Gianluca Freddi

Freddi joins Reggina 100% outright after being sold from Grosseto. The former Roma youth product never broke through to the first team with the Giallorossi, but as a Grosseto player he has been somewhat of a consistent presence in their defense.

He also has represented Italy several times on a national level in under 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20 competitions.

he will wear #5 for Reggina and could start from the opening minute tomorrow.

Gabrielle Angella

Another talented young defender who is joining Reggina only on loan for the reason of the season, with no redemption rights.

Angella became a first team regular in 2009 for Empoli, where had grown up through the youth ranks. His defensive exploits with Empoli earned him a call up to Pierluigi Casiraghi’s under 21 national team, and he was bought by Serie A side Udinese. Angella was loaned out to Siena this season, but failed to make any appearances due to an injury. He’s fully fit now and hoping to bounce back after his rough start to the season.

He will be wearing #6 tomorrow.

Meanwhile, Francesco Bombagi has been loaned to fellow Serie B side Piacenza after struggling to find any space with Reggina. He joins a list of January departures that also includes youngster Filadelfio Carroccio, who has joined Foligno on loan.

Giuseppe Rizzo is set to start tomorrow against Padova, despite the ever-present rumors of his imminent departure to Cagliari.

Most importantly in the news, and as you should all be aware of (unless you’ve been living under a rock), Roberto Breda was relieved of his duties after kicking off the new year with an uninspired 0-0 draw with vicenza. He has been replaced by Angelo Gregucci. I don’t know much about Gregucci… I can’t tell you anything that his Wikipedia page won’t. He seems like a pretty cool guy, and i’m interested in how he’s gonna utilize the talent that we have. Hs debut will be tomorrow against Modena, and rumors are that an attacking 3-4-3 could be in the books with the trident of Ceravolo-Bonazzoli-Campagnacci set to start up front. I’d be really excited to see this. I also really hope that Daniel Adejo starts to get more playing time. There are rumors that he is wanted in Greece and Germany… which leads us to the calciomercato.

You also are all probably aware that Missiroli was sold for 3.5 million to promotion rivals Sassuolo. One of those deals you never want to see go down. Our best player, sold to a team in the same league when we really needed him for our playoffs hopes. But, thus is the way it goes to be a Reggina fan.

Jose Montiel has been re-integrated into the club, got to play a little bit last week against Vicenza.

Lorenzo Burzigotti has been sent on loan to Latina. I’m happy he is gonna get some playing time finally. hopefully he can stay healthy during his loan stint and prove that he has what it takes in Serie B. Meanwhile, Latina are also trying to land outcast winger Francesco Bombagi, whose departure from Reggina seems to be imminent.

Vincenzo Sarno, another one of the many players we sign for no reason and never play them, is not convened for tomorrow’s match against Modena and is also rumored to be on his way out.

Too much to talk about, so little time…. if i post more then i guess that wouldn’t be a problem. Remember to follow me on twitter… @reggginaoffside. FORZA REGGINA!

Yesterday’s 1-0 loss against Verona was painful to watch, but in the end I was left with a little satisfaction and resentment for my beloved team. Despite the fact that it looked like we were playing with 9 men the entire match and in no way deserved to get three points out of it, I felt that we needed to lose to give the proverbial middle finger to the higher ups (Foti).

It’s no secret to anyone who has read this blog in the past that my favorite player has been Emil Hallfredsson. I was a fan since day one when he was just a young, relatively unknown to me, Icelandic player that was signed several summers ago under the Massimo Ficcadenti regime. I had even splurged for a #18 Hallfredsson 2007-08 jersey, special ordered from Italy. It’s also no secret that I have an affinity for Scandinavian talent in Italy. Okay so Mike Tullburg and Kris Staadsgard were a couple busts, but look at Nicki Bille Nielsen. He never got to play for Reggina, gets sent on loan to two bankrupt clubs, and we treat him like crap and never pay him. Now he’s a rising star and playing for Villareal B.

Anyway, the point I am trying to make, is that Hallfredsson should never have left. He was the best yesterday, a man among boys. And it’s been that way the past 2 seasons for Verona. But it’s not like that should come as a surprise to anyone if you watched him at all in a Reggina shirt. His technical skills, ball skills, and strength were constantly on display in the few chances he even got to play for the Amaranto. But what do we do? Send him on loan a couple years then sell him to Verona for the meager sum of about 350,000 euros.

