PISTOIA. Domenico Giacomarro, the coach called by Massimo Taibi and Giampaolo Pazzini to lead the Pistoiese, is expected today, or at the latest tomorrow, in Tuscany to sign the contract. The choice of the expert Sicilian coach leaves no doubt about the victory ambitions of owner Sergio Iorio’s club. In recent days, all the conditions set by the technician have been ironed out and signing the contract (perhaps not just annual) is almost a given. We therefore turn to an experienced coach rather than an emerging one, as would have been the case if the negotiation with Luca Tabbiani, sixteen years younger than Giacomarro, had been concluded positively.
The club, with this change of direction, suggests that the objective is to build a team that aims straight for promotion, rather than planning a gradual climb, as Iorio himself had implied when presenting the project in which he spoke of gradual growth but solid. With the arrival of Giacomarro, the construction of the team will begin immediately with the two directors as players and the coach who will have to endorse their choices.
We know that a new coach usually starts from certain certainties that have characterized his successes. The changing room men that Giacomarro will want with him must therefore be looked for in the Team Altamura squad. The dream is Nicola Loiodice, 31 years old, one of the architects of the Apulian victory. In Team Altamura which this year won group H of Serie D with Giacomarro on the bench, beating Martina by 6 points, Nardò by 7 and Fidelis Andria by 11, Loionice scored 10 goals in 34 games, but above all it provided 12 assists playing all positions on the offensive front. He is a real number 10 with very important technical qualities. On the trail of the footballer, considered one of the main architects of the Murgians’ promotion to the Lega Pro, there would be many teams including Reggina, Fidelis Andria, Casarano and Virtus Francavilla. It may not be a coincidence that the playmaker announced his farewell to Altamura via social media two days ago, when Giacomarro had practically closed for his move to Pistoiese. Another player expected to wear orange is Francesco Bertolo, an expert 32-year-old central defender, very charismatic and even destined to wear the captain’s armband.
However, we are in the early stages. The team will have to be built from scratch and there is no shortage of time available. Certainly the progress made is notable: we start again with the registration of Aglianese, with one stroke of the sponge the mountain of debts of the old Us was canceled, the use of the name Pistoiese was purchased for a modest sum. The property (Iorio, Fossati, Todaro) has been presented, the main sponsor Vannucci Piante has renewed for three years and the market men are at work. We know that this is a drawing prepared a long time ago. The name of the technical sponsor and where the company’s headquarters will be remain to be known, but there is no rush.
