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The Calcio nerd’s guide: San Marino
Factfile
Founded: 1959
President: Luca Mancini
Manager: Salvo Fulvio D’Adderio
Colours: Blue and white
Stadio: Olimpico San Marino
Nickname: Il Titani
It may be a bold statement, but lets throw it out there anyway. Is there any other third division team in the world that has or had as many players play on the International stage as San Marino Calcio.
Currently the club from Europe’s second smallest nation (Vatican City Samllest) has three internationals. Two are pretty straight forward, but the origin of the third is somewhat peculiar, the African nation of Mozambique.
Getting back to the club itself, San Marino were founded back in 1959 under the name Società Polisportiva Libertas Tre Penne. The following year the club changed its name Società Sportiva Serenissima. Names changes would become a theme of San Marino’s existence.
Having started at the very lowest rung of the Italian game, the club, who play in the Italian leagues yet are not Italian, slowly began there ascent. Promotion from the Seconda Categoria Emilia-Romagna (Emilia-Romagna being the region that surrounds San Marino and as such there natural fit in the lower leagues) was soon followed by promotion to the Prima Categoria and eventually Serie D.
In 1973 the merger with a smaller local team, Juvenes, prompted another name change this time to Associazione Calcio San Marino ( Further name changes would come in 1988 and at the turn of the Millennium). The following ten year period would prove very Topsy turvy for the club, suffering numerous relegation’s and promotions.
By 1988 however a watershed moment had been reached, the club had won promotion to the professional ranks. There stay would be the minimum of one year but they would return, bigger and stronger.
Having spent the 90’s plodding around the lower regional leagues, the club finally made there return to Serie C2 for the 2000/01 campaign.
Since then it has been 15 years of uninterrupted professional football, not bad for a club from a nation that is only home to just over 32,000 people, whilst also sustaining a league of its own separate from the Italian structure.
Sadly though this long remarkable streak is in very real danger of coming to an end this season with the club sitting bottom of Lega Pro Girone B and in great pearl of dropping back into the semi-pro ranks of Serie D.
While the history of the club may not be the most riveting of stories, the fact that the tiny nation of San Marino is able to sustain a club in the Italian league system is endlessly fascinating. Don’t forget this is a country who’s International top scorer has eight goals (Andy Selva-Has played for the club coincidentally) and has won one match against fellow minnows Liechtenstein. Yes many players are Italian imports but the very fact that they can be competitive in an Italian league speaks volumes of the club.
Small and insignificant, Nah, proud of where they come from and what they represent, most definitely.
Stadium:
The club currently plays at the Stadio Olimpico San Marino which is also home to the the National side. An all seater stadium, its 7000 capacity far outstrips the need of little San Marino Calcio.
Fans:
Naturally due to size attendances at matches are quite low, ranging from the low hundreds to a maximum of a thousand.
Next week will see the turn of a personal favourite the tiny and I mean tiny Fidentina.
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Serie B week 38 round-up
A nil-nil draw may not be the most exciting of places to start a round up, however it was not the scoreline but the significance of the result that makes this otherwise forgettable encounter, well unforgettable.
Of course I can only be talking about Carpi and there historic promotion to Serie A. It is the first time the Biancorossi will grace Italy’s top flight in there 106 history, whats more it comes only 13 years after the club was playing in the regional amateur leagues.
With the squad put together for less than Daniele De Rossi earns in a single year, There top earner gets €100,000 a year, and a stadium that holds barely over the 4000 mark, Carpi’s rise is surely one of Italian footballs greatest stories.
With the rain coming down in sheets and Thunder and lightning brightening the night sky, Carpi’s players and fans celebrated obliviously and who can blame them, a dream has become reality.
Outside of Carpi there was also other matches taking place this midweek. On Monday night Bologna picked up there first win in five against a Catania side who have eventually found some form. Goals in either half from Daniele Cacia and Gianluca Sansone were enough for the three points for the Rossoblu.
Catania meanwhile had Emanuele Calaio sent off in a match that was temporarily suspended for floodlight failure.
Frosinone’s story may not be as romantic as Carpi’s, but it is special nonetheless. Promoted from Lega Pro last season, and another who have never played in Serie A, the Canarini now find themselves in the second automatic promotion spot after a one-nil win away to Ternana.
A goal seven minutes into the game by former Arsenal man Arturo Lupoli, diverting home an effort from the edge of the penalty area, keeps the club from the region of Lazio dreams alive.
