If the festive atmosphere in Carrara remains palpable and will remain so for a long time to come, Serie B is starting to be planned at the headquarters in Piazza Vittorio Veneto. As regards the preparation of the new team, the chorus is unanimous: “we will start again from the block of players who won promotion”. Ownership, president, sporting director and coach were in agreement in their statements. There will be no upheavals but the integration of elements functional to the category. The first step will be to secure Antonio Calabro, the “miracle” coach, with a two-year contract and then we will move on to the players. In goal the aim is to obtain another year’s loan from Lecce for Marco Breve, who has done very well here, also leveraging the will of the player who strongly believed in the choice of Carrara, also going against his parents, and has been repaid for it . Staying at Carrarese would allow him to live another year as a protagonist. All four should remain in defense: Imperiale and Di Gennaro are under contract; for Illanes the redemption from the loan to Avellino will start while Coppolaro has another year on loan from Modena.
At least one more experienced defender will certainly be needed alongside them. In midfield the certainties are Schiavi and Capezzi but Della Latta and Palmieri also remain available. Carrarese would like to make an attempt with Pisa to retain Zuelli. In this department and also on the flanks, where there are three players left (Cicconi, Zanon and Grassini), it will be necessary to get involved in the transfer market. The same goes for the attack which currently counts on Capello, Finotto and Panico. We need to understand how much sense of gratitude and desire to take risks the company will have. All these guys should have a monument for what they have achieved but the question is whether some of them, due to age or ability issues, are able to be competitive in a more difficult championship like the Serie B. It’s about elements that, precisely because of the feat they have just accomplished, could have admirers among the big league teams in the event of a farewell. Carrarese making their debut in Serie B will have to deal with the defections of Cicconi and Illanes, both disqualified for one match at the end of the second leg final against Vicenza. The reconfirmation that things went very well on Sunday also in terms of public order was also found in the league’s statement which punished the two clubs with minor fines only for throwing a few firecrackers and smoke bombs. Quirks for a final that had such important stakes at stake.
Gianluca Bondielli
