Timing for insertions, excellent technique and fine brains. These are the ingredients that have allowed Daniele Sciaudone to have a long and brilliant career that counts 298 appearances in Serie B (29 goals and 34 assists) and 189 in Serie C, of which 55 with 2 goals 1 assist at Reggiana. A path in which the midfielder born in 1988 had the opportunity, at Novara (2018-2019), to also meet William Viali, the new Granata coach.
Sciaudone, first of all how are you?
“I’m fine even though I’ve just come back from a rather unusual year. I spent a long time waiting for the right offer from a professional team but it didn’t arrive, so I made the choice to go to Andria, but it turned out to be the wrong one. Halfway through the season I was forced to leave and having also moved my family I found myself in a lot of difficulty. Precisely because of this experience, I decided to move closer to home and now I play for Bursaporto (Bergamo, ed.), still in Serie D. “.
Is there still hope of seeing you again among the professionals or is it no longer a priority?
“The will to remain at the highest possible level is still there, but obviously I want to move for something serious which is not easy to find nowadays…”.
In the past you were coached by Viali, the new ‘coach’ of Reggiana: what type is he?
“He was very young at the time, but I really liked him, both in terms of quality of training and what he gave us on the pitch. He was a modern profile and he’s a good person. Over the years we also met to watch a few games and I’ve always had a good relationship with him.”
Going into even more detail, what type of coach is he tactically?
“He is flexible and shapes the teams based on the players he has, as he also did in Cosenza and he also knows how to change based on the opponents. The years of training have allowed him to even be among the candidates for the Empoli bench I wish him the best and I hope he can do well, he is a person who embraces a project and gives everything.” Maybe it’s a little trivial to put technicians in one category, but is he part of those who prefer an ‘offensive’ or more waiting game?
“He’s a coach who wants to impose his own game and it’s an offensive game, but he knows how to be chameleonic depending on the needs he has in that particular match or period. It’s not a disgrace, Ancelotti does it too…”. After the splendid promotion in Olbia you are part of the ‘IndimenticaBili’ granata: are you still in contact with anyone from that group?
“Absolutely yes, I always hear Ciga, Rossi, Laezza, Rozzio, Libutti, Luciani, Gully (Guglielmotti, ed.). I take this opportunity to greet the Regia fans who have remained in my heart like few others, the affection I have received At the end of the second year, even though I hadn’t played much, it was really rewarding. I was very sad to leave the city, we still have many friends: it’s a special place.”