It was a bad midweek round of games for Vicenza, the Lane suffered a dreadful three-nil defeat to relegation threatened Brescia. The result saw the Biancorossi drop from second in the table to fourth.
Meanwhile Brescia kept there slim survival hopes alive. Two goals from Andrea Caracciolo, benefiting both times from defensive errors, and a Ahmad Benali effort were enough for the win.
Fellow battlers at the bottom Cittadella suffered a big blow in there efforts to avoid the drop. This coming after they had taken the lead at home to Spezia, with Tomasz Kupisz toe poking home a cross from deep left. In the second half though Spezia and Andrea Catellani in particular took the game by the scruff of the neck.
On 54 minutes Catellani equalised from the spot, his second was squeezed through the legs of Andrea Pirebon from a very tight angle. Then with only a minute of normal time left he rounded off the scoring by finishing from six yards out.
Crotone took a big leap towards survival with a two-nil win at the Stadio Scida against Avellino, who have now only won one in four. Camillo Ciano provided both goals for the Rossoblu. The first coming from the penalty spot and the second coming from weak Avellino defending.
Basement dwellers Varese picked up three good,but ultimately futile points away to Virtus Entella. The only goal of the match coming one minute into the second half from Luca Forte. The goal in question can be described as follows. Long punt by Keeper, flick on, comical defending, Goal.
At the Stadio Piccho Livorno and Modena had to be satisfied with a share of the spoils. Pablo Granoche gave the Gialloblu the lead after eight minutes, the beneficiary of a blindly played back pass followed by an unselfish set up by his teammate.
Emerson levelled matters for the Amaranto on 53 minutes with a free from the right, although it did require a lot of deliberation between the officials, with there being suspicions of potential offside players interfering with the trajectory of the ball.
In the remaining three matches, Latina and Perugia drew nil all, a result that does neither side any good, While Pescara and Trapani both had one-nil wins over Pro Vercelli and Virtus Lanciano respectively.
Week 39 won’t be long in coming around but until satisfy your appetite with the week 38 Highlights HERE.
Also view current standings HERE.
And till next time,
Arrivederci.
Week 38 Results:
Mon: Bologna 2-0 Catania, Tues: Brescia 3-0 Vicenza, Carpi 0-0 Bari, Cittadella 1-3 Spezia, Crotone 2-0 Avellino, Latina 0-0 Perugia, Livorno 1-1 Modena, Pescara 1-0 Pro Vercelli, Ternana 0-1 Frosinone, Trapani 1-0 Virtus Lanciano, Virtus Entella 0-1 Varese
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Selasa, 28 April 2015
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Carpi secure Serie A Promotion
Don’t let anyone tell you that fairy tales are not real, because tonight in the small Italian town of Carpi one most certainly came true.
15 years after going out of business and having to start again in the local amateur leagues, Carpi Fc have reached the promised land of Serie A. After 106 years of trying the Biancorossi will finally play in the top flight of the Italian game.
Having lead Serie B pretty much from start to finish, Carpi went into tonight’s match at home to Bari knowing that any sort of positive result, coupled with the failure of Vicenza to win would see promotion secured.
That is what duly happened as Carpi secured a nil-nil draw whilst Vicenza went down to Brescia. It’s hard not to overstate how much of an achievement this is by a club who play at a stadium that holds little over 4000 people.
One thing though is not hard to imagine, the 2015/16 season is set to be a truly special one for Carpi Fc
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Toronto Fc monitoring Parma duo
It looks as if Toronto Fc are interested in expanding there Italian family with the addition of not one but two new player’s from the Peninsula.
The men in question are Antonio Nocerino and Jose Mauri, both of Serie A crisis club Parma. Nocerino, who is 30, is currently on loan at Parma from Ac Milan. The man with arguably the most glorious beard in Italian football has made 19 appearances in the league so far this season scoring twice, the most recent being the past weekend against Palermo.
Fellow Crociati team mate Jose Mauri is still only 18 and has proven to be one of the breakout stars of the current season. Mauri has played 28 times for the bankrupt Gialloblu scoring twice.
According to Sky Sports Toronto sporting director Tim Bezbatchenko was at the Stadio Tardini on Sunday to watch the two players in question, as the Ducali overcame Palermo courtesy of an Antonio Nocerino penalty.
If the two players do move to the States they will team up with fellow compatriot Sebastian Giovinco who currently calls Toronto home.
