Gotti is one step away from Lecce’s history. The one against Cagliari is an authentic match point available to the Giallorossi team who could close the question of survival with three rounds to go before the end of the season. A goal that no one would have ever thought of reaching so far in advance upon the arrival of the wind coach on the Giallorossi bench after the sensational and stormy farewell of Roberto D’Aversa following the defeat in the direct clash against Verona at Via del Mare.
That afternoon all the omens of a negative season gathered in the stadium and in the minds of the Salento fans, because in the history of Lecce, what Gotti is doing is unique. In fact, in the past none of the coaches who took over during the current season have ever managed to revive the fortunes of the championship.
The last one to try was Serse Cosmi, in the last season in Serie A before the advent of president Sticchi Damiani. With the former Perugia coach, Lecce had the merit of fighting until the last day, when the dramatic and mathematical certainty of returning to the cadets arrived, the same goes for Delio Rossi, despite the relegation from A to B, however he remained leading Lecce also in the second series and immediately managed to regain promotion, with a unique run and then also managed to achieve salvation the following year. There has therefore been no shortage of feats over the years, no one has ever managed to accomplish the feat that Luca Gotti has within his reach at the moment.
