I'm a Spal supporter straight from Ferrara, i'm very happy to see a video about it on a foreign channel, let me add add some information about the history of the club. Spal played in Serie A for 18 years from 1950 to 1968, in those years the president (Paolo Mazza from which the stadium take the name) was also the coach and the manager of the team, and the club achieved a fifth place in 1960 and lost the Coppa Italia Final against Napoli in 1962. Two of the many great players of that period were Fabio Capello and Oscar Massei. Unfortunately from 1993 with the demotion in Serie C the club has gone trough 20 and more years of very deep crisis, with many president changes and an obvious loss of supporters. We are very grateful to the new owners, Colombarini's family and the president Walter Mattioli, the true makers of this miracle. Nice channel by the way, i subscribed. Sorry if my english is not perfect, i did my best :)
SPAL are cool. However, if you watch their games fairly often, you'd notice that they tend to make their own lives difficult. Their two striker system, while it's full of retro swag, makes it very difficult for the midfielders and fullbacks to find their target man up front. Petagna is big, Antenucci is extremely tenacious and creative. I'd be very curious to put Antenucci a little further back and Petagna in a similar role to his previous one at Atalanta, where strikers are almost all about obstruction. Actually, if they wanna stick with that configuration, Paloschi and Antenucci/Petagna would make a lot more sense. SPAL are very poor when they attempt to keep their grip on the ball. A counter-attack led by Lazzari is destructive but they keep trying that possession scheme that's plain ineffective for them. Schiattarella seems like a fine man and passes the ball well, but without a healthy Viviani, that midfield is just too narrow. If only they could put their hand on a Martin de Roon...
As of Jan 17, 2024; both SPAL & Benevento lie in Serie C. It feels sad, both were courageous clubs. However, it is not uncommon for small Italian clubs to collapse after such impressive performances: - Carpi are now in Serie D after being a single point away from staying in A. - Crotone, who survived instead, are now in Serie C. - Spezia, who made the 10th place in their first season up, getting relegated on the next through a play-out, are on the brink of a second consecutive relegation, from Serie B. NB: - Benevento returned to Serie A in 2020 & went down back after one better season than 17/18. - After 3 seasons in Serie A, SPAL got relegated in 2020, & got a second relegation to Serie C in 2023.
@Miner A6 Didn't know the same teams winning the league year in and year out is exciting and don't feed me that Leicester crap. Oh and the prem has no room to talk when it comes to scandals given Man City is in the middle of possibly a bigger scandal than anything in Italy. Oh and the ticket prices, you're really going there? England has the highest ticket prices in the world. Your lower tiers have higher ticket prices than even the bundesliga and La Liga. Hell every year there are protests about ticket prices.
@@Barthijzz that's why Italian teams never won the cl since 2010. What's happened to "when's the last time an English club got to the cl final?" Italian football is dead. Roma sucks. Milan teams suck. Juve is corrupt. Only decent legit team is napoli
@@tenzaemtade6146 For me it's not about the top clubs, prizes or anything. It's about the stories. English Football has one story at the moment, which is money. To me that's boring. Compared to 20 years ago, in my opinion the entertainment value of English Football deteriorated badly. I followed every match from the Premier League to League two. Leicester was fun, but the clubs are losing their identity. I don't like globalisation in Football. Again, it's not about the level of play or the trophy cabinet. But since English Football is n the rise, since the 2000's, both countries won 3 CL's while Real won 5 alone. Will you supprt them now? I like it when there's some upheaval. Juve, not my team. AC Milan neither. I like Atalanta most, but Fiorentina, Bologna, Torino, Palermo, Sampdoria, they're fun as well for me.
@@Shenron67 Your team and stuff you guys went trought is insane. I remember constantly sneaking to see if you came back in division 3 and started that run. And here you are now , taking points from PSG and having one of the most talented RBs in the world.
@@sand2216 Marc Keller does a wonderful job, that's why we are already here. When you see the number of "used to be big" clubs who struggle to come back, Parma, Rangers and Strasbourg are an exception. And it's especially hard in France: there's only one place per group in National 2 (division 4) for promotion.
