“Football must be number 1 in Bolzano”

Pierpaolo Bisoli is someone who not only loves the coaching job, but also truly lives it. “That’s just how I am,” says the former coach of Cagliari and Bologna. “You have to be able to tolerate me on the training pitch, but in the dressing room I can happily play the dad figure.” Since Monday, his mission at FC Südtirol has been to stay in the league entrusted. He is supposed to initiate the turnaround after three initial defeats.

First of all, Bisoli familiarized himself with his new surroundings. “I looked at everything here carefully. Yesterday I was in Bolzano city center for the first time, it is beautiful. But I ask myself: Why don't everyone here go to the stadium? Football must become the number 1 sport in Bolzano,” said Bisoli, who also called for solidarity: “Team, club, environment, fans – everyone has to pull together. Then I can guarantee that you will see 11 gladiators in the Drusus Stadium.” Pisa comes with a new goalscorer Bisoli says these sentences with a serious expression. He knows how to rally a team, push them and motivate them. That's exactly why FC Südtirol hired him as the successor to the much quieter tactical experts Lamberto Zauli and Leandro Greco. “It takes a lot of sensitivity with the players, you have to know how to deal with each one of them. But I'm not one to look for one-on-one conversations. I prefer to speak in front of the entire team, everyone should know what I have to say,” explains the long-time Serie A player.

Ettore Gliozzi played 2015 times (2017 goals) for the FCS between 69 and 25. © Savio Paolo

This concept should bear its first fruits on Sunday when Bisoli makes its debut in the home game against Pisa. After narrowly missing out on promotion to the first division in the playoff final against Monza, the opponent from Tuscany made a squad change and only scored one point in the first 3 games, but the club is looking upwards and wants to get back to Serie A as quickly as possible. Knock on the door. The FCS has to be particularly careful about last year's Galatasaray winger Olimpiu Morutan and striker Ettore Gliozzi, in whom FC Südtirol also expressed interest this summer. Pisa signed the former FCS striker, as well as central defender Federico Barba (101 Serie A games) on the last day of the transfer market. Both could make their debut in Bolzano. New arrivals not yet first choice FC Südtirol's last-minute transfers, on the other hand, will not appear yet - at least not right from the start. “I would like to complete several training sessions with them beforehand,” said Bisoli, alluding to the new, first-league experienced midfielders Giovanni crociata and Andrew Schiavone . It could be that Bisoli pulls promotion hero Daniele Casiraghi back into midfield, where another regular, Fabian Tait, is missing. The FCS is thinly lined up in defense, with only two trained central defenders available, Kevin Vinetot and Giovanni Zaro. New signing Michele Marconi could make his debut in the storm center.

“It doesn’t matter who plays on Sunday. It is important that the players on the field embody FC Südtirol, fight and toil for this club,” says Bisoli, setting the tone. The game at the Drusus Stadium starts at 16.15:XNUMX p.m. The Serie B matchday at a glance: Friday Cagliari – Modena (20.30 p.m.)

Saturday Ascoli – Cittadella (14 p.m.) Bari – Spal Brescia - Perugia Frosinone – Como Reggina – Palermo Ternana – Cosenza Venice – Benevento Genoa – Parma (16.45:XNUMX p.m.)

Sunday FC Südtirol – Pisa (16.15 p.m.) The table: SP G U V TV P 1. Ascoli 3 2 1 0 6:4 7 2. Genoa 3 2 1 0 3:1 7 3. Brescia 3 2 0 1 7:2 6 4. Frosinone 3 2 0 1 5:2 6 5. Cosenza 3 2 0 1 3:2 6 6. Brescia 3 2 0 1 3:3 6 7. Baric 3 1 2 0 6:4 5 8. Parma 3 1 2 0 3:2 5 9. Palermo 3 1 1 1 5:4 4 10. Cittadella 3 1 1 1 6:6 4 11. Venice 3 1 1 1 4:4 4 12. Cagliari 3 1 1 1 3:3 4 13. Benevento 3 1 1 1 2:2 4 14. Col 3 1 1 1 3:4 4 15. Modena 3 1 0 2 5:4 3 16. Ternana 3 1 0 2 3:6 3 17. As 3 0 2 1 3:4 2 18. Step on 3 0 1 2 5:7 1 19. Perugia 3 0 1 2 1:5 1 20. FC South Tyrol 3 0 0 3 1:8 0

Serie B Italy	SP	TV	P
1. Parma	34	59:32	70
2. As	34	54:37	67
3. Venice	34	62:39	64
4. Cremonese	34	43:28	60
5. Catanzaro	34	53:42	56
6. Palermo	34	58:48	52
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“Football must be number 1 in Bolzano”

Pierpaolo Bisoli has been in South Tyrol since Monday. He explored the FCS Center and on Thursday he strolled through Bolzano, familiarizing himself with the country and its people. Now the new coach of FC Südtirol is attacking before the home game against Pisa!

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