Ferrara The president of Spal Joe Tacopina today (21 June) he officially presented the new coach at the first meeting with the press since January Andrea Dossena. «I am very happy with this opportunity – were the first words of the new coach – What I can guarantee is that I will work 24 hours a day for Spal and the city, to ensure that the players give everything. I will do it soon, looking them in the eyes to understand how much desire they have to make an important journey. You only win through work, effort, enthusiasm, the desire to be a team player. My difficulty will be in doing it in the shortest time possible because football is three times faster than normal life. There is no such thing as bad luck. There is planning and commitment.”
For his part, Tacopina addressed the topic of future of Spal. Together with the investor Marcello Follano, has «spent the last few weeks evaluating the figures to be included in the management. I know that stability is needed but to get there you have to make certain types of choices. They were run over 30 million in three years and we definitely are unhappy with the results obtained from this economic effort. We understood that we needed a change first of all in the people at the head of the company to give new energy to the project.” Tacopina assumed «responsibility for the selection errors accomplished”, but now “we have turned the page and even the mayor Fabbri who I met today is enthusiastic about our projects”.
The new Dg therefore it will be Luca Carra and it will be operational from July 1st, «a successful manager who has worked for important companies. He has all the credentials and experience to guide us towards a new path.” In choosing the top figures, Tacopina consulted his team made up of Dante Scibilia, Gianluca Cambareri and Veronica Bon.
The most delicate decision was that relating to sports directoradded the Nerazzurri president: «We have inserted Paolo Danzé and I think he is an ideal professional for developing a corporate and sporting culture and a strong identity. I realize that his profile is a little different from others, he is not the classic Ds. Paolo speaks six languages, has a degree in Economics with a master’s degree from Bocconi and knows Serie C well because part of his job at Milan was to identify the destinations for the boys to send on loan. He was recommended to me by Ricky Massara and Paolo Maldini. All the sporting choices will be up to Paolo and the idea of taking Dossena as coach also came from Paolo himself.” Tacopina’s promise to the fans is that “this year Spal will always give 110%”.
