After a few days of break to get over the strong disappointment of Padova’s elimination in the Quarter Finals of the Playoffs, sporting director Massimiliano Mirabelli returns to the championship that has just ended for the Paduan team.
“Clearly I am very sorry for not being able to realize the dream and goal of all of us, Serie B – declares Mirabelli – We gave it our all during the year, both us on the technical staff, first and foremost the team that always gave its all throughout the season. Without forgetting the company that put me in the best conditions to try to achieve the goal. I think the team played an excellent championship, because a second place in the regular season and an Italian Cup final, in my opinion, cannot be seen as a failure. Unfortunately, however, we missed out on the decisive matches and therefore were unable to achieve promotion to Serie B. We made a change of coach with 3 days to go, certainly taking a risk. We didn’t do it due to internal disagreements, but because with the team in decline we didn’t want to leave any stone unturned to try to make it happen. Unfortunately, we didn’t succeed. I am deeply sorry for it and I take total responsibility for it, aware that we had an entire city that cheered for us and wanted us to win the playoffs. It took me days to recover from the disappointment. But now for my part I am ready and motivated to start again and try to do everything I can for Padova for next season. First it will take a few days of discussion with the company’s top management to fully analyze the past season and define the strategies for the future to fight in pursuit of the same objective as this year”. – concludes Mirabelli.
