After 34 years, Pisa creates the return to Serie A. For coach Filippo Inzaghi, it is the preliminary crowning glory of his coaching career.
When SC Pisa played in Serie A for the last time, the player career of today’s star coach Diego Simeone began.
Filippo Inzaghi was also at the beginning of his career at the beginning of the 1990s. The career of the later world-class striker started the career of the second division Piacenza Calcio.
Filippo Inzaghi already led the second team to series A with PISA
Last weekend these two stories became one. Inzaghi, coach in Pisa since the beginning of this season, has led the club back into the highest Italian division since its relegation and the following bankruptcy.
Despite a 0: 1 defeat at AS Bari, the city, which is famous for its crooked tower, celebrated the early promotion to series A. The fans who traveled with them celebrated this success and stormed the place after the final whistle.
And the media also cheered the climb. “Pisa is back where it belongs. Because this city is breathtakingly beautiful,” wrote the Corriere Dello Sport .
“Pippo” Inzaghi as a repeat offender
For Filippo Inzaghi it is already the third promotion in his coaching career. After led FC Venice to series B, he got into Serie A with Benevento Calcio five years ago.
The Italian ended his player career at AC Milan in 2012. He also spent several years with Juventus Turin and Atalanta Bergamo.
In total he comes to 370 Serie -A games, where he scored 156 goals. He scored 46 goals in his 81 Champions League. He became an Italian champion three times and won the Henkelpott twice. 57 times he wore the Squadra Azzurra jersey.
His brother Simone was also an Italian international, but was clearly in the shadow of his older brother “Pippo”.
However, as a coach, he turned the skewer, Inter Milan recently led to the Champions League final for the second time, where he meets Paris Saint-Germain in Munich (May 31 from 9 p.m. in the live ticker).
In order to get to the coaching success of his little brother, Filippo would have to train a larger club again in the foreseeable future than PISA.
He had trained Milan eleven years ago. But this challenge came too early. After just one season and a disappointing place in the league, he was released.
Fans can look forward to brothers duel
First of all, however, his climb with Pisa ensures that the Inzaghi brothers in series A will meet twice in the coming season: “Pippo” with Pisa against Simone with Inter.
A duel that should already elect Italy.
In the coming years, Filippo Inzaghi may also be able to collect large coaching successes like his brother. From next season you will see the two brothers in Serie A in a duel.