Genoa, Maran exonerated: Ballardini arrives for the fourth time

Genoa greets Rolando Maran and remembers Davide Ballardini. The official press release is missing, it should arrive tomorrow morning. It would be Ballardini’s fourth time at the helm of Genoa: in November 2010 he replaced the exonerated Gian Piero Gasperini, in January 2013 he replaced Luigi Delneri. Finally, in 2017, he inherited the bench from Ivan Juric, who was also exonerated.

Salvation

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Ballardini was last sacked two years ago, when he had scored 12 points in 7 games: in his place came Juric. It will be up to him, not to change, to save Genoa. It is not an easy feat for a team that has not won for three months and is second to last in the standings in the company of Torino. He will leave Ravenna tomorrow morning at 7 to be in Genoa about three hours later. He will be accompanied by his historic deputy Regno and his collaborator Melandri. There is already an agreement in principle, predictably contracted until 2022 or until June with a renewal option linked to salvation. It should be remembered that Preziosi has another coach (Nicola) hired but has decided not to give Maran another chance, he wants Ballardini on the Genoa bench already in La Spezia. And then he trusts the coach who has gotten him out of trouble a couple of times. Final agreements, to be found in the morning, will not be a problem.