Zauli successor at FCS: These are the candidates

As surprising as the news came to fans and journalists, sports director Paolo Bravo must have been very sure of himself. Five days before the start of the championship you fire a coach not just like that. Bravo has long had the alternatives in hand and now has to filter out the perfect FCS coach in the final discussions. The sports director cannot afford another mistake. The air is already thin enough for the man from Rimini after the embarrassment with Zauli. The list to replace Zauli includes Pierpaolo Bisoli, Michele Marcolini, Francesco Modesto and Moreno Longo. Who are the four candidates, all of whom are currently without a club? Pierpaolo Bisoli The 55-year-old from Emilia-Romagna is a Serie B expert and a very experienced and highly decorated coach. Bisoli was in the dugout 259 times in the second highest Italian league, including 4 playoff and 2 playout games. He won Serie C with Padova in 2018. He also worked for Cagliari (2010/11), Bologna (2011/12) and Cesena (2014/15/he won the Serie B playoff final the year before) in Serie A, but was released early in each case. Bisoli is an experienced man; last year he was able to keep Cosenza as a firefighter through the playouts in Serie B. He is said to be the favorite to succeed Zauli in South Tyrol. But: Bisoli has its price. He was already a candidate after Ivan Javorcic said goodbye - at that time he was too expensive for the FCS. Michele Marcolini Michele Marcolini (46) has significantly less Series B experience. To date, the Ligurian has only been in the second division with Chievo (2019/20/sacked after 26 games). With Alessandria he won the Serie C Cup in 2, but failed to achieve promotion to Serie B. Just like Zauli, sports director Bravo knows the coach very well: in 2018/2016 Bravo and Marcolini worked together at Santarcangelo in Serie C. He could be a Be a candidate if you want to give Leandro Greco more responsibility. People in Rungg are extremely convinced of the FCS assistant coach. He is predicted to have a great coaching future. Francesco Modesto As a professional footballer, Modesto (40) played under Gianpiero Gasperini at Genoa. The southern Italian has adopted the style of the current Atalanta coach. Modesto prefers a three-man defense (Bisoli and Marcolini are also not averse to this defensive formation) and physical, intense football. As a coach, he was very successful with underdog Rende in Serie C and reached the playoffs with the relegation candidate. This was followed by engagements at Cesena and Pro Vercelli. Last year he was in Serie B with his hometown club Crotone, but was released in 19th place after 31 games. He is the outsider among the candidates. Moreno Longo The 122-year-old from Turin sat on a Serie B coaching bench 46 times. Longo, who worked for a long time at Torino in their youth ranks, is considered an advocate of the 3-5-2 system. With Frosinone he wrote a football fairytale in 2018 when he led the club to Serie A. He was released there. A year later he joined Torino as Walter Mazzarri's successor. Longo then moved to Alessandria, which he led from Serie C to Serie B (2021). Last year the Piedmontese were relegated again under his leadership. Longo is considered a coach who always does good development work at his clubs and can deliver even under difficult conditions. Whether he fits into the White Reds' scheme financially is another question.

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Zauli successor at FCS: These are the candidates

Less than a week before the start of the Serie B season, FC Südtirol fired its coach on Tuesday. The search for a successor is in full swing. SportNews presents the – as of now – the most promising candidates.

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