Edy Reja will officially coach Gorica, but assistant Sergio Porrini will lead the team from the bench: “I’ll get involved when needed”
On Friday, the
Telemach First League
Gorica and Mura will play in the first round of the Premier League, with Edy Reja making his debut on the bench of the Novogorica club. But it is interesting to note that the latter has decided to take a rather restrained approach to the management of his team, or someone else will have the main say on the sidelines. As Edy Reja revealed, the players will actually be managed by his assistant Sergio Porrini, who has worked with the 77-year-old in the Albanian national team.
Sergio Porrini is a former top-class footballer who started his career at AC Milan and later played for Atalanta, Juventus and Rangers Glasgow. He also won the Champions League with Torino.
“Coaching stress is everywhere, whether in the Italian Serie A or the Slovenian First League. Porrini will lead the team and provide coaching energy from the bench, but I will be involved as needed. But it’s true that I can’t do without the terrain. When I see a player not doing something right, I feel obliged to point it out,” is for
Primorske novice
told Edy Reja, who admitted that he was no longer planning a return to the coaching bench.
They refused to hear his concerns
“V 77. I thought I had closed this chapter on the Albania bench. After they decided to replace Milan Srebrnić, the American partner George Juncaj joined in the persuasion. They were very insistent, they refused to hear my concerns, and I had to convince my long-time collaborators Sergio Porrini and Luigi Febbrari,” explained the expert from Ločnik near Gorizia.
This text was automatically translated using AI.