I still take the time to write something that interests me, especially the content of transfers. Italian Serie C team Padua officially announced the dismissal of head coach Torrente, who has been in charge of the team for 482 days, and brought back Oddo, who had led the team in the 2021-22 season, Lazio, Milan and Bayern Munich will return to coaching after a year.
The official website of Padua announced the news of Torente's resignation, and the direct reason for Torente's resignation was that the team lost the opportunity to win the North Division of the Third Division, and could only watch Mantua return to the second division after 14 years. Please return to Odo, and the contract given to Odo is only until the end of this season, so it is natural to expect Odo to lead the team to get the last promotion place in Serie C through the promotion play-offs.
At the press conference, Otto expressed his joy at returning to the team, but also made it clear that he must lead the team to a promotion place through the play-offs. Padua are currently second in the northern zone of the Italian third division, nine points ahead of third-placed Vicenza, and have one more game, which means that they will first have to secure second place in the league, because according to the rules of Serie C, the second in the league will go directly to the quarter-finals in a miserable play-off with 28 teams, which means waiting for the other 25 teams to play after three rounds.
Otto briefly coached Padua in the second half of the 2021-22 season, led the team to 18 games, won 11 wins, led the team to the second place in the North Zone of the Third Division, and eliminated Juventus U23 youth team and Catanzaro in the play-offs one after another, and met Palermo in the final, but was beaten by Palermo in the final, and finally failed to qualify for promotion, and Otto also left immediately.
Otto has been coaching since 2013 and has coached Genoa Juniors, Pescara Juniors, Pescara, Udinese, Crotone, Perugia, Pescara, Padua and Spahr, and has played less than 25 games in his last seven coaches, and has been idle since leaving SPAL in 2023.
As a player, Otto played for Milan, Lazio and Bayern Munich, with 282 Serie A games and won the Serie A, Champions League, Club World Cup and the 2006 World Cup with the Italian national team. It has been five seasons since Padua was relegated to the third division, and the last time it played in the top flight was back in 1995-96.