Serie A Team Venezia Turns to Escape Specialist Davide Nicola with 0 Points After 6 Matches
Nicola, known for keeping struggling clubs up, takes over a Venezia side with zero points after six Serie A matches.
- On Wednesday, Venezia hired Davide Nicola as coach to replace Giovanni Stroppa, hoping the manager can engineer another successful relegation escape.
- Known as an 'escape specialist,' the 53-year-old Nicola faces a daunting task with Venezia bottom of Serie A, having earned zero points across six matches while conceding 16 goals.
- Nicola signed a two-year contract starting Thursday through the 2027-28 season, stating, "I've watched the team play in these opening matches, and I've seen a positive chemistry."
- Venezia faces an immediate challenge with matches against Napoli, Inter Milan, and Como in three of its next four fixtures, testing Nicola's early tenure.
- Nicola, renowned for eccentric post-survival celebrations—cycling 1,300 kilometers after Crotone's escape and walking more than 280 kilometers after Salernitana's—joins a league reshuffled with Paolo Vanoli, Raffaele Palladino, and Alberto Gilardino in new roles.
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The former Cremonese coach will settle on the bench of Venice, currently red lantern of Serie A.
Davide Nicola is the new coach of Venice. The officiality was given earlier by the Lagoon Club on its institutional channels. (ANSA)
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Serie A team Venezia turns to escape specialist Davide Nicola with 0 points after 6 matches
VENICE, Italy (AP) — Serie A team Venezia is hoping Davide Nicola can pull off another escape after hiring him as coach on Wednesday to replace the fired Giovanni Stroppa.
Presby - The Venetia Club, which has recently risen to the Italian Football League and has a rearranged arrangement without any point after six stages, has announced on Wednesday the appointment of Coach Davide Nicola to lead the...
Coach Davide Nicola will take the technical command of Venice for two years, until 2028, succeeding Giovanni Stroppa, who was fired on Tuesday, announced today the 20th and last ranking of the Italian Football League.
He signed until 2028 and has a mission to take the team out of the last position of the A-Series.
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