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Zaza’s Agent: No Roma contact
Simone Zaza’s long term future may still be up in the air with the season coming to a close, but according to his agent his future does not include capital club AS Roma.
The 23 year old Zaza has scored eight times in 25 matches this Serie A campaign for Sassuolo, along with also making his full International debut for the Azzurri.
As one of the more talented Italian youngsters Zaza is set to be in high demand this Summer, however according to his agent one club who have yet to express there interest in Roma.
Speaking to Rete Sport Christian Maifredi stated “I never had the pleasure of talking to Roma and no one has asked me about him. Basically the player is Sassuolo’s but of course there is an agreement with Juventus.”
The deal in question gives Juventus the chance to re-sign Zaza this Summer for a fee of €15 million or €18 million in the Summer of 2016.
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Minggu, 26 April 2015
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Sabtu, 25 April 2015
Serie B week 37 round-up
Carpi’s coronation gets postponed for one week at least, Bologna continue to do everything in their power not to get promoted, while Varese persist with their sorry farewell tour.
Table topping Carpi made the trip to Frosinone in expectancy rather than hopefulness. The Biancorossi faithful knew that a win by any score line would secure their first ever promotion to Serie A. However opponents Il Canarini also have designs on achieving promotion and were not about to roll over and let the Carpi promotion party take place.
In truth maybe the visitors party had already taken place as they looked sluggish and off the pace compared to their excellent form throughout the lengthy campaign. Pouncing on this sluggishness the host took the lead before the clock had even ticked over into double digits.
A corner from the left was met by the advancing Leonardo Bianchard, who steered the ball with his head past Gabriel in the goal. Carpi did have a chance to pull level only moments later, but the effort was dragged just wide of the right hand post. The defeat will not unduly worry Carpi as promotion is all but assured, while the three points for Frosinone see them leapfrog Bologna into third spot.
Speaking of Bologna, the Rossoblu are determined to scupper their chances of automatic promotion. On Friday night the club from Emilia-Romagna made the trip south to take on mid-table Bari. Things started brightly for the seven time Serie A winners as Adam Masina put them in front with only 12 minutes played.
However not to long after things began to turn sour. Domenico Maietta was sent off for lashing out at an opponent inside the Bologna box, the resulting penalty was then converted expertly by Francesco Caputo.
Bari themselves were reduced to ten men with 20 minutes of the match remaining, substitute Joseph Minala managing to pick up two bookings in the space of ten minutes. Not to be outdone though Marcel Buchel also picked up his second yellow in the 89th minute leaving Bologna to finish the match with nine on the pitch.
Besides Frosinone, Vicenza were the main beneficiaries of the latest Bologna slip up. The Lane were at home to the doomed Varese. One goal proved enough to settle it in the end and it came early in the second half as Nicolo Brighenti rose highest to head home.
The win now leaves Vicenza in sole possession of the second spot, while defeat next week for Varese will surely confirm there relegation to Lega Pro for the 2015/16 season.
Catania continued their late season revival, as they moved further away from the dreaded drop zone on Friday night with a win against Ternana. The Elefanti faithful watched Riccardo Mainero and Nahuel Castro get the goals in there two-nil win.
The relegation six-pointer at the Stadio Rigamonti turned out to be a bit of a non-event, as Brescia and Cittadella cancelled each other. With neither side managing to find the back of the net the most notable event was Cittadella’s Nicola Donazzan’s red card on 60 minutes.
This draw in turn gave a big chance to fellow relegation candidates to put some distance between themselves and the bottom three. Modena certainly made the most of it as they destroyed Crotone. Luca Garritano gave the Gialloblu the lead on 15 minutes after the Crotone failed to clear their lines. Ace goal scorer Pablo Granoche supplied the cross for Garritano to slide home.
It was two just before half time as Rangel Cionek met a cross from the right with a bullet header, pinging it straight into the top right hand corner. Granoche completed the rout on 67 minutes coolly slotting home from the penalty spot to give Modena a massive three points.
Also near the bottom Pro Vercelli and Latina played out a one all draw at the Stadio Piola. Latina took the lead on 35 minutes courtesy of Riccardo Brosco, but Vercelli pegged them back with 11 minutes to play.
Back near the top and Livorno dropped out of the play-off spots after being held to a draw against Perugia. Enej Jelenic gave the Amaranto the lead on 11 minutes. However with the clock ticking closer to the end Fabinho equalised for the Grifone, drilling a free low and hard into the bottom right corner, just out of the reach of a despairing Luca Mazzoni.
