The ‘punitive’ withdrawal wanted by the president of Sampdoria Matteo Manfredi in the aftermath of the heavy defeat against Pisa 3-0, it finished earlier than initially feared. In fact, the Sampdoria number one wanted the team under coach Sottil to remain in retreat at least until Saturday, while yesterday the free-for-all arrived with a decision taken in agreement by the sporting director Pietro Accardi and the technician Andrea Sottil who guaranteed to Manfredi how the players understood the mistakes and reassured him about the sudden change of direction.
He reports it The 19th Century explaining that the two put their best foot forward for the team, obtaining the OK from the number one who would have liked to continue the retreat for a few more days.
In fact, from individual and group interviews over the past few days, it is “the great desire to redeem himself and start again from Palermo with a different spirit and character emerged. The news of the end of the retreat, communicated at the end of training on Tuesday afternoon, was welcomed with enthusiasm by the players. Yesterday they enjoyed their first 24 hours of rest after 23 days. The last one dated back to 21 October, the Monday following the victory in Cesena. Not even a summer retreat involves so many consecutive training days.”
Now we will have to wait for the away match against Palermo, another team experiencing a similar situation to Doria’s, to understand if this retreat will have been as constructive and functional as it seems and if there will be this turning point that everyone in the Ligurian square is expecting.