No names have been given, because we prefer to wait for black and white. But by tomorrow the boxes relating to the new coach and the new sporting director will be occupied: Luciano Zauri will be the new coach of Foggia. The former Atalanta and Lazio full-back is the profile chosen by Luca Leone, former sporting director of Ternana (with whom he won the Serie C championship in 2021) who president Canonico has identified as the successor of the resigning Domenico Roma.
I am arriving in Foggia and this evening, the opportunity for a first greeting to the team group. Tomorrow the new coach will hold his first training session and will then be presented to the press together with the sporting director.
“Our results are not what we all hoped for, but I have to defend my team group. I have guys who, I am convinced, will give us satisfaction”, commented president Canonico in a press conference called at the last minute, precisely to announce the agreement with the new coaches and directors.
Also an opportunity to shed light on the many rumors that have leaked out in recent weeks, but also on the much left unsaid which very often makes more noise in football than is advertised. The president defends the group, defined as healthy and made up of serious guys, despite the rumors of friction, which were also fueled after Capuano’s words at the end of the match against Sorrento: “I believe he was unable to convey his concepts to the group. realized that the team wasn’t responding, but that doesn’t mean there are problems in the dressing room. Had I seen something wrong, I would have been the first to show someone to the door.”
He asks everyone for patience, convinced that the results will ultimately prove what was expected at the start of the season right: “You can’t have everything right away. Fate isn’t helping us, we’ve had numerous unfavorable episodes, we’ve lost points in the final minutes”.
Zauri and Leone will probably sign a contract until next June, perhaps with an option if things go well. On the various meetings that have taken place in recent days, including the one with Beppe Di Bari, he explains: “I listened to Beppe Di Bari, but there was no failed agreement. There is a president who chooses and my choice went on other figures, but I did not choose other figures because a possible agreement with Di Bari fell through”.
Belviso also leaves with Roma: “I’m sorry, but football is made up of results that often don’t arrive for many components. So we try to reset and start again with a lot of desire.”
Zauri arrives in Foggia fresh from his experience in the Maltese championship, and with a CV as a coach that is not so extensive, but this does not worry the president: “I think that when you choose a manager who has won several championships, who has also won a championship of Serie A, I don’t have to give him technical advice. It’s right that he takes responsibility. We know that any coach who comes to Foggia will never be liked by 100% of the fans “.
