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| Less than a week after returning to AC Chievo Verona as coach, Luigi Del Neri faces a daunting first fixture away to AS Roma, another of his former clubs.'Confidence and determination'Del Neri left Roma in March 2005 after only six months and 24 games in charge, but he refuses to attach added significance to a match his team must win to begin climbing away from the relegation zone. "Sooner or later I will have to face every side, so it makes no difference," he said. "Roma are in great form and it will be a very difficult game for us, but we just need to get our confidence and determination back and then I'm sure the results will come."Flying DonkeysDuring Del Neri's first spell at the helm [url=http://giddyap.com/admin/aiauth.html]cheap nike soccer jerseys[/url] between 2000 and 2004, Chievo - a small, unheralded outfit from a suburb of Verona - won promotion to Serie A for the first time and then advanced into the UEFA Cup. Hellas-Verona FC fans had joked that donkeys would fly before Chievo reached Italy's top flight. The following season, 2001/02, their worst nightmare was realised: Hellas were relegated while Chievo finished fifth to qualify for Europe.Beloved ChievoReputation enhanced, Del Neri took the daunting step of replacing José Mourinho at newly crowned UEFA Champions League winners FC Porto in the summer of 2004. He did not last long, being dismissed before the campaign had even begun. Del Neri then had short stints at Roma and US Città di Palermo before coming home to his beloved Chievo earlier this week.Campedelli pleaChievo had sacked Giuseppe Pillon after failing to win any of their opening six Serie A games. A season that had promised so much was in danger of spiralling out of control as Chievo [url=http://www.ttrfu.com/forum/message.asp]cheap nfl jerseys from china[/url] also lost their UEFA Champions League qualifier and were knocked out of the UEFA Cup. In Chievo's hour of need, the 56-year-old Del Neri, the mastermind of the 'Miracolo Chievo', responded to the plea of his former president Luca Campedelli. [url=http://2010-costume.com/soccer/]Wholesale custom soccer jerseys[/url] 'Home'"I never stopped thinking about Chievo," said Del Neri, who comes from Aquileia near Udine. "Verona is my second town. Physically I have been away for a couple of years but in my mind and heart, I have never left. I wanted a break and I would have refused any other offer, but I could not say 'no' to Chievo. Chievo is my home."'Aggression'Del Neri's task is to ensure Chievo's Serie A survival and help achieve their first victory of the campaign. He sounded confident as he looked ahead to Sunday's trip to second-placed Roma. "Pace and aggression have traditionally been Chievo's strongest weapons, even against more powerful opponents, and I think we have to continue using them," he said. "I also believe in the strength of a solid and united group.'United group'"Here at Chievo the group is always more important than individual players. That is the way to resolve [url=http://portmanart.com/mailer/sale.htm]cheap replica football kits[/url] our problems. The team has not changed much since last season when Chievo achieved great things, and I don't see why we shouldn't start playing as well again very soon." Could the Flying Donkeys