“Reggiana has given the ultimatum to Viali. If he says no, the new coach will be Abate”, headlines the Resto del Carlino.
By noon today the former Cosenza coach will have to give an answer to the Granata club. Agreement already ready with the former AC Milan player.
The chosen one is William Viali: but only if he says yes by noon today.
Otherwise the new coach of Reggiana will be Ignazio Abate, with whom the Granata club has already reached an agreement a few days ago. The former Milan Primavera coach was given up for certain at Ternana, but manager Pizzimenti asked him to wait a few more hours before signing the contract with the Umbrian club.
Yes, Pizzimenti. It is Goretti’s former assistant who is Abate’s biggest supporter, very young (37 years old), considered one of the most promising coaches in local football, but so far always busy leading youth teams. He sat on the bench of the Rossoneri Primavera for two seasons, reaching a final and a semi-final of the Youth League.
This year in the championship he was eliminated in the playoffs: the next day he made it known that his adventure at Milan had come to an end. Then the pressure from Ternana, who saw in him the right man to move up to Serie B after the bitter relegation that came with the playout lost against Bari not even a month ago.
Returning to Reggiana, the ball for now is still in the hands of William Viali (49 years old), who met with Pizzimenti on Friday evening and asked him for more time to understand if he can reach his friend Roberto Gemmi, who has officially landed in Empoli. They would thus recompose the pairing that led Cosenza to salvation this year. And now that Di Francesco has chosen to go to Venice, the road to Empoli could be more downhill for Viali […].