Yesterday we were given a taste of our own medicine. And it felt good. That’s the only time I will say that about a Reggina loss… that is, until we play a team that has Christian Stuani

Sal From Toronto: “If Kovacsik plays one more game, i will be in pain watching the game.” … “MARINO IS PLAYING WELL (KICK THE MAD HUNGARIAN INTO THE STRAIGHT OF MESSINA)”

WERE YOU IN PAIN TODAY, SAL???

and this guy:

Tony: “changed the goalkeeper by using P.Marino instead of A. Kovacsik, who has not had a clean sheet so far….just like I suggested!”

THERE IS YOUR BLOG YOU HAVE ALL BEEN DYING TO SEE. YOU HAVE MADE ME MAD!

TWEET AT ME, YOU BITCHES: @REGGINAOFFSIDE

First of all, my second allegiance in calcio is with Pescara.. that is due to my Abruzzese blood. But having said that, Reggina will always be #1 in my heart and I hope we destroy the Delfini tomorrow.

But I wanted to rant because I am not sold on Roberto Breda. We’ve been playing the little sisters of the poor up until this point. He hasn’t really proven anything by coaching us to a comeback win against lowly Gubbio. I want to see us play with passion against the flashy attacking football of Zeman and Pescara. If we get blown out of the water – I want Breda to be on the hot seat. I’m questioning a lot of his tactical decision thus far… why have we not seen Adejo starting in the back 3 yet? He played so well there last year that many Serie A teams were wooing him. And why are we starting De Rose and Castiglia in the midfield when we have Serie A talent in Rizzo and Nicolas Viola. WHY? De Rose is like a 5′5″ hobbit and all he does is pick up yellow cards.

I want Bonazzoli to get on the scoresheet. Let’s get 3 points tomorrow and bury this gimmick offense that is Pescara !

Also leaving is someone I have been dying to see play in a Reggina shirt the past few seasons – Vincenzo Camilleri. He was loaned out to FeralpiSalo in the lower leagues. Whyyyyyyy?! We end up signing ANOTHER defender on deadline day (who I seriously doubt is a better option) and keep a young inexperienced primavera defender on our roster in Filadelfio Caroccio. Give me a break >_<

I'm also a little annoyed that we didn't really sell anyone. I understand that we're in hard economic times, but we've basically loaned out like 50 players and signed a bunch of new ones, so next summer we will be in even worse shape than we were at the beginning of this summer. I guess we'll just have to loan even more players out when the time comes.

I have no problem with players like Costa or Acerbi leaving, because we have plenty of depth. I wasn't screaming for Cosenza to stick around (even though he did and I'm glad to have him in the back this year). Basically, what I'm trying to say is that I don't buy into the mindset of the fans who scream on the message boards about how we shouldn't be getting rid of the pieces on our team that played such an important role last year. We're fine without Costa, trust me. We can just play one of the other 90 defenders that we have on the roster. But there are two players from last season who I think HAD to be on the team this year for us to find any success: Emiliano Bonazzoli and Christian Puggioni.. and the later now plays for Chievo. I really believe he was the class of Serie B and our best chance to get back to the promotion playoffs this year. You can’t argue that he does deserve to play in Serie A… but we sold him for 350,000 euros?? Wow that seems cheap to me. Having said that, I like Adam Kovacsik and I’m really happy he’s getting his chance. A move like this shows that we have a lot of confidence in Kovacsik’s ability. He had a good opening game against Padova and hopefully he’ll settle in and get more comfortable as the season progresses. He has big shoes to fill, obviously.

Here are the additions that were made before the deadline:

Matteo D’Alessandro

The 22-year-old D’Alessandro is a former Genoa youth product who had been playing in Lega Pro with Reggiana the past couple of seasons, first on loan and then bought in a co-ownership deal.

He comes to us in the form of a co-ownership deal. He’s a natural right back who should be able to fill in the external right role in our 3-5-2 system as an alternative to Riccardo Colombo.

D’Alessandro collected 47 appearences for Reggiana, becoming a regular in the starting lineup in the 2010-11 season. As a youngster in Genoa’s primavera squad, he was a frequent starter in the lineup with young stars such as Isaac Cofie and Stephan El Shaarawy.

Francesco Bini

Another central defender signing. Bini is also 22-years-old and he comes from Piacenza.

He has good size (6′3″/190 cm) and is comfortable playing on the right side of the trident defense, or as a right-back. Seems like he had a lot of potential, but hasn’t been growing much in his career.

