Two very disappointed people try to start again, without getting discouraged. And set up the new season in the best way. Cremonese and Palermo left their dreams and ambitions by the wayside in the playoffs. But now it’s time to move on. The grey-reds will do it in the name of continuity with Giovanni Stroppa, the rosanero instead throw themselves on Alessio Dionisi.
here from Cremona
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The wound is still raw, the disappointment palpable. But there is also a desire to start again. On Tuesday, Cavalier Giovanni Arvedi, owner of the company, showed up unexpectedly at the sports center to greet the team that has just finished the season. And this was seen as a strong message, looking to the future. In short, no disengagement of the property as some feared, but the desire to look forward, to try again. Present at the meeting were all the company’s top management and Giovanni Stroppa, the coach who will start again. The coach has another year on his contract and already in the heat of the moment, immediately after the crushing defeat in Venice, he expressed his intention to stay. He took the team from Ballardini in 11th place at the end of September and led them to the fourth and final playoffs, even if he then failed to bring home the third promotion to Serie A after those with Crotone (2020) and Monza (2022). Stroppa, all things considered, has a solid base from which to start again. The various Sernicola, Zanimacchia, Castagnetti, Buonaiuto are all owned players and were protagonists of the promotion to Serie A in 2022 and even in the top championship (2022-23) they didn’t do so badly. However, the team needs corrections. Also because two pillars such as Antov (his loan with Monza expired) and Coda, who also arrived on a temporary basis from Genoa, will leave. Then we will have to understand what Franco Vazquez will do, who has been granted a one-year automatic renewal linked to attendance. In any case, the purchases in the January market (Johnsen and Falletti) had no impact and now we need to get the right players: we need an important purchase in every department.
Palermo here
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The first pieces are falling into place. Palermo has identified the two technical figures from which to start again to aim for Serie A. Choices already made which only need the last formal steps to become official. It will be up to Alessio Dionisi, former Sassuolo coach, to relaunch the City Group’s ambitions. In the next few hours he will sign a two-year agreement with an option for a third. Dionisi has surpassed Paolo Zanetti in the club’s approval rating who seemed very close to the Rosanero bench. The new tactical project will be based on the needs and characteristics of the coach who won the Serie B with Empoli no later than four years ago before spending three seasons in Serie A in Emilia. In the last few hours, however, there has also been a clear acceleration on the new director’s front. After bidding farewell to Rinaudo, the CEO Gardini and City Group consultant Bigon broke the deadlock by decisively converging on Morgan De Sanctis who was very close to signing with Besiktas. The former Salernitana manager, from whom he separated last December, reached an agreement with the Rosanero club in a few hours. Giulio Migliaccio will also arrive with De Sanctis, who played in Palermo from 2007 to 2012 and collaborated with the former Napoli and Roma goalkeeper already in Salerno. For them the same type of contract that will be signed by the new coach. Both Dionisi and De Sanctis start again from Serie B with the aim of living it as protagonists with Palermo and ironically they will find both Sassuolo and Salernitana on their path as opponents.
