Frosinone returns to Serie A! A triumph for Alvini, who in another life sold shoe soles

Frosinone has turned its destiny upside down in one season. From the playout nightmare of last championship, avoided due to the Brescia case, to direct promotion to Serie A. Alvini’s team finished in second place ahead of Monza, with the final sprint being decisive. The yellow-blues overtook Bianco’s men after the success against Juve Stabia, taking advantage of their opponents’ defeat against Mantua. Then captain Monterisi and his teammates defended their lead in the standings by beating Mantua 5-0 on the last day, thus celebrating their return to Serie A after two seasons. A triumph for president Stirpe’s club: Frosinone – in terms of average age of the players used in the league – is the youngest team in Serie B (23.4). Sports director Castagnini spent 40.8 million to set up the squad: decidedly less than the 64 million invested by Venezia, even the 46 of Monza and the 41 of Sampdoria. A winning strategy implemented by the company led for 23 years by the Stirpe family. The yellow-blue club is in fact the only one among the top four Serie B teams (Venice, Monza and Palermo) with Italian ownership.

continuity

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Frosinone achieved promotion to Serie A thanks to 15 goals from striker Ghedjemis, who had never reached double figures in his career before this season, and the winning assists from Giacomo Calò. Mister Alvini was able to enhance his players. For the coach from Fucecchio it is an important personal revenge after last season’s relegation with Cosenza. The gialloblù have had a clear path: just three defeats in the championship (two against Venezia, one against Monza) and an impressive positive streak of 14 useful results in a row scored twice. A true masterpiece of continuity.

the patterns with the shampoo

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Alvini built his gaming philosophy by drawing patterns with shampoo bottles. In 2000 he led an amateur team of friends in the Uisp championship: Ferruzza. He had stopped playing football a few months ago and was enjoying himself among the amateurs. His real job was selling shoe soles in the family business: “I trained and sold, whatever the category was – he said -. I did it for 22 years, until 2013. Then I chose football”. His apprenticeship took him from Fucecchio, his small town of origin in the province of Florence, to Serie A with Cremonese in 2022. After his experience in the amateurs he started on the bench of Signa, then Quarrata in Eccellenza and Tuttocuoio. It was in the Ponte a Egola club – a hamlet of San Miniato Basso with just 7,000 inhabitants – that he rose from Promotion to Serie C. A fantastic experience that lasted seven seasons, from 2008 to 2015. Those who worked with him in that period tell of the endless showers to study the schemes: “On Saturday morning, after finishing, he would enter the dressing room and while we were taking a shower he would use the bottles of shampoo and shower gel to explain to us how our players would play. opponents.”

the thesis on sarri

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Alvini’s career continued between Pistoiese, Albinoleffe, Reggiana, Perugia, Spezia, Serie A with Cremonese. And to think that until 2013 it was divided between soles and balls. Football has given the coach from Fucecchio many friends. They met with Spalletti on provincial pitches, while Sarri was a master. At the Coverciano course, the current Frosinone coach presented a thesis dedicated to him: “From the game model to match preparation: facing Maurizio Sarri’s Napoli”. Two Tuscans who, after a long apprenticeship, managed to establish themselves. In Serie A, Alvini remained there for a few months with the grey-reds between 2022 and 2023. Today he won promotion as manager of Frosinone. Fate put things right again.