He was a regular in Serie B with Piacenza in the 2009-10 season, but only played half of last season before getting loaned out to Lega Pro with Cremonese where he only started in 3 matches.

He was included in the 2009 Under 20 World Cup in Egypt, collecting 12 appearences for the Azzurrini.

Here’s a list of all of our recent market activity…

Arriving:
Francesco Bini – DF (from Piacenza)
Francesco Bomgagi – FW (from Villacidrese)
Matteo D’Alessandro – DF (co-ownership with Genoa)
Emerson – DF (from Lumezzane)
Antonio Marino – DF (co-ownership with Udinese)
Antonino Ragusa – FW (on loan from Genoa)
Alessandro Ruggeri – DF (from San Marino)

Leaving:
Vincenzo Camilleri – DF (on loan to FeralpiSalo)
Francesco Cernuto – DF (on loan to Treviso)
Andrea Costa – DF (on loan to Sampdoria)
Antonio Cherillo – FW (on loan to Treviso)
Jacopo Dall’Oglio – MF (on loan to Pavia)
Antonio Giosa – DF (on loan to Lumezzane)
Jonis Khoris – MF (on loan to Giulianova)
Nikolas Kras – MF (on loan to Viareggio)
Andrea Luca Picone – FW (on loan to Giulianova)
Csaba Preklet – DF (on loan to Egri, Hungary)
Christian Puggioni – GK (to Chievo)
Roberto Romeo – MF (on loan to Catanzaro)
Tommaso Squillace – MF (on loan to Catanzaro)
Christian Stuani – FW (on loan to Racing Santander, Spain)
Ousmane Sy – FW (on loan to Benevento)
Lorand Szatmari – MF (on loan to Paks, Hungary)
Kris Thackray – DF (on loan to Treviso)
Carlos Valdez – DF (on loan to Penarol, Uruguay)
Dani Verruschi – DF (on loan to Pavia)
Francesco Zizzari – FW (on loan to Siracusa)

Here’s our official squad of 26 players:

Goalkeepers: Kovacsik, P. Marino

Defenders: Adejo, Bini, Burzigotti, Carroccio, Colombo, Cosenza, D’Alessandro, Emerson, A.Marino, Rizzato, Ruggeri.

Midfielders: Barillà, Castiglia, De Rose, Missiroli, Rizzo, N.Viola

Forwards: Bombagi, Bonazzoli, Campagnacci, Ceravolo, Ragusa, Sarno, A. Viola

Question Marks?: Tedesco, Montiel, Alvarez, Santos

My ideal starting 11:

Kovacsik

Adejo – Cosenza – Emerson

Colombo – Missiroli – N. Viola – Rizzo – Rizzato

A. Viola – Bonazzoli

Starting to get excited for the new season. Kit numbers were announced today and regginacalcio.com has even posted some teaser pictures of the new shirts [above]. No announcement has been made about when the official presentation will be. But hopefully it’s not gonna take another 3 weeks like it usually does. Here are the numbers:

1 Christian Puggioni
2 Daniel Adejo
4 Nicolas Viola
5 Lorenzo Burzigotti
6 Antonello Giosa
6 Vincenzo Sarno
8 Jonis Khoris
9 Fabio Ceravolo
10 Alessio Viola
12 Adam Kovacsik
13 Francesco Cosenza
15 Antonio Marino
18 Giuseppe Rizzo
19 Giacomo Tedesco
22 Antonino Barillà
23 Alessandro Ruggeri
25 Filadelfio Carroccio
27 Francesco Bombagi
29 Simone Rizzato
26 Pietro Marino
31 Ivan Castiglia
32 Riccardo Colombo
55 Francesco De Rose
61 Emiliano Bonazzoli
70 Simone Missiroli
77 Ousmane Sy
87 Alessio Campagnacci
92 Vincenzo Camilleri
94 Adriano Louzada

Interesting that new signing Antonino Ragusa wasn’t assigned a number. He’s currently out injured after a bad clash in training with Lorand Szatmari (also no number assigned), but I don’t think he’s supposed to be sidelined for more than a month so I’m not sure what’s going on.

Here are the other players that weren’t given any numbers but are still under contract with the team. Something has to be resolved with these guys:

Pablo Álvarez
Sergio Musumeci
Csaba Preklet
Santos
Giuseppe Toscano
Carlos Valdez
Dani Verruschi
Marco Giannattasio
Nikolas Kras
José Montiel
Lóránd Szatmári
Luca Vigiani
Pietro Iannazzo
Christian Stuani

Training…

Pre-season camp has moved From Brusson and is now in the small comune of San Martino al Cimino, located in the city of Viterbo, Lazio. Couple of friendlies coming up: Saturday August 6 against the local team, Viterbo; Tuesday August 9 against Grosseto.

