Ischia Calcio. Marco, Marco…

As is only right in football, the coach is always the first to pay the price. It has always been this way and will continue to be this way, as long as a ball rolls between eleven players wearing one jersey and eleven others wearing another.

But these days—unlike the (perhaps deserved) shitstorm that hit Antonicelli—not a single voice, comment, or criticism has been raised about the general manager's work. Yet he is the architect of the squad, the same squad that is currently unconvincing and will only be reevaluated with the next victory.

Her search across the entire "globe"—to quote Meloni—for players capable of strengthening Ischia, will soon reveal whether it was a fantasy adventure worth telling or the fruit of a deep and real knowledge of football.

And while judgment remains suspended today, it's equally clear that, should further missteps occur, responsibility can no longer fall solely on the coaches: the weight of market decisions and evaluations will inevitably end up knocking on the director's door.