At the end of the regular season, the sporting director of Pontedera Moreno Zocchi explained that those who spoke of the "Pontedera miracle" had underestimated them, but in the meantime, to celebrate the Serie C playoffs won with a good sixth place and 60 points in the standings he coach Max Canzi climbed the 917 meters of Monte Serra together with his staff.
Keeping the promise made during a tournament that the 56-year-old coach, ex Olbia and ex Cagliari, lived as a substitute on the granata bench. After two years in Olbia, following his experience at Cagliari, in the Primavera and then in the first team alongside Walter Zenga, Canzi said goodbye to Sardinia last summer to settle down with Turris, who had relieved him of his duties before start of the championship.
On 5 October the call from Pontedera, who had just sacked Pasquale Catalano with the team fifth from bottom in the standings with 4 points scored in the first six days. And the climb to group B, which started with the debut win against Alessandria and ended with a draw with Gubbio, for a total of 56 points won in 32 games. Along the way also the daring 5-4 of the return with Olbia.
Barring surprises in the outcome of Siena's appeal and the possibility that the bianconeri will be ousted from the playoffs following a new penalty, in the first round of the promotion play-offs, next 11 May, Canzi will face his former team. In a derby, Pontedera-Siena, which promises to be very hot. A good challenge also for the Milanese coach, who after the historic playoffs for B achieved last year with Olbia concedes an encore in Tuscany. With the aim of going beyond the group stage in which he stopped at the helm of the Gallurese. After that, we'll see.