The finals lost in the playoffs are only a distant memory: in this season the Andreoletti team has finally hit the goal
There are cases where the important thing is to do it. It does not count as or how much. This year’s Padua championship must be imagined as a long race on straight, with a sprint start, a head -to -head with the second that undermines and finally the final shot. What changes the story and chases a curse that had lasted for six years now. Today it is reality, Padua returns to Serie B. A life seems to pass. And now the slaps taken by fate and the lost playoff finals are only a distant memory. Once it had been Südtirol, another Feralpisalò, the last Mantua: in front there was always someone stronger. Not this time. The Padua of Andreoletti has imposed himself and was the winning one from the placed.
the season
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In the locker room, success after success, everyone’s looks have become more aware. The goal was clear, but woe to name it. This was the case throughout the year, until the end. The team has always been in the lead, from the beginning to today, when he has concretized everything by drawing on the field of Lumezzane (0-0) and legitimizing the promotion. Even if the domain starts from August. The first defeat came in February with Virtus Verona, after 19 wins and 5 draws. Translated: 24 games without ever losing. There was even a time when Padua led the ranking to + 10 on Vicenza second, but also one in which he found himself chasing. It happened at the end of March, when Andreoletti’s formation stopped with Atalanta U23 and Vicenza beat Pro Vercelli. The overtaking, however, lasted just 11 days. Then Padua resumed the summit, thanks to a false step of the men of old men (also defeated by Virtus Verona). But it is now history. The red and white closed at 86 points, with the best attack in the group and the best defense (in parimen with Vicenza).
the coach
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In Padua’s victory you can see the coach’s hand. Matteo Andreoletti, 36 years old, one who at 23 left football played to do what most excited him: lead a team from the bench. He studied a lot, he is inspired by De Zerbi and Gasperini and this year he created an almost perfect machine. “Along a group of workers. We face everything with great calm and humility,” he told the Gazzetta at the beginning of the season. So it was until the end. Curiosity: Andreoletti was a goalkeeper (a life in the Atalanta nursery) and those who have always known him assures that they were already then maniac of positioning, roles and markings. Over time, only the perspective has changed.
the team
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On the cover is the bomber Mattia Bortolussi, top scorer with 16 ringing. A goal every 160 minutes played. Behind him, between second points and midfielders, many alternated: Liguori (7 goals), Spaniards (6), Marcillo (5), Buoniuto (3) and Valenti (2). Then the defense also deserves a mention, the second less beaten of group A with 23 networks suffered. Above all, Filippo Delli Carri, son of Daniele, DS of Triestina stands out. For the defender, born in ’99, 5 goals and many good performances that contributed to the 16 Clean Sheets brought home by Mattia Fortin, also his son of art and goalkeeper as a dad Marco. Then a couple of scattered curiosities. The team captain is Niko Kirwan, a New Zealand full -back for three years in red and white: “I also have the Venetian accent,” he joked from the retreat this summer. The ’95 class is the son of John, an ex All Blacks who was also CT of Rugby Italy. His brother Luca, on the other hand, is Cyclor di Luna Rossa, while his sister Francesca plays beach volleyball at an international level. And again, in Padua this year many boys teach how to reconcile Studio and Sport. A couple of examples, Fortin who is in the first year of psychology or Bertussi, who in addition to dragging the team with goals, travels sent to the degree in Food Sciences. Who knows if they will also be able to continue in B. they will have time to think about it. Now they enjoy the party: the whole city is colorful of red and white, from the outskirts to Prato della Valle, one of the largest squares in Europe. The feeling is that the celebrations will go on for days: on the other hand they have 5 years of arrears.
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