El elbow AAfter 34 years! of absence has returned to Pisa Sporting Club to the forefront.
It has to go back to 1990-91, with Mircea Luzcu on the bench, to find his last season in the elite.
The Brescia 1990-91 chromos album.
The 'Nerazzurri', who had had in their ranks Tra In 1987-88, they came from ascending and were reinforced with several promising young people: Michele Padovano (Cosenza), José Chamot (Rosario Central), Henrik Larsen (Lyngby) … and Diego Pablo Simeone (Vélez).
The season, to tell the truth, could not start better. Two victories about Bologna (0-1) and Lecce (4-0) -With goal of the 'cholo'– They placed the leader of 'calcium'. “Seeing us first in the classification was crazy. I remember that the President (Romeo Anconetani) came to mention the word UEFA “, confesses Michele Padovano The brand.
Seeing us first in the classification was crazy. I remember that the president came to mention the word UEFA
The former Juventus was the stiletto of that Pisa. In fact, he closed the season like'Capocannoniere' ('Pichichi'). “It was my first year in series A and I was eager to prove my worth in elite football. I ended with 11 goals and that earned me to sign for the Naples of Maradona. The Pisa was my 'Shuttle' and I will always be grateful. “
Padovano's greeting to Pisa after achieving the ascent.
Padovano Guarda, also a great memory of a very young Simeone (20 years). “I had good technical capacity, but what caught my attention is that It had an incredible personality. It was seen that Pisa was just a 'place of passage' and that he was going to be an important player. Therefore, I am not surprised by the career he has had as a footballer … or as a coach. “
Simeone had an incredible personality, it was seen that the Pisa was only a place of passage
A version that coincides with the one that shared Mircea Lucescu en 2019 with 'La Gazzetta dello Sport': “He knew how to analyze the games with excellence and compensated for his game intelligence. He covered the field very well and instructed the elderly. And there I told myself: this boy will be a great coach. “
Precisely Lucescu It was, according to Padovano, the philosopher's stone of that team: “When they ask me about the best coaches I had in my career I always include Mircea. Then it has done very well where he has been, but I would highlight, above all, how brave it was when betting on young people. I wish I had a coach in more teams. ”
Lightscu is one of the best coaches I've had in my career, hopefully I would have agreed with him in more teams
“It was a mistake to throw Luzcu, we would have saved ourselves”
The dismissal of Luzcu at the beginning of March was the beginning of the end of That Pisa that would end up descending: it ended last last (16th) with 22 pointsseven from salvation.
Once type of Brescia 1990-91.
“It was a mistake to throw to Luzcu. His departure lit the alarm signals. I'm sure we would have saved with him. In fact, I had the bitter taste of scoring 11 goals and not achieving permanence, “Padovano emphasizes.
“You can follow Atalanta's example and how”
The Pisa, re -founded in 2009 for its serious financial problems, is back. “I always encourage all the teams in which Je played and I am very happy to see them again in Series A. It is a beautiful city and has a very hot audience that has not stopped supporting the team (They were in series D) All this time “the Italian former international.
Padovano's links with Pisa don't end there. He shared forward with the current coach: Filippo Inzaghi: “We played together in my last year in Juventus and I take the opportunity to congratulate him publicly. He is a winning coach -he already amounted to Primera with the Benevento – In series B, which is not little. It is a very difficult category and has done very well. In the house of the Inzaghi they have had to live a week of madness. ”
Padovano not only trusts Inzaghi, he also does it in the new club owners: “I know Corrado (General Director) and I think that, together with the owners, they have created an economically solid team. I think they will do things well. I predict the similar path like the one they have traveled at the future or how “. In Pisa, the tower is still inclined, but the team has managed to straighten the course.
