A Season With Verona

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In the season 2001–02, both Hellas Verona and the city rivals of Chievo Verona were playing in the Serie A. The first ever derby of Verona in Serie A took place on 18 November 2001, while both teams were ranked among the top four. The match was won by Hellas, 3–2. Chievo got revenge in the return match in spring 2002, winning 2–1. Verona thus became the fifth city in Italy, after Milan, Rome, Turin and Genoa to host a cross-town derby in Serie A. [21] Honours [ edit ]

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Sure, all three Italian teams failing to win their European finals was rough but spare a thought for the Esposito brothers. This past Sunday had the potential to be an occasion to celebrate, with Salvatore, the oldest, starting for Spezia in their relegation playoff against Verona, Sebastiano, the middle child, doing the same for Bari in their Serie B promotion playoff against Cagliari, and Francesco, the youngest, coming off the bench for Italy’s Under-20 team in their World Cup final against Uruguay. Instead, all three wound up on the losing side. The Timberlake Trophy for things that Go Around and Come Around That’s a pity, but I guess we’ll just have to make do with the original. Afterall, A Season with Veronais still a great read. Just as captivating and just as relevant as it was twenty years ago. And with a wave of optimism once again surrounding Hellas Verona football team, what better time to revisit that tumultuous season. Bertoldi, Luigi (1983). 80 anni di storia del Verona Calcio. Verona: Editoriale Bortolazzi-Stei. p.11. In A Season with Verona, Tim Parks takes us through all aspects of football in Italy, and examines what it shows us about the national character. He captures very well the passion, the bravado, and the downright rudeness, though he occasionally stretches the truth - in line with the perceptions of many Italians themselves - as to the advantages that big teams, such as Juventus, Milan, Internazionale, Roma and Lazio, are given over their less illustrious adversaries. Historic stories of match-rigging and biased refereeing decisions have been passed down through generations of supporters of provincial teams such as Verona.A Season with Verona: Travels Around Italy in Search of Illusion, National Character and ... Goals! At the provincial clubs such as Verona, all supporters think that every facet of Italian politics and officialdom is against them. This goes way beyond the pitch: believing that they are considered to be the poor relations in life, they rally against power and money. It is ironic, therefore, that these resentful people can associate so freely with the players themselves, revering them as gods, oblivious to the fact that their heroes are earning money and gaining power that they can only dream of.

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During the nineties he wrote two, personal non-fiction accounts of life in northern Italy, Italian Neighbours and An Italian Education, books that won acclaim and popularity for their anthropological wryness. These were complemented in 2002 by A Season with Verona, a grand overview of Italian life as seen through the business and passion of football, and Italian Ways, on and off the rails from Milan to Palermo. A fascinating emotional journey... His descriptions of Italian football are descriptions of Italy itself, its regional differences, its squabbles, its distinctive temper" ( Daily Telegraph) It was a fantastic time of my life and a fantastic experience that year when I travelled with the Brigate Gialloblùto all the games and barely did anything but live football and plan away games and make new friends and shout myself hoarse every week. I wouldn’t like to spoil it now with something that couldn’t catch that crazy energy.” Hellas Verona relegated from Serie A despite late win over AC Milan". ESPN Sports Media. Archived from the original on 28 April 2016 . Retrieved 30 April 2016.In 1988, the team had their best international result when they reached the UEFA Cup quarterfinals with four victories and three draws. The decisive defeat came from German side Werder Bremen. Napoli set a tone even without reaching a final, their 4-1 demolition of Liverpool in September serving notice of what Luciano Spalletti was cooking up in Castel Volturno. They could have scored six before half-time but made up for it by putting that number past Ajax in Amsterdam instead. This year marks the 20 thanniversary of that epic season that Parks wrote about, so what better time reflect on a great book, an incredible story and a remarkable season:

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Maurizio Setti, the current president at Verona, has left the fans frustrated with his limited investment in the club. Some things never change. The misterDuring these first few years, Hellas was one of three or four area teams playing at a municipal level while fighting against city rivals Bentegodi to become the city's premier football outfit. By the 1907–08 season, Hellas was playing against regional teams, and an intense rivalry with Vicenza that has lasted to this day was born. Mauro Camoranesi in action for Verona against Perugia in February 2001. Photograph: Grazia Neri/Allsport/Getty Images The soldier The intercity fixtures against Chievo Verona are known as the " Derby della Scala". The name refers to the Scaligeri or della Scala aristocratic family, who were rulers of Verona during the Middle Ages and early Renaissance.

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In the summer of 2000, Prandelli was replaced by Attilio Perotti, a reserved journeyman coach in his fifties. He had never coached a Serie A side before and struggled all season to inspire his players. Parks describes him as “bland, too-amiable….He wears glasses. His chin is weak….”, and when he finds himself sitting next to Perotti on a flight, is somewhat deflated when the taciturn coach reads a Ken Follett book for the duration of the journey. Arkadiusz Milik received a second yellow card after taking off his shirt to celebrate an injury-time winner for Juventus over Salernitana in September, only for VAR to disallow his goal for offside after a lengthy review. Worse, it was a wrong decision. The camera angle used somehow missed Antonio Candreva, who was playing everyone on. Best strategy I had the same affinity with the Sampdoria supporters, but could never really manage it at Juventus. Was this because I didn't play particularly well or because, at clubs like Juventus, the supporters are used to winning? Hard to pin down, yet the warmth shown by the provincials was much greater than that shown by the big club. There was one Atalanta player between Kvaratskhelia and the goal when he received a pass from Osimhen. By the time he buried the ball past Juan Musso he was surrounded by seven opponents: and all were powerless to stop him. The 2006–07 Serie B seemed to start well, due to the club takeover by Pietro Arvedi D'Emilei, which ended nine years of controversial leadership under chairman Gianbattista Pastorello, heavily contested by the supporters in his later years at Verona. However, Verona was immediately involved in the relegation battle, and Massimo Ficcadenti was replaced in December 2006 by Giampiero Ventura. Despite a recovery in the results, Verona ended in an 18th place, thus being forced to play a two-legged playoff against 19th-placed Spezia to avert relegation. A 2–1 away loss in the first leg at La Spezia was followed by a 0–0 home tie, and Verona were relegated to Serie C1 after 64 years of play in the two highest divisions.Getting shirty ~ Hellas Verona, 1995–96". wsc.co.uk. When Saturday Comes. 19 August 2014. Archived from the original on 18 March 2017 . Retrieved 17 March 2017. The Torino manager, Ivan Juric, explaining how to stop Kvaratskhelia: “You just need to make the sign of the cross and hope it’s not his day.” Unlikeliest TikTok star Once again, so many to choose from. Napoli’s 5-1 mauling of Juventus in January was a dazzling reassertion of their authority after the loss to Inter, though the 1-0 victory in the return game – exorcising the demons of a title lost five years before – almost felt even more powerful. Piotr Zielinski’s collapse to the floor, lying spreadeagled after Giacomo Raspadori’s injury-time winner, was a lasting visual reminder of the journey to this point.