Avellino blew a lead at home to another side in danger of the drop, Virtus Entella. Fabio Pisacane gave the Lupi the lead on 26 minutes, heading past the advancing keeper. Yet they were unable to hold out as Aniello Cutolo drew Entella level on 68 minutes. One all it finished.
In the weekends remaining matches Spezia took Trapani to the sword with a convincing three-nil win. With the goals coming from Andrea Catellani (2) and Zoran Kvrzic. Pescara overcame Virtus Lanciano one-nil. Lanciano had two men sent off, however one of them Alberto Cerri had already been substituted in the 68th minute before his 77th minute expulsion.
With games getting fewer and fewer tension levels are rising at both ends of the league. Serie B never fails to surprise and there is sure to be one or two more in the upcoming midweek round of fixtures.
Finally congratulations to Salernitana who today secured promotion back to Serie B after five difficult years away.
View the week 37 highlights HERE.
View current league table HERE.
And till round 38,
Arrivederci.
Week 37 results:
Fri: Catania 2-0 Ternana, Bari 1-1 Bologna, Sat: Avellino 1-1 Virtus Entella, Brescia 0-0 Cittadella, Frosinone 1-0 Carpi, Modena 3-0 Crotone, Perugia 1-1 Livorno, Pro Vercelli 1-1 Latina, Spezia 3-0 Trapani, Vicenza 1-0 Varese, Virtus Lanciano 0-1 Pescara.
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Jumat, 24 April 2015
MATCH PREVIEW: Can Roma jump back into Champions League against Inter?
In week 32, Roma will visit the San Siro in a match-up against Inter to try and regain their place in Champions League football for next season.
Earlier this season, Roma beat out Inter 4-2 at the Stadio Olimpico. Historically, the giallorossi have gone unbeaten in the last 10 games against Inter. With Roma slipping to third place and Inter struggling to reach higher than mid-table, both teams have a lot to play for. Inter will continue to squeeze the gap for European qualification and Roma will fight for second place to remain as a Champions League contender next season.
INTER: DWDLL
Following last weeks draw in the Derby della Madonnina, Inter is desperate to gain three points this week and close in on Torino, Genoa and city rivals, Milan. Prior to that, the nerazzurro were victorious over Verona, without conceding any goals in their last two matches.
Although last weekend’s draw was Inter’s 5th clean sheet of the season at home, Mancini still has some defensive tactics to figure out with his squad.
Inter’s Davide Santon spoke to Sportmediaset this week about his coach:
“He talks to the players a lot and he has won things wherever he has been. I think he’s the right person to take us forward. We are still trying to gel as a lot of new players have come in and the team is completely different compared to the Inter side I played with four years ago. We’re trying to give the team a new identity and Mancini is working on that too.”
Inter will have Brozovic and Guarin return from suspension, but will be without Medel who was booked last weekend.
Probable Line-up (4-3-1-2): Handanovic; Jesus, Vidic, Ranocchia, D’Ambrosio; Brozovic, Kovacic, Guarin; Hermanes; Icardi, Palacio
Who To Watch – Mauro Icardi
Similar to last week, Icardi was the one to watch on the field. Icardi has found the back of the net 16 times this season, but he has been one of the most effective players for Inter when it comes to producing chances and getting shots on net.
ROMA: DDWWL
Roma seem to have lost their motivation after giving up second place to Lazio as they are tied for points with their city rival at 58. The giallorossi only have a recent record of two wins in their last eight games.
Forward, Adem Ljajic spoke to the press during Roma’s pre-match conference:
“We need to show more grit and determination. Our aim is to play in the Champions League next season. We have seven games left, including the derby against Lazio and we don’t want to give up. Every game from now on is a final. We must create more goalscoring chances and make the most of them.”
De Rossi and Manolas are expected to return after missing action last week. Roma will be without Astori due to a suspension.
Probable Line-up (4-3-3): De Sanctis; Holebas, Manolas, Yanga-Mbiwa, Florenzi; Nainggolan; De Rossi, Pjanic; Ljajic, Totti, Gervinho
Who To Watch – Francesco Totti
With six goals scored, six assists in 18 appearances this season and hitting the net from the penalty spot last weekend, Totti is sure to cause a headache for Inter’s back four. Although he hasn’t had his most stellar season, Totti has always seemed to find success against Inter. In 47 games Totti has played against Inter, he has scored 12 times.
