Stefano Pioli, from Milan to Milan – 07/11/2021 at 06:00
Stefano Pioli, from Milan to Milan
While the Madonnina Derby this Sunday evening will see Stefano Pioli once again find Inter, the Italian technician advances at the head of the leading Serie A team, he who has just celebrated his birthday on the bench rossonero. Some progress has been made for the Italian technician in four and a half years.
“Inter would like to thank Stefano and his team for their dedication and hard work at the club over the past six months, during what has proven to be a difficult season.” : this is how at the beginning of May 2017, even before the end of the season, the club nerazzurro indicated the exit to Stefano Pioli, six months after the signing of his contract – to take over from the undesirable Frank de Boer and the interim Stefano Vecchi – and one before the end of it. The three-time European champion formation, which had just passed under the Chinese flag, will end its exercise in a laborious seventh place, the good first months of Pioli having preceded a big slump in the spring with a disastrous record of five losses out of its six. last matches. Four and a half years and a rebound (ended with a resignation) at Fiorentina later, it is clear that Parmesan has indeed found a bench over time, and not just any: that of the enemy rossonero.
Style and training
Undesired by the supporters, author of the first six months mixed at the head of the reds and blacks after taking over from Marco Giampaolo, Stefano was even on the verge of packing up in the summer of 2020, at the end of the Covid truce- 19, Ivan Gazidis having worked very hard on a place designed by architect Ralf Rangnick. But after the end of the gun season for Pioli and his troops (nine wins, three draws and no setback between the end of June and August to grab sixth place), there was no longer any reason to cut heads. The result is a brilliant second place last season (best ranking since 2011-2012), 27 games in a row without defeat in Serie A in the year 2020, a Lombard monument brought back to the Champions League eight years later.
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