Ah Antenucci, an interesting leeds career. Didn't do terribly but was present when leeds were a shambles both on and off the field. Back when Mowatt was considered a better youth talent than Cook, look at them now. But we're stable now with a good owner, great manager and current sit 2nd. Also great video once again and I love finding out information about teams I know very little about. Though I did a SPAL career in FM2018. Hard career but got them to europe eventually
Sporting KC Peter Vermes tactical profile? its an expansive and possession oriented 4-3-3.Very fit players who know how to press too. They finished 3rd overall in MLS this year The midfield consists of Ilie Sanchez (who i call, "MLS Jorginho") at the 6 and dual 8's. theres a stable of dangerous inverted wingers to go up top, and overlapping fullbacks flanking ball playing defenders. Vermes scouts players for his system, and has a penchant for La Masia products such as the aforementioned Ilie, but also Oriol Rosell, Jordi Quintilla, and Andreu Fontas. They have a Concacaf Champions League matchup with Toluca in febuary. Toluca is situated at 2.6k m and SKC will have to simulate the altitude in chambers prior to traveling there
I hope that Semplici will come to AC Milan in the next years (hope at the end of the season, actually...). Suggestions: talk about "How Tuscany is important in creating italian coaches". Semplici, Allegri, Spalletti and Sarri (born from Neapolitan parents, grown in Tuscany) are from Tuscany. Coverciano, the italian center for emerging coaches, is located in Firenze, too.
Probably any other club in Italy would have sacked Semplici in October 2017, but they resisted the pressure and in the end they were repayed. Their stability and long term vision is quite rare to see in an italian side.
Can you go one further and make a video on why so many small teams do well in getting to serie A Spal, benevento, sassulo etc.. and will there be a chance of San Marino FC getting there
Fact: People of Ferrara chose a name to rhyme with their favourite exclamation: maiall! (Pig, Ferrara's favourite animal, because of culinary reasons like Salama da sugo, Zia, Cappelletti, etc...)
Excellent video, but I must point out that the pronunciation of some Italian words and names are off; it might be beneficial for the future to research more and ask Italian speakers how to properly spell them (for example, the name of SPAL's coach is pronounced "SEMP-lee-cee", not "Semp-LEE-cee"). Just a detail.
Pls make video review about Pescara promotion to Serie A for first time under Zdenek Zeman. But Sadly next season Trio key player Insigne,Verratti,Ciro Immobile moving Pescara never same again.
Pretty sure you guys don't even look at the comments lol but I think an interesting video to make to educate fans would (especially with recent news) FIFA POY/FIFA BEST vs Ballon d'Or awards and history ...imo FIFA POY is the most important it's the most accurate ...consider this Nedved won the Ballon d'Or 2003 same year FIFA POY was Zidane who obviously had a better year, another example is in 1996 Brazilian Ronaldo set the world ablaze in Barcelona shattering records he was the greatest talent ever seen and rightfully won the FIFA POY but somehow the Ballon d'Or went to Matthias Sammer lol Ballon d'Or is a joke compared to the FIFA POY but i'd be cool to see you guys break down the history of these awards
I follow this channel assiduously, the content is always well-researched and informative, even for veteran followers of football like myself. It is, however, curious how consistently the narrators are able mispronounce Italian names and words. From emphasis on all the wrong syllables to incorrect stress on individual accents, every time I watch a video dealing with Italy I learn of new ways to mispronouncing Italian I couldn't otherwise imagine. The words are so poorly pronounced that if they were read with British English pronunciation with no attempt at inflection, they would probably sound closer to the originals. While my favorite creative pronunciation thus far has been "Gunnaroh Gettuzo" (but "Kag-lee-ary" comes in a close second) when I heard "sozi-eyetaah poleeporteevah ars et labor" I felt the need to pause the video and write this comment. "Leeonardo Sem-pleechee" is also worthy of notable mention.
your videos are pretty good but it's like there is always something missing. maybe try to make then a bit longer with more informations in them.5 minutes for this type of videos feels too short for me
SPAL played 23 seasons in the top flight and 26 in the second, so they have a remarkable tradition. But in the last two-three decades they competed in third and fourth tier, so their rise is remarkable.
