Forty-nine year old Andrea Camplone is set to succeed Davide Nicola on Bari’s bench. As Camplone is unknown to many within the Italian footballing movement, we reached out to Robert Stillo – one of the men who formed part of his Perugia side that gained promotion with him in 2013-14 – to get to know Camplone better
The Stadio Curi is invaded by delirious fans, while the streets are inundated by sounds of horns of cars, with flags waving outside of them. It’s May 4, 2014 and the Grifoni, as Perugia’s team is often dubbed, had gained a historic promotion. The mastermind behind this great feat was Pescara-born-and-raised Andrea Camplone.
A year-and-a-half later, Camplone – ousted by Perugia management after navigating the Grifone to safety in his first season in Serie B – is set to take the seat in a prestigious piazza like Bari’s. In the Apulian capital, Paparesta has called an end to the reign of Davide Nicola whose has control of the Galletti has seemingly been lost. Bari’s brass were unable to digest the three consecutive defeats to Cagliari, Brescia and Trapani, deciding that a change at the helm was needed in order to stay in Serie B’s “promotion zone” and achieve a historic return to Serie A that has been missing since the days of “Mr. Libido”, Giampiero Ventura.
What kind of a coach are Bari fans to expect of Andrea Camplone? To find out we approached Roberto Stillo, former Perugia goalkeeper whom formed part of that Grifone side who achieved promotion in 2013-14 under the Abruzzese coach.
“Camplone is first and foremost a good person. He tries his best to relate to the players and take in their thoughts on certain situations which I think is important, having the support and respect of your players is a huge key to success”, Stillo exhalts Camplone’s human qualities.
A great coach, with good qualities and with a group of players whom respected him doesn’t sound like a recipe for sacking. When asked about the reasons why Camplone was let go Stillo remarks “it’s difficult to know the reasons from the outside for sure, but he had been at the helm for a long time and perhaps both he and management thought it was time for change”.
With the likes of Rosina, De Luca, Sabelli, and others Bari has a roster that is Serie B’s envy. Yet the team has failed to achieve that magical “chemistry” that is so often quoted, which might point to a failure on management’s side to create a cohesive environment. “When a team doesn’t like the coach, in most cases it’s the players that don’t respond to his efforts. In effect, the players rid themselves of a coach long before management. In my experience, we had a great group of players at Perugia and everyone was on the same page with our goals, objectives and how we wanted to go about achieving them. Camplone is a players’ coach so if anyone had any sort of problem they could go and speak to him directly”.
PESCARA, ITALY – AUGUST 10: Roberto Bruno Stillo of Genoa in action during the pre-season friendly match between Pescara Calcio and Genoa CFC at Adriatico Stadium on August 10, 2012 in Pescara, Italy. (Photo by Giuseppe Bellini/Getty Images)
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