New Fixtures…

The 2011-12 Serie B schedule was also released, and Reggina kicks off the season at home against Modena on August 27 – only a few weeks away! The final match of the season is May 27 on the road at Vicenza. Just browsing over the schedule, I think the most difficult run of games comes in weeks 8-13: Ascoli, Bari, Livorno, Varese, Brescia, Torino. Or maybe it’s just that Serie B is even more difficult this season. View the entire Serie B calendar here.

Transfer Market News…

The first major event happened this week when a deal was FINALLY reached with Sampdoria for Andrea Costa. He moves on a loan deal with the right of redemption. Sampdoria still has Simone Rizzato on their radar. We’ve also signed 22-year-old defender Antonio Marino from Udinese in a co-ownershp deal. He’s a left-footed defender who can play in the central or left side of the defense. This signing likely signifies the end of the Diego Polenta chase.

We still have a pretty large squad so I’m hoping some more players are on their way out. I’ve been ripping my hair out because the transfer rumors I’m reading are all about my favorite players who I DON’T want to leave. (ie Ousmane Sy and Vicenzo Camilleri). I guess I should be used to that by now. We kept players like Stuani and Hallfredsson on the bench before getting rid of them too. Oh well.

More up to date happenings in the Reggina universe can be found on my twitter – @regginaoffside

If you are a Reggina fan, you’ve obviously seen Breda before.. so we’re all already pretty familiar with him. He was only with us for a few months at the end of the 2009-10 season, but helped dig us out of some serious trouble while we were on the brink of relegation. He was also at the helm of the Reggina primavera team before he took over the senior squad, so he already has a good rapport and some familiarity with many of the young faces that are currently on the team. His goal this season is to hopefully repeat (or exceed) the success that we had under Gianluca Atzori, while we maintain our strong emphasis on developing younger players.

But aside from the return of Breda to the Reggina bench… there’s been a lot of the wheelin’ and dealin’ this past week, and we’re once again left with an abundance of players under contract. It HAS to be time to start trimming the fat before we bring in some new faces. Here’s a brief rundown of our co-ownership resolutions…

Arriving:
- Fabio Ceravolo (Atalanta)
- Francesco De Rose (Cosenza)
- Antonio Lamenza (Poggibonsi)
- Andrea Luca Picone (Barletta)
- Dani Verruschi (Foggia)
- Francesco Zizzari (Pescara)

Out:
- Carlos Carmona (Atalanta)
- Emmanuel Cascione (Pescara)
- Gaetano Ungaro (Cosenza)

Throw in the players coming back from loans, and we have well over 40 under contract…

Goalkeepers:
- Adam Kovacsik
- Pietro Marino (Cosenza)
- Christian Puggioni

Defenders:
- Daniel Adejo
- Lorenzo Burzigotti
- Vincenzo Camilleri (Juventus)
- Francesco Cernuto (Treviso)
- Andrea Costa
- Francesco Cosenza
- Antonio Giosa
- Csaba Preklet (Kecskeméti TE, Hungary)
- Roberto Romeo (Poggibonsi)
- Tomasso Squillace (Pro Vercelli)
- Giuseppe Toscano (Latina)
- Dani Verruschi (Foggia)

Midfielders:
- Antonino Barilla
- Ivan Castiglia
- Riccardo Colombo
- Francesco De Rose
- Marco Giannattasio (Pavia)
- Jonis Khoris (Lucchese)
- Nikolas Kras (Viareggio)
- Lorenzo Laverone
- Alessio Mento (Messina)
- Simone Missiroli (Cagliari)
- Jose Montiel
- Simone Rizzato
- Giuseppe Rizzo
- Lorand Sztmari (Salernitana)
- Giacomo Tedesco
- Luca Vigiani (Carrarese)
- Nicolas Viola

Forwards:
- Emiliano Bonazzoli
- Alessio Campagnacci
- Filadelfio Carroccio (Lecco)
- Fabio Ceravolo (Atalanta)
- Antonio Lamenza (Poggibonsi)
- Luca Andrea Picone (Barletta)
- Vincenzo Sarno
- Ousmane Sy (Taranto)
- Alessio Viola
- Francesco Zizzari

The fate of Carlos Valdez (Penarol, Uruguay) and Christian Stuani (Levante, Spain) is yet to be determined.

