football to startups

A Salerno there will be instead Mirko Antonucci , attacker 21 year of Salernitana on loan from Rome who will soon become Sophie’s father and with a story behind it to listen to. The player’s story will be linked to that of the young talents who work in the FarzatiTech , the hi-tech startup made in Cilento that studies and develops innovative traceability systems for the agro-food chain ensuring maximum quality control and certification of all products.

Written and conceived by Francesco Carabelli, Growing Together will develop in 6 episodes from 10 minutes each . From the South, the story will move further and further north: in January 2021, in conjunction with the resumption of the Serie A championship BKT, the episode dedicated to Ferrara will be broadcast ). In this case it will be Salvatore Esposito to tell about himself, midfielder of SPAL and of the national team Under- 21 Italian. In the episode, his path will meet that of Riccardo Minarelli who, after his studies between Milan and London, returned to the Ferrara area to bring his skills to the family farm, inaugurating a new working front in his GestCav thanks to the exploitation of renewable energy and circular economy.