Venezia’s first Coppa Italia match is away to Brescia on Sunday, one week before their top-flight return the following weekend.
After winning the Serie B playoffs the previous season, the Lagunari will play their first competitive match at Stadio Rigamonti.
Brescia vs. Venezia ultimately prevailed in Italy’s second-tier playoffs and secured a return to Serie A after two years away, capping their 2023–24 campaign with a record of seven victories from ten games.
After losing to Como for automatic promotion, they defeated Palermo in the semifinals and Cremonese in a two-leg match, with Christian Gytkjaer scoring the game-winning goal in the second leg at Stadio Luigi Penzo.
Eusebio Di Francesco, a former Roma manager, will lead the Arancioneroverdi in the upcoming season after head coach Paolo Vanoli defected to Torino.
approach.
Di Francesco, who suffered the agony of relegation, will now attempt to keep Venezia from following in the footsteps of his former teammates, Sampdoria, Cagliari, and Hellas Verona, who all fired him after he was fired from Frosinone during the previous season.
The Lagunari will make their top-flight comeback next week when they visit the capital for a challenging match against Lazio, but first they have to work on improving upon their cup first-round exit from the previous season.
Four wins out of six preseason games, the last two against Utrecht and PEC Zwolle in the Netherlands, indicate they should be well-prepared for Sunday’s matchup with Brescia, whom they defeated four points away in Serie B the previous season.
Brescia lost to Catanzaro in the playoffs after finishing eighth in the league after a goalless draw between the clubs at Stadio Rigamonti. Brescia was also defeated 2-0 in Venice.
achievement.
The Lombardy club, which Massimo Cellino, the former head of Leeds United, owns, was most recently demoted from Serie A in 2020. Since then, the team has seen a number of coaches come and depart in an attempt to find short-lived success.
With two victories and two draws in preseason games this summer, veteran coach Rolando Maran is now in charge of the Rondinelle.
Prior to playing their final friendly against Renate last weekend, where they came back from a two goal deficit to draw due to goals from Gennaro Borrelli and Lorenzo Dickmann, Maran’s team began August with a triumph against Genoa.
