A nearly debutant coach against a fully debutant coach. This will be the challenge awaiting Napoli at Sassuolo's home next Wednesday, a midweek round that will see the new blue Francesco Calzona - today the first in Cagliari with a 1-1 draw - and Emiliano Bigica, freshly promoted to the first team.
The coach of Sassuolo's Primavera, in fact, moves to the first team and will direct Laurienté and his companions Wednesday evening against the blues. The club's decision - which could be definitive for the bench - after the dismissal of Alessio Dionisi following yet another home defeat against Empoli yesterday at home.
For Bigica it will be his first real experience on the bench among the big ones: the former player - who also wore the Napoli jersey on two occasions between the '90s and '00s, had so far only directed Primavera teams: first at Fiorentina - also winning an Italian Cup with the viola - then, indeed, at Sassuolo.