This should be an interesting match-up, as both of these clubs have the highest percentage of possession in Serie A. Roma averages 61% possession during their matches while Inter average 60%. Both clubs also rank high in terms of pass accuracy (Roma at 85.6% and Inter at 84.4%). However, one of the key differentiating stats in this case is that Inter has a considerable higher average of shots per game than Roma does. Inter records 15.4 shots per game while Roma doesn’t even make the top 5 in this category, compared to all Serie A teams.
It will be key for Roma to challenge Inter’s back line and produce chances on net if they are to come out successful this week. If Inter can capitalize on their chances, they may have a chance against Roma.
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Kamis, 23 April 2015
Throwback Thursday: Herrera, Facchetti, and Catenaccio Unchained
“For me, the perfect match would finish 0-0. No errors, which means no goals.”
Gianni Brera, the legendary Italian sports journalist, was only partly joking when he defined his ideal of footballing achievement as a scoreless draw. Italy has always had a greater fascination with defending than other countries, and the successful prevention of a goal can be considered just as exciting as the scoring of one. Ask any non-Italian football aficionado what comes to mind when thinking about Italian teams, and the answer will most likely be careful and defensive play, some may even use the dreaded word: catenaccio.
Originally a provincial tactic, the small team’s cynical bid to survive not by winning but by avoiding losing, the catenaccio system would be ennobled in the higher ranks of the sport first in its purest form by the great Nereo Rocco, and eventually revolutionized at the famous Inter of the 1960s by two strange visionaries, Giacinto Facchetti and Helenio Herrera.
Herrera was born in Buenos Aires in 1910, to Spanish immigrant parents who had fled to Argentina during the reign of Franco. During the 1930s and 40s he had a fairly undistinguished playing career as a defender, primarily in France where he became a naturalized citizen. Immediately after retiring as a player he began to coach, and his true calling became apparent. He moved to Spain, managed Real Valladolid and Atletico Madrid, where he won back to back league titles in 1950-51, and also had successful stints at Malaga, Deportivo de la Coruna and Sevilla. He eventually landed at Barcelona, but after strong personality clashes with Barca’s then-star player Ladislao Kubala forced him out, he moved to Italy and accepted the job that would write his name in footballing history: Internazionale Milano.
Early catenaccio, also called verrou (“door bolt”, also the meaning of the Italian term) in an earlier French incarnation, was an alternative development of the archaic 2-5-3/2-3-5 British system, where rather than dropping partway back to stack the midfield, the wingers moved all the way back to create a four-man defensive line. The innovation that made it a distinctive tactic was the introduction of the libero, or sweeper: a “free” defender, roaming in front of the goalkeeper but behind the line of defense, without limits of lateral motion and tasked with cleaning up whatever mess the midfield and defenders managed to let through.
This pure form of catenaccio was originally the small team’s standby, a way of frustrating stronger opponents and preventing them from being able to impose their own style of play. Legend has it that the idea of the libero occurred first to one Gipo Viani, manager of provincial Salernitana, while watching a fisherman use a second net to catch the fish that slipped through the gaps and holes in his first net.
Eventually, thanks in large part to the efforts of Milan manager Nereo Rocco, the catenaccio ethos became more prominent at the highest levels of the game during the 1950s. City rivals Inter adopted the philosophy as well, and proved that the system could not only survive but dominate in the highest echelons. Inter under manager Alfredo Foni won the Scudetto in 1952-53 despite scoring only 46 goals in 34 games, 27 fewer than eventually second-placed Juventus.
In 1960, Herrera arrived at Inter and set about reworking catenaccio into not only an unbreakable defensive wall, but a dangerous counterattacking scheme. Already in Rocco’s and Toni’s interpretations of the method, the attacking wingers were crucial in their capacity to both attack and defend, called ali tornanti for their frequent “returning” deep into midfield. Herrera had the idea to apply that concept to his defenders as well, and a chance scouting of a tall giant of a striker in Treviso would bring life to his plans.
The Trevigliese striker Herrera would happen upon one day was one Giacinto Facchetti, a local boy born in Bergamo in 1942. He was tall and fast, during his childhood and adolescence he had been torn between track-and-field and football. Upon choosing football, he made use of his great speed to be a dangerous striker – and it was this tall, fast, attacking player that Herrera signed for Inter and immediately placed in the defense.