Tifo hats off to you for this amount of research and making it interesting in the end
I'm a Spal supporter straight from Ferrara, i'm very happy to see a video about it on a foreign channel, let me add add some information about the history of the club. Spal played in Serie A for 18 years from 1950 to 1968, in those years the president (Paolo Mazza from which the stadium take the name) was also the coach and the manager of the team, and the club achieved a fifth place in 1960 and lost the Coppa Italia Final against Napoli in 1962. Two of the many great players of that period were Fabio Capello and Oscar Massei. Unfortunately from 1993 with the demotion in Serie C the club has gone trough 20 and more years of very deep crisis, with many president changes and an obvious loss of supporters. We are very grateful to the new owners, Colombarini's family and the president Walter Mattioli, the true makers of this miracle. Nice channel by the way, i subscribed. Sorry if my english is not perfect, i did my best :)
for me, this is the most intellectual subscribed channel about football, where i can see the alternative information
Great video guys, i’m a Spal fan so I was obviously happy when I watched it, it’s always beautiful hear this great fable, even if I already know it
Great video! Parma next?
Either Parma in the 90s or their recent triple promotion
SPAL did seemingly come out of nowhere the last few years! Thanks for filling in the gaps!
SPAL are cool. However, if you watch their games fairly often, you'd notice that they tend to make their own lives difficult. Their two striker system, while it's full of retro swag, makes it very difficult for the midfielders and fullbacks to find their target man up front. Petagna is big, Antenucci is extremely tenacious and creative. I'd be very curious to put Antenucci a little further back and Petagna in a similar role to his previous one at Atalanta, where strikers are almost all about obstruction. Actually, if they wanna stick with that configuration, Paloschi and Antenucci/Petagna would make a lot more sense.
SPAL are very poor when they attempt to keep their grip on the ball. A counter-attack led by Lazzari is destructive but they keep trying that possession scheme that's plain ineffective for them. Schiattarella seems like a fine man and passes the ball well, but without a healthy Viviani, that midfield is just too narrow. If only they could put their hand on a Martin de Roon...
And to think than now they are last ones with Benevento in Serie B.
As of Jan 17, 2024; both SPAL & Benevento lie in Serie C.
It feels sad, both were courageous clubs.
However, it is not uncommon for small Italian clubs to collapse after such impressive performances:
- Carpi are now in Serie D after being a single point away from staying in A.
- Crotone, who survived instead, are now in Serie C.
- Spezia, who made the 10th place in their first season up, getting relegated on the next through a play-out, are on the brink of a second consecutive relegation, from Serie B.
NB:
- Benevento returned to Serie A in 2020 & went down back after one better season than 17/18.
- After 3 seasons in Serie A, SPAL got relegated in 2020, & got a second relegation to Serie C in 2023.
love all these vids you're doing about smaller italian sides like SPAL or Sassuolo
So basically the Italian Bournemouth?
But 10 times better because English Football sucks
@Miner A6 Didn't know the same teams winning the league year in and year out is exciting and don't feed me that Leicester crap. Oh and the prem has no room to talk when it comes to scandals given Man City is in the middle of possibly a bigger scandal than anything in Italy. Oh and the ticket prices, you're really going there? England has the highest ticket prices in the world. Your lower tiers have higher ticket prices than even the bundesliga and La Liga. Hell every year there are protests about ticket prices.
@@osu5inarow despite the price risE, the Championship has higher attendance than b.liga
@@Barthijzz that's why Italian teams never won the cl since 2010. What's happened to "when's the last time an English club got to the cl final?" Italian football is dead. Roma sucks. Milan teams suck. Juve is corrupt. Only decent legit team is napoli
@@tenzaemtade6146 For me it's not about the top clubs, prizes or anything. It's about the stories. English Football has one story at the moment, which is money. To me that's boring. Compared to 20 years ago, in my opinion the entertainment value of English Football deteriorated badly. I followed every match from the Premier League to League two. Leicester was fun, but the clubs are losing their identity. I don't like globalisation in Football.
Again, it's not about the level of play or the trophy cabinet. But since English Football is n the rise, since the 2000's, both countries won 3 CL's while Real won 5 alone. Will you supprt them now?
I like it when there's some upheaval. Juve, not my team. AC Milan neither. I like Atalanta most, but Fiorentina, Bologna, Torino, Palermo, Sampdoria, they're fun as well for me.
Amazing vid!
Can we have video about a club I loved for all my life...PARMA
All the ups, downs, victorys and defeats...
Only if there's a video about Strasbourg, especially if we win (again) tonight against PSG.
@@Shenron67 Your team and stuff you guys went trought is insane. I remember constantly sneaking to see if you came back in division 3 and started that run. And here you are now , taking points from PSG and having one of the most talented RBs in the world.
