Promotion. Portuense revolution, Mariani and Bonarrigo out. Baiesi returns to the bench

From the playoff final to the dismissal after less than a year. Relations had been stormy for months, until the company decided to end the relationship. Sad story in Portomaggiore for Paolo Mariani and his staff, exempted from Portuguese. He had taken over from Ruggero Ricci with a precarious league position, then recovered with an enthusiastic ride to the top positions. The home defeat against the now ex-red-black coach was fatal Junior Corticella for 3-1, with a flat EEG in terms of play, aggression and attitude on the pitch. The sporting director Christian Bonarrigo and the athletic trainer Claudio Fusconi, who had managed the last month on the bench due to Mariani's long disqualification, were also fired. As a result of this broad purge, the new coach is an internal choice, that is to say Alexander Baiesi (pictured), current general manager, who will be supported by the Juniors Elite coach. "We realized that the boys were not following the coach's instructions - explains the secretary Marcello Rinaldi the reasons for the dismissal - and a jolt was needed to try to reach safety. At the moment we are safe, but in a crisis of results". Tomorrow for the home match against Atletico Castenaso, Portuense will play for the first time in the new synthetic grass facility, an investment of over one million euros, financed by the Pnrr. You will enter from the usual main entrance of the "Bellini" stadium, then follow a separate entrance, up to the grandstand. The new sports facility is reserved mainly for the youth sector, but also for the first team if necessary in the winter period to safeguard the central pitch. Returning to the dismissal, "the general manager Baiesi communicated the dismissal to us on Monday evening – explains Paolo Mariani –. Is salvation still within reach? I think so, even if there are many problems. I wish the best to Portuense and the players".

Franco Vanini