Novara ligger sist i tabellen och senaste vinsten var i november. Sedan dess har de spelat 9 matcher i Serie A. 7 förluster och 2 oavgjorda. 5 raka förluster…
Nu har de fått en ny tränare,
Mondenico. En rutinerad man (varit tränare i mer än 30 år) som förra säsongen lyckade rädda kvar AlbinoLeffe i Serie B innan han var tvungen att lämna dem pga att han hade cancer. Ett drygt halvår senare har han besegrat cancern och tar sig an Novara.
Inte ovanligt att man får lite nya perspektiv efter en sådan upplevelse. Jag minns att jag tyckte att han verkade vara en sympatisk tränare då han var i Torino. Och hans öppna brev till fansen tycker jag var så bra att det är värt att lyftas fram:
“Outside it is still dark, but in me a light has never gone out and in a few others it is still burning. Here comes a new day, new possibilities, new beginnings, a new game.
“Where, how, and with who I am able to work with, I’ll bet that this situation will change, because these guys do not feel overwhelmed by their responsibilities.
“They are a group, the team will always and wherever have a clear and strong motivation to again to the very end.
“If our opponents are ‘better’ then we must have more desire to get the result.
“I’ve lived through many situations like this before and I was trying to remember the key as to why it gets better.
“Suddenly it came to me, it’s you, you ultras, you have been waiting outside the field, you were at the sports centre last night, you were living the game behind me in a special way, it is you who has applauded, you who were upset when things went wrong.
“You that were not indifferent, you, the people of Novara were there, are there again and will always be there, however things go in the past, present and future, in what has been a wonderful adventure and is now a great challenge.
“Show us the way, stand in front of the group, we are obligated to follow you, we need to give more as the maximum so far has not been enough.
“Problems are not to be aggravated, but solved. In the end, whatever happens, you can tell everybody that we where there and have tried everything ourselves.
“At night, the thoughts that surround you are sure to those of others.”
http://www.football-italia.net/node/15355
Varför jag bryr mig? För att Novara ska möta Cagliari på hemmaplan nu på söndag… om det nu blir match…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsOO7wZUBro&feature=related