It’s party time a Venice. The lagoon players achieved promotion to Serie A after knocking out La Cremonese in the Serie B playoff final and, today, they will receive the city’s tribute with the water procession in the Grand Canal.
Venice, the party is here: fans in Piazza San Marco
The hero of the promotion has a first and last name: Christian Gytkjaer. With his goal in the 24th minute the Danish striker born in 1990, formerly of Monza, has spread the Cremonesegiving Venezia the promotion to Serie A. Big party at Penzo, then the fans crowded the symbolic place of the Venetian city: Piazza San Marco. But the celebrations certainly don’t end here. Today the footballers will give themselves to the orange-green people through the water procession in the Grand Canal on board a ‘peata’. It starts at 5pm from Piazzale Roma with arrival at the royal gardens of Piazza San Marco. In short, the most Venetian of traditions for the feat accomplished by the boys under the orders of Mister Vanoli.
Venezia returns to Serie A: how much is the promotion worth?
With the victory obtained against Cremonese, Venezia keeps company with Parma and Como in Serie A, already promoted at the end of the regular season. But how much is promotion to Serie A worth? Football and Finance do the math: it is estimated that between revenues from TV rights, the main source of income, and other parameters the return among the big names in Italy is worth at least 26 million euros. Then there is also the parachute theme in the event of relegation (woe to tell the fans, though), which can be worth 10 million for a newly promoted team that fails to confirm itself in the top flight.
From Recoba to Maniero: now the fans dream of a great Venice
The cover man of Vanoli’s Venezia is without a doubt the Finnish striker Joel Pohjanpalo, scorer of 22 goals this season after the 19 scored last year. But there are many illustrious former players who have contributed to writing the recent history of the lagoon club. One above all, that of Alvaro Recoba, who arrived on loan via Inter in January 1999 and starred with ten goals in 19 appearances. The Uruguayan is not alone, however. Because other important names have worn the orange-green jacket: from Filippo Maniero (59 goals in 129 appearances) to the various Konsel, Mancini, Delvecchio, GanzDomizzi, Bertotto, Schwoch and Taibi. And a young man also stopped in Venice Christian Vieri who clocked up 11 times in 1994/95. Among the most illustrious coaches is the current coach of the national team Luciano Spallettianother former coach like Cesare Prandelli And Alberto Zaccheroni. And did you know how for five years – from 1995 to 2000 – the Venetians had as manager Beppe Marotta?