@@sand2216 Marc Keller does a wonderful job, that's why we are already here. When you see the number of "used to be big" clubs who struggle to come back, Parma, Rangers and Strasbourg are an exception. And it's especially hard in France: there's only one place per group in National 2 (division 4) for promotion.
Short video but with a lot of information great video Tifo
Been waiting for SPAL video🙌🏽
Underdog stories are always the most engaging. Keep up this great series Tifo.
Another well done, very informative tifo video. Great job guys
Very good video....Lots of love from A SPAL supporte
But, in the words of Dr Benjy: they don’t have Corbyn on free kicks
Lollujo is better
Ah Antenucci, an interesting leeds career. Didn't do terribly but was present when leeds were a shambles both on and off the field. Back when Mowatt was considered a better youth talent than Cook, look at them now. But we're stable now with a good owner, great manager and current sit 2nd.
Also great video once again and I love finding out information about teams I know very little about. Though I did a SPAL career in FM2018. Hard career but got them to europe eventually
Who else knows SPAL because of Dr. Benjy?
Ah yes, The Ispalian Job.
@@wotintarnation8388 Spal is the team of Ferrara,Capello,Picchi and many others has played!
Me becouse is my favourite team
FORZA SPAL
Scorpion Kick Genius nope
Yes
Sporting KC Peter Vermes tactical profile? its an expansive and possession oriented 4-3-3.Very fit players who know how to press too. They finished 3rd overall in MLS this year
The midfield consists of Ilie Sanchez (who i call, "MLS Jorginho") at the 6 and dual 8's. theres a stable of dangerous inverted wingers to go up top, and overlapping fullbacks flanking ball playing defenders. Vermes scouts players for his system, and has a penchant for La Masia products such as the aforementioned Ilie, but also Oriol Rosell, Jordi Quintilla, and Andreu Fontas.
They have a Concacaf Champions League matchup with Toluca in febuary. Toluca is situated at 2.6k m and SKC will have to simulate the altitude in chambers prior to traveling there
Great video, again I learned something thanks Tifo
Keep it up🤘
all thanks to Dorian Hysa!
Thumbs up, great channell. Thanks for sharing from Milano.
Man I'm running out of words to appreciate the quality of your research and videos.
Fan for life!!!😊😊👍👍
Amazing video. Thanks!
I hope that Semplici will come to AC Milan in the next years (hope at the end of the season, actually...). Suggestions: talk about "How Tuscany is important in creating italian coaches". Semplici, Allegri, Spalletti and Sarri (born from Neapolitan parents, grown in Tuscany) are from Tuscany. Coverciano, the italian center for emerging coaches, is located in Firenze, too.
Probably any other club in Italy would have sacked Semplici in October 2017, but they resisted the pressure and in the end they were repayed. Their stability and long term vision is quite rare to see in an italian side.
'The Ispalian Job' anyone?
Awesome as always. What about a tactic video about SPAL?
Great video. Let’s have the rebirth of Parma next!
Best way to start your birthday. Thanks Tifo For great videos
Thako happy birthday
Can you go one further and make a video on why so many small teams do well in getting to serie A
Spal, benevento, sassulo etc..
and will there be a chance of San Marino FC getting there
Also Cesena in 2010/2011
Great video! Can you do Liverpool and Everton rivalry and history?
Incredibile!!!
Small one but with such great history. No wonder players be motivated in considered smaller clubs.
Fact: People of Ferrara chose a name to rhyme with their favourite exclamation: maiall! (Pig, Ferrara's favourite animal, because of culinary reasons like Salama da sugo, Zia, Cappelletti, etc...)
All I heard was “GREAT TEAM TO DO A RTG WITH ON FOOTBALL MANAGER!!!”😍😍
Loved the vid btw
SPAL have 2-0 victory over roma
Forza Spal !!!!!
this was announced in your video i like the live videos great
Another lovely video, please do one on Van Gaal’s Manchester United.
Great video again🙏 Please make a video about a Scandinavian Club FC Copenhagen. A great club in Denmark.
Can you do a video on AIK’s tactics? They won the league in Sweden and only lost one game, and conceded just 16 goals in 30 games.