Meanwhile, the first signing for this new Reggina project has been announced: it is 21-year-old Antonino Ragusa (pictured). He’s an external attacking player with a lot of pace, comfortable playing in a 4-3-3 or 3-4-3 system, but it’s too early to tell what tactics Breda is going to be using. Ragusa comes in a joint ownership agreement from Genoa, and he spent last season on loan at Breda’s Salernitana so he shouldn’t have any problems settling in with a familiar coach. Here’s a crazy accidental goal scored by Ragusa: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZL4YT81R28

Other Possible Signings:

An agreement has also been made to bring in Uruguayan starlet Diego Polenta on loan from Genoa. It hasn’t officially been announced because the 19-year-old defender is on holiday in South America and still has to sign.

Sampdoria-owned forward Alessandro Romeo could go to Reggina as part of a deal which would send Missiroli and Rizzato to the Blucerchiati. Cittadella is also on the trail of Romeo. Do we really need another young striker? Don’t think so.

In the defense, Daniel Adejo could be the next to leave Calabaria and make the jump to Serie A. In his place, we are pursuing 26-year-old Uruguayan defender Christian Sosa. Like Adejo, Sosa is a player who is comfortable on the right side of the defense. He spent last season at Taranto.

Aside the business of hiring a new coach, we have a lot of players that spent last season at other clubs and their future still needs to be determined. The same can be said for a few of our players as well. No moves have been made official yet, but here is a brief overview of this situation:

Pablo Alvarez – The Uruguayan right-back has never had regular playing time with Reggina. Two seasons ago he played in Poland, while recently he was on loan at Panserraikos in Greece. His loan is over and he’s coming back, but will probably move again.

Vincenzo Camilleri – A player I love. We all remember the saga with him and Chelsea. He was loaned to Juventus this season, and even played 90 minutes of one of their Europa League matches. But an injury has hampered his development this year. Juve can redeem him for 750,000 euros.. but there are rumors that he will return and be part of our promotion project.

Alessio Campagnacci – Co-owned between Reggina and Giulianova, but we want to redeem him (which i’m not happy about). We’ll pay them 170,000 euros and he will be a Reggina player next season.

Carlos Carmona – The Chilean midfielder, sought after by several clubs around Europe, is currently at Atalanta under co-ownership with Reggina. Atalanta can buy the remaining 50% for about 4 million.. a figure which I’m sure we would gladly take. Difficult at this point to know what will happen with Carmona, but he probably won’t be returning to Reggina.

Emmanuel Cascione – The midfielder is co-owned with Pescara and had a good season with the delfini. They will likely retain him.

Fabio Ceravolo – Like Carmona, is co-owned with Atalanta and has worn the Nerazzurri the past couple of seasons. Atalanta would probably like to retain him, but there is also interest in Serie A from Lecce.

Domenico Danti – On loan from Siena, had only a handful of appearances with Reggina and scored a goal. He’ll go back to Siena.

Francesco De Rose – We are probably going to retain him from Cosenza, who owns half of his card. Like Campagnacci, I didn’t like him very much this year.. but oh well.

Emil Hallfredsson – My favorite player… makes me sad that he isn’t wearing a Reggina shirt. Was one of the key figures for Hellas Verona this season as they just won promotion to Serie B. I know that he’s good, but for some reason Reggina never thinks so. Verona will almost certainly shell out some cash to keep Halfredo.

Pietro Marino – The shot-stopper was on loan at Cosenza and is going to return to Reggina. He was a frequent starter in Serie B for us a season ago, but will definitely be a #2 if Puggioni stays.

Simone Missiroli – A deal that could happen soon. Our former captain, on loan at Cagliari, could remain in Serie A as the Sardinians have the right to retain 50% of his contract for about 2 million euros. He is open for a return to Reggina, but will gladly stay on the island.

Christian Stuani – Much like Hallfredsson, a player that I LOVE and get increasingly frustrated when Reggina keeps him on the bench and eventually loans him out. He scored 22 goals with Albacete a year ago in Spain, and just had a decent season with Levante. Don’t have any details on his future, but definitely something to keep our eyes on. I would love to have him back.

Ousmane Sy – Had a successful loan spell at Taranto under coach Davide Dionigi (6 goals in 13 appearences), but they came up just short of promotion. They have the option of retaining him, but it will probably be too expensive. He will return to Reggina and hopefully can settle in this fall.

