Daniele Paponiformer striker of the Cesenaspoke about the landing of Michele Mignani on the black and white bench.
Here are his words, extracted from Everything Cesena: “Mignani? He may be the right man for this Cesena, we saw it in his first year in Serie B with Bari. We are talking about a coach who gives an important impact to the team, he is good at reading matches and I believe he is absolutely suitable for the Cesena championship. He manages the group well and throughout the year gives all the elements the opportunity to play their cards. This way he keeps everyone on their toes and manages to get the most out of it. I think this is its best feature, if you have a strong and cohesive group you will achieve the result in the endo.
He comes from very hot places like Bari and Palermo. He had an extraordinary first year in Serie B, then last year he brought with him the waste of the previous year’s epilogue and in my opinion he is indecipherable. He has the qualities to handle the pressure. Then it is clear that Toscano’s Cesena was one or two steps above the other teams, but I do not think that Mignani can be affected by this and I am convinced that he can do very well with a newly promoted team, he has already shown it. I experienced the promotion from C to B with Bari, we were a battleship and the following year in B only two players were changed, one of which was the goalkeeper.
Whoever won like Bari or Cesena last year has little to change. Having so many players who know each other, have played and won together can only be an advantage. Of course, men who are ‘trusted’ by the coach like Maita, who is a quality all-round midfielder, can help but I personally wouldn’t change much.
I spent six months in Cesena in which I had a great time, I can’t really say anything. Unfortunately when I arrived in January the results situation was almost compromised, but we are talking about an extraordinary city and I am happy to have been there. I wish Cesena to enjoy Serie B and try to make the leap to Serie A as soon as possible.”
