Pavia in crisis, Nucera renews confidence in Mr. Albertini

Azzurri seventh and 7 points behind the leaders after the defeat against Verbano. The company imposes silence, towards the showdown between the technician and Menicucci

PAVIA. Mouths sewn to Pavia after Besozzo’s defeat against Verbano and the post-match outburst of general manager Ettore Menicucci. But barring last minute twists, Omar Albertini will lead the training session this afternoon at Fortunati. Menicucci’s words at the end of the match against Verbano, pronounced after a confrontation in the dressing room of Besozzo with the team and the technical staff, were nevertheless harsh. “A defeat that starts from afar”, declared the blue director who then added that “he was wrong to accept certain situations” and that it was right that “the owners make a decision quickly for the good of Pavia, for the good of this. club to which I believe I have given my heart and soul ».

Tension in the club

A message to the president Giuseppe Nucera to give him the green light to change the technical staff. In other words, ok for Albertini’s exemption. Instead, the renewed confidence in the current coach seems to be a response that goes in the opposite direction to that hoped for by Menicucci. And that seems to question the very continuation of the relationship between the general manager and the blue club. Moreover, it is no mystery that between Menicucci and Albertini there is a diversity of views on a whole series of issues. An arm wrestling that goes to the detriment of the serenity of the environment by creating tension.

Decisive crossroads

The week that opens towards the second consecutive away match, increasingly delicate, in Vergiate will probably clarify the contours of Pavia’s managerial future. With possible, probable repercussions on the first team squad. There are ten important days in sight for the Azzurri season: the away match in the league with Vergiatese and then on Wednesday 3 November at Fortunati the quarter-finals of the Italian Cup against Bergamo’s Forza and Costanza at night. A decisive crossroads between the relaunch or the definitive failure of the project, in a 2021-22 that had started well with both cup and league victories. But on this last front, in the last four races only two points have been collected and Pavia fell from first to seventh place, to -7 from leaders Castanese. A crisis that has sharpened internal conflicts almost to the breaking point.

Enrico Venni