Kris Thackray – English defender who is co-owned with Andria and spent the last season on loan at Cosenza. He is set to return to Reggina.

Gaetano Ungaro – Like Thackray, was on loan at Cosenza and will return to Reggina. Seems like the young defender has been around a long time and always gets loaned out to the lower divisions.

Carlos Valdez – Our reliable center-back started the 2010/11 season on loan at Siena, but moved to Penarol in the Uruguayan league because of his lack of playing time. He had a good season in his native country, and Penarol should exercise their option to redeem him.

Luca Vigiani – Yep, he’s still hanging around, playing with Carrarese in the Lega Pro 2 last season; a team that he helped win promotion to the first division. He’s 35-years-old and winding down his career, so another season with Carrarese could be likely.

Francesco Zizzari – Disappointing season for the striker, hard to find any space here. Will return to Pescara where he can try to bounce back.

That’s it for now. There have been a lot of calciomercato rumors circling around right now. Too many to include in this blog. Follow my twitter @regginaoffside as I try to keep up with these rumors.

Emiliano Bonazzoli – A
What a terrific season. 19 goals for the man who assumed the role of captain after Missiroli’s depature. We would be nowhere without him. Stating his importance is just too obvious for anyone reading this. We all know he is our most valuable asset. One of the most frustrating things about this team was that Bona was really the only true striker with a powerful physique and good aerial ability that we had at our disposal. Everyone else I mention below are much more suited as secondary strikers. But he managed to stay pretty healthy and never slowed down. During his multi-game suspension, it was a troubling look at what it would be like if we didn’t have him.
Prediction: He said he would love to end his career here. But now I’m worried about Atzori poaching him away to Sampdoria… It’s looking likely to happen. I just hope we get a suitable replacement.

Alessio Viola – B
Had a nightmare of a time during a loan at Benevento – was basically frozen out of the squad (for some reason beyond my comprehension). We welcomed him back with open arms in January and he was a delightful surprise. With limited playing time, he managed to bag 4 goals. I believe this is just a glimpse of what he is capable of. It was great to see both the Viola brothers on the pitch together. A home grown product who has many great years ahead of him.
Prediction – Everyone’s high on Campagnacci, but I would take Viola in a regular starting spot over him ANY day. 10 goals next year – you’ve heard it here first!

Alessio Campagnacci – C
We had a plethora of strikers at the beginning of the year, and somehow Alessio managed to emerge from all of them as the chosen one to partner with Bonazzoli. It was his first year in Serie B and he wasn’t scoring any goals, but his work rate and pace kept him on the pitch. His coming out party finally happened during our unforgettable comeback against Albinoleffe. After heavy rain post-poned the match while we were down 1-0, Alessio scored two goals to give us that amazing away victory. I’ve always been hard on him, and my position hasn’t really changed. I want to see better.
Prediction – Reggina will redeem him from Giulianova for 170,000 euros. He’s here to stay. With a new coach, however, he will have to earn a starting spot.

Domenico Danti – D
Really young & really raw, but a promising player. I was scratching my head when we picked up Danti on loan from Siena just cause we had 5 other guys we could use in his same role. And I guess this why we hardly saw him this season. I was never impressed with him, he seemed like a Fabio Ceravolo-type, more concerned that his pretty hair was contained in his hair-tie. But he scored a great goal against Torino in a match that we had won until the dying moments.
Prediction – The future may be great for young Danti, it just won’t be on the Strait. His loan is ending soon and he’ll be back to Siena.

Francesco Zizzari – D
Feel kinda sorry for him, another forgotten piece of the attacking puzzle this season. But don’t say that he didn’t have any chances to prove himself. He started 9 matches from the opening minute, but never really wowed us. As the season went on, he got to play some sympathy minutes here and there.. and did score a surprising equalizer against Varese last month. But overall he just didn’t contribute.
Prediction – He’s co-owned with Pescara, he’ll probably be heading back there. There’s no space for him here.

Vincenzo Sarno – N/A
The man once nicknamed “Baby Maradona.” Joined in January from the Lega Pro and I was one of the few who were screaming from the mountain tops to see him play. I’m not going to give him a grade due to the minimal amount of minutes he played. Atzori unleashed him in the playoff against Novara, and he showed us just what we’ve been missing by keeping him on the bench. Lots of clever back heels and creative passes. He can create goals for us.
Prediction – Hopefully he will be settled in by August and can try to stand out, which will be hard because he’s only like 5′5″.