President of Virtus Verona, Luigi Fresco made a major determination: to alter the coach in an try and keep away from the worst for his crew within the Italian Serie C.
The “element” is that he’s additionally the coach of the crew in query.
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The choice formalized this Thursday (5) will characterize his departure from the technical command of Virtus Verona after virtually FORTY-FOUR YEARS.
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The then assistant Tommaso Chiecchi will take over.
Now 64 years previous, Luigi Fresco started his “reign” as coach in June 1982. When he was solely 21 years previous.
And he has been the membership’s president since July 1st of the identical 12 months.
His journey on the membership started on the age of 18 when he was elected director in 1979.
Months later, he took over the youth crew and was elected to the highest place three years later.
He additionally holds a level in pedagogy and is the executive director of a secondary college situated east of town of Verona.
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Luigi Fresco turned referred to as the “Italian Ferguson” due to his longevity.
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He leaves the legendary United coach far behind, as Sir Alex Ferguson led the Crimson Devils for “solely” 26 years.
Fresco additionally surpassed the Frenchman Man Roux, who was answerable for Auxerre for 36 uninterrupted years.
Reached Skilled Soccer
Virtus by no means reached the standing of Verona and Chievo, nevertheless it stopped taking part in solely in provincial and regional beginner leagues with Luigi Fresco.
It was a tenth-division membership within the Italian soccer chain in 1982.
It reached the seventh division a decade later. The sixth division got here in 2000.
It received the Veneto Newbie Coppa Italia in 2006 and debuted in professionalism in 2013.
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In line with a report by the positioning Calciopédia in 2021, Virtus nonetheless has a major social perform within the area.
One of many actions was to assist get better and resocialize addicts and former heroin traffickers within the area.
Virtus additionally welcomed and fed about 50 households of refugees from Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina. It nonetheless hires athletes in exile, equivalent to Gambian goalkeeper Sheikh Sibi, who has been with the membership since 2020.
State of affairs in Serie C
The crew’s scenario in Group A of the Italian third division isn’t the most effective.
It occupies the 18th place among the many 20 groups with 21 factors.
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They’re 13 factors behind Arzignano, which is fifteenth and is avoiding the danger of relegation.
The final place is immediately relegated to Serie D – a situation that already belongs to Triestina.
The groups which are between positions 16 and 19 compete in a playoff towards relegation.
There are eight rounds remaining.
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This text was translated into English by Synthetic Intelligence.