Late Tackle

SPAL – BINDING!

by
The Late Tackle Magazine Team
20 April 2017

JAMES RICHARDS reports on the unexpected success of an Italian club trying to recapture past glories…

EUROPEAN SCENE
JAMES RICHARDS
WEEK 31 of Italy’s Serie B season saw a match between Carpi and SPAL, two relative minnows in the Italian game from the Emilia-Romagna region.
What is striking is that Carpi’s recent foray into Serie A and Sassuolo’s continuing one are a testament to the football being played across a region dominated by, until recently, sides like Parma and Bologna.
SPAL are, week by week, looking like they may be the latest team to join that growing l...

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