Facchetti was deployed as the first modern attacking wing back, balanced on the other side of the park by the Brazilian winger Jair da Costa, a classic ala tornante dropping back from offense to support the midfield and defense. Facchetti was a truly revolutionary player, who created the role of terzino in a modern context: no longer simply a wide-placed defender tasked with shutting down the opposition’s attacking wingers, a terzino of the Facchetti school will use great speed and strength to lead attacking plays from the back, often overlapping with wide midfield players and drawing opposing markers out of position, while often posing a significant scoring threat himself. In the 1965-66 season, Facchetti scored 12 goals in all competitions for Inter.
Facchetti was well recognized and respected during his career as not only an extraordinary player, but a fair and sportsmanlike one. He received only one red card throughout his entire playing career, all of which he spent loyal to his beloved Inter.
Herrera, on the other hand, was nicknamed “il Mago” (the wizard) and could well be considered an occasional practicer of the dark arts. Gamesmanship has never been anything new or even particularly unwelcome in the Italian game, and for good or for ill Herrera was a master at it. He was among the first managers to use mind games and psychology both to motivate his players and intimidate opponents, and was one of the earliest managers to receive credit for his team’s successes – in prior eras, teams would be identified with the name of their top player, from Herrera on the manager is the one whose name is attached to a particular team. He could be an extraordinary motivator, but could also be cruel, insisting his players put the team above any and all other concerns including family. Most unsettlingly, some of his Inter players later alleged that he administered pharmaceuticals to his team, from “south American herbal teas” to mysterious pills that many of the players only pretended to swallow. These allegations were never conclusively proved, but still go to show the ethical blurriness that so often invades and influences the sport.
Regardless, however, Herrera and Facchetti were two visionaries who forever changed the face of Italian and world football, and their nerazzurri earned well their nickname of La Grande Inter, in one of the most significant periods of dominance of Serie A by a single club in its history.
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Rabu, 22 April 2015
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The Calcio nerd’s guide: Treviso
Factfile
Founded: 1909
President: Marcello Totera
Manager: Davide Tentoni
Colours: Blue and White
Stadio: Omobono Tenni
The 2005/2006 Season in Italian football is one that shall never be forgotten. The emergence of the Calciopoli scandal, that still wrangles to this day, and the national team’s victory at the World Cup such a short time later.
These historical events sandwiched so close together has lead us to forget a remarkable fairy tale that took place in that Serie A season. The fairy tale of the forgotten club.
The city of Treviso is situated roughly 43 minutes from Venice. It is the birthplace of Luciano Benetton of the famous Benetton fashions, sports manufacturing giants Pinarello and Diadora also call it home.
Sports wise the city is more a rugby kind of place. The aptly named Benetton Treviso club have 15 Scudetti to their name. However calcio has its place, since 1909 Treviso fc have been ploughing the lonely furrow.
For the first 80 or so years the club achieved little as they bounced around the lower levels of the Italian game. There one period of slight success came in the early 1950’s, when the late great Nereo Rocco guided them to a sixth place finish in Serie B.
Come 1993 though a seismic event was about to occur that would change the course Biancocelesti history forever. Over the next 20 years a chain of events would happen that would even had made Roy of the Rovers laugh in derision.
In 1993 the club went bankrupt and was forced to close up shop. A new club was quickly brought together under a slightly different moniker to the old and entered into the semi-professional Serie D for the forthcoming season.
A year later the club trusted the management job to Giuseppe Pillon, a man born in the province of Treviso. It was only Pillon’s second job in management after a short spell at Bassano. Yet it proved to be a master stroke of an appointment as not only did Pillon lead them out of obscurity, he guided the club to three consecutive promotions.
The club were back in Serie B for the first time in 40 years, but there talismanic manager would not be there to guide them as he’d soon left to take over Padova. It wasn’t to matter as the club managed to survive nonetheless.
The reprieve was somewhat temporary as in 2001 Treviso were relegated, but bounced back at the first time of asking. In 2004 the great Pillon returned having found out that the grass was not always greener on the other side.
Sometimes with a manager and a club, you just find that they fit perfectly hand in hand and that seemed to be the case with Pillon. In the one season that he returned for Pillon lead them to a fantastic fifth place, only losing to Perugia in the promotion play-offs.
Although the best was yet to come. Over the summer months an unlikely chain of events took place that would be of unforeseen benefit to Treviso. Two of the promoted clubs, Genoa and Torino had been refused entrance to Serie A for the coming season.
Genoa had been denied because of sporting fraud (aka Match fixing) and Torino because of financial irregularities (they were completely skint). All of this meant that along with Ascoli, little old Treviso were plucked from the second division and handed a place in Serie A.
It had taken 96 years but Treviso had finally done it, they were in the big time. Inter Milan at the San Siro would prove to be there opening fixture, what a way to begin your first ever campaign in Serie A. The Nerazzurri ran out convincing 3-0 winners on the day.
As the season progressed Treviso battled hard, but found the going tough as they hovered around or on the bottom of the table. Despite giving all they got, a draw with Juventus being a notable high point, it proved not to be enough as the club finished bottom with only three wins all season and relegation awaited.
Not long after the calciopoli scandal broke, devastating the reputation of calcio at home and abroad. Initially alongside Juventus, Lazio and Fiorentina were demoted to Serie B for their part. Treviso looked like they had earned an unlikely reprieve.
The dream of a second season in the top tier now looked a possibility. Lazio and Fiorentina however appealed against their punishments. Devastatingly for the Veneto based club the appeals were successful. The dream of a second season had been dashed. Relegation to Serie B beckoned.
With relegation it soon became apparent that all was not right at the club. Financially speaking the club was in disarray, they had spent too much on trying to sustain there Serie A dream. At the end of the 2009 season things finally came to a head both on and off the pitch.
The club had been relegated once more, this time to Lega pro and the already creaking financial strains were pushed over the edge. For the second time the club had gone bust and been forced out of business.
That summer the club was again brought back to life, with another slight name change. Entered into the Eccellenza Veneto, Treviso set off in pursuit of the Promised Land yet again. Promotion after promotion soon followed as they rose from the Eccellenza to Serie D to Lega pro seconda division and the prima division.
As is the case with Treviso though things are never simple and it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out what happened next. The club suffered relegation at the end of the 2012/13 campaign and you guessed it went belly up for the third time.
That post season the fourth incarnation of Treviso calcio was brought to life. A.C.D Treviso 2013 were placed in the Promozione Veneto, the sixth and second highest amateur level of the Italian game. Putting that into perspective there are only nine tiers in total. The 2013/14 season did see them win promotion from the Promozione, as they began their climb back up the ladder.
The sights, smells and sounds of Serie A are a long way away, a Serie A they graced only ten years before, for this proud club. Yet every Sunday afternoon a small band of locals along with the remaining Ultras make their way to the Stadio Omobono Tenni to watch and cheer there team on.
They do it all in the hope that there forgotten club will one day rise like a Phoenix from the flames and do battle on the big stage once again. Who knows stranger things have happened.
Notable players to have worn the Blue and White
- Samir Handanovic
- Christian Maggio
- Marco Borriello
- Robert Acquafresca
- Andrea Dossena
Finally why not take a few moments to view this video commemorating the clubs 100 anniversary, Click HERE
Next week sees the turn of the mighty San Marino Calcio
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Selasa, 21 April 2015
Allegri: “We can reach the semifinals”
Juventus are ready to square off against Monaco in the second and decisive match for the Champions League quarter finals. Vidal is available for Allegri, and Buffon wants to add the Champions League to his trophy case
Massimiliano Allegri and Gigi Buffon met journalists in the press conference ahead of the match against Monaco, the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals. Tuttojuve.com reports the following full text version, which Italian Football Daily translates for you:
Massimiliano Allegri, Juventus coach:
Do you expect an offensive or defensive Monaco tomorrow?
“If I knew the tactics that [Monaco coach] Jardim will adopt, it would be an advantage for us. The round is still wide open, we have a small advantage, tomorrow we have to score goals, we have to play well in terms of focus and tactics. We know Monaco for having played them once, we know their strengths and we know that they are not an easy team to play, one that knows how to defend very well. Statistics are on their side, a team with technical players behind and with physical players in front. It will be a difficult game, we have to do well because tomorrow the details could make a difference. “
How’s Vidal?
Allegri: “Vidal is well, today he practiced with the team and is available”.
Do you feel the weight of history on your shoulders?
“I have played a quarter final already, to advance to the semifinals and would be a major achievement, another important step that this team has to make, can and should make. I believe that we have what it takes in terms of the quality of players. Tomorrow is an important evening for this season in general, we are close to winning the Scudetto, we have the Italian Cup final to play, and to play the tomorrow’s game is a matter of pride for the boys.”
What will be your starting line up tomorrow?
“I have not decided the starting line up yet, I still have tomorrow morning’s practice to make my evaluations, I think it will be a ‘long’ game and the players who will come off the bench will come on to be fundamental to our cause. Pepe is doing well, it is available, made twelve appearances, did well whenever I called upon him. I do not think that he will start tomorrow but he is an important player for Juventus.”
Did you imagine to arrive with the league title in your pocket at this point?
“I thought of having a great season, to achieve our objectives: the first was to arrive in March and be competitive in all competitions, in the league we are well under way, in the Italian Cup we have reached the final, and tomorrow we hope to play a good game and go to the semifinals.”
Would Falcao be more useful to Juventus or Monaco?
“I am very happy with the players I have available, tomorrow we will play a great game and we will try to get to the semifinals.”
Gianluigi Buffon, Juventus goalkeeper and captain:
What kind of a match is this for you? Missing for 12 years from the fourth largest in Europe?
“I know that is a very important game for me and my teammates. I think it’s the proof that we can advance. Juve is growing and such an achievement would mark an important passage for this team at a European level to demonstrate that we are back. This is something very significant that increases our sense of responsibility, we can be proud to be playing a game at this level.”
Are all the arguments we’ve heard about the penalty in the first leg simply excuses for losers?
“We haven’t felt affected by any arguments. The way some rationalize is very different from what we hear in the Italian league. It’s true, however, that they were unlucky in an imperfect but very difficult decision. I challenge anyone to say whether the foul was 4 centimetres inside or outside the box.”
Monaco scores and allows few goals at home…
“Until now, that is true. But to even the aggregate score Monaco doesn’t need to score many goals. Given the fact that they score a few but also allow very few then they have what it takes to overturn the deficit. However, we’re not here to be the sacrificial victims. We have the self-confidence to play a football match at our level.”
Is this a good year to win the Champions League?
“I had a wish, and that is, to win this trophy with my teammates and with our people. This trophy is missing from my trophy case. When will I do this, I have no idea, since I am I’m overripe I wouldn’t mind winning it as soon as possible.”
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Allegri confirms Vidal in the 23-man squad for Monaco
Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri called up 23 men to defend a fragile 1-0 lead in tomorrow evening’s second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals in which Juventus will face Monaco at the Stade Louis II
Twenty-three men. That’s how many men will travel to defend Juventus’ colours in an all-important second quarter final leg in the principality of Monaco. The list includes Vidal, who practiced with the full group this morning, and seems to have shrugged off the tonsillitis attack that kept him sidelined yesterday.
Here is the full list of Juventus players that will make the short flight to Monte Carlo:
1 Buffon
3 Chiellini
5 Ogbonna
7 Pepe
8 Marchisio
9 Morata
10 Tevez
11 Coman
14 Llorente
15 Barzagli
17 De Ceglie
19 Bonucci
20 Padoin
21 Pirlo
23 Vidal
26 Lichtsteiner
27 Sturaro
30 Storari
32 Matri
33 Evra
34 Rubinho
37 Pereyra
39 Marrone
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Marchisio to miss the Turin derby
As was widely expected, Serie A’s Sporting Judge has suspended Claudio Marchisio, along with another 11 players
Sporting Judge Giampaolo Tosel has emanated his decisions today inflicting a one game suspension to Juventus midfielder Claudio Marchisio.
The Turinese player will serve a one match ban for having been brandished his fourth cumulative yellow card. Along with him are the following eleven players, most notably Roma’s Davide Astori: Birsa (Chievo Verona), Borges (Udinese), Jajalo (Palermo), Longo (Cagliari), Medel (Inter), Meggiorini (Chievo Verona), Mudingay (Cesena) and Rossettini (Cagliari).
Napoli’s Christian Maggio (Napoli) and Danilo Cataldi (Lazio) will also serve a one match suspension for being ejected in Cagliari-Napoli and Juventus-Lazio respectively.
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Official: Zeman leaves Cagliari
Only weeks after returning to manage Cagliari for the second time this season, Zdenek Zeman has resigned his post with the Sardinian outfit with immediate effect.
The veteran Serie A manager had been sacked by the Rossoblu in December and replaced with club legend Gianfranco Zola. However after results failed to improve under Zola, Zeman was brought back into the hotseat on March 9th.
Results though have continued to slide and with the club facing almost certain relegation, Zeman has handed in his resignation.
A brief statement on the club website announced Zeman’s departure and thanked him for the effort he put in.
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