Great vid history of pogba pls
big up tifo love your videos yes parma good choice next theyve come a long way and crotone
Please make a video about tareq El Tiab the star of libya
More informative videos on small clubs :D
Can you do a tactics vid on the Real Madrid side in the 2011/12 season?
Leeds United under Marcelo Bielsa
A video on this please :)
We have something big planned on Bielsa (no spoilers), but it won't be out for a while. Keep an eye out in 2019, friend. - Joe
could you do a video on Rangers financial crisis
Do a vid on What happened to Fiorentina
Excellent video, but I must point out that the pronunciation of some Italian words and names are off; it might be beneficial for the future to research more and ask Italian speakers how to properly spell them (for example, the name of SPAL's coach is pronounced "SEMP-lee-cee", not "Semp-LEE-cee"). Just a detail.
Isn't the G in Cagliari is silent
@@mohyeldin8085 yeah, cal-ya-ree
This is like when you took over a small club in Football Manager
Pls make video review about Pescara promotion to Serie A for first time under Zdenek Zeman.
But Sadly next season Trio key player Insigne,Verratti,Ciro Immobile moving Pescara never same again.
How you pronounce names always amused me
I like videos on lesser known teams
Pretty sure you guys don't even look at the comments lol but I think an interesting video to make to educate fans would (especially with recent news) FIFA POY/FIFA BEST vs Ballon d'Or awards and history ...imo FIFA POY is the most important it's the most accurate ...consider this Nedved won the Ballon d'Or 2003 same year FIFA POY was Zidane who obviously had a better year, another example is in 1996 Brazilian Ronaldo set the world ablaze in Barcelona shattering records he was the greatest talent ever seen and rightfully won the FIFA POY but somehow the Ballon d'Or went to Matthias Sammer lol Ballon d'Or is a joke compared to the FIFA POY but i'd be cool to see you guys break down the history of these awards
Francesco Vicari and Manuel Lazzari will be on top Serie A teams in the next 2 years
My old schools motto was "labor est ars"
Bri10 yes but the spal motto is ars et labor (arts and lobour)
@@exres4374 it's similar nonetheless
I follow this channel assiduously, the content is always well-researched and informative, even for veteran followers of football like myself.
It is, however, curious how consistently the narrators are able mispronounce Italian names and words. From emphasis on all the wrong syllables to incorrect stress on individual accents, every time I watch a video dealing with Italy I learn of new ways to mispronouncing Italian I couldn't otherwise imagine. The words are so poorly pronounced that if they were read with British English pronunciation with no attempt at inflection, they would probably sound closer to the originals. While my favorite creative pronunciation thus far has been "Gunnaroh Gettuzo" (but "Kag-lee-ary" comes in a close second) when I heard "sozi-eyetaah poleeporteevah ars et labor" I felt the need to pause the video and write this comment. "Leeonardo Sem-pleechee" is also worthy of notable mention.
How about a video of the greatest team of all time (in my opinion) Brazil 82.
Pro-tip: when you see an italian word with an accent mark... Use it. It's not there just for show.
What kind of shitty pro tip is that lol
@@vicspeaks6207 😂
Please make a video on the rise and fall of PARMA FC.
I've done something similar in Football Manager
Do red star maybe ?
Tifo again... Make a video about Mokhtar Dahari please. He's probably the best asian footballer back in the 80s but not a lot of people knows him.
hi, you again. go make yourself your Mokhtar video.
your videos are pretty good but it's like there is always something missing. maybe try to make then a bit longer with more informations in them.5 minutes for this type of videos feels too short for me
prounced Ferrara wrong
Will the MLS ever become a top level league? That could be a good topic
Would you say they're the Italian equivalent of AFC Bournemouth?
SPAL played 23 seasons in the top flight and 26 in the second, so they have a remarkable tradition. But in the last two-three decades they competed in third and fourth tier, so their rise is remarkable.
Herbs and Spices 👀
Could you do a video on the rivalry between Scotland and England in football internationals
Fifa Career Mode RTG in real life, lol
Atalanta are also a good side
SPAL is the oldest Italian football team 👏
Genoa Is the oldest Italian team
Pro Vercelli the true oldest Italian fc
Why are Italian clubs so good at going bankrupt?
Sempliciball
Dr Benjy
cme back with ac milan tifo
It‘s all due to DoctorBenjy!
On their way down now, unfortunately. Dead last in the league.
And now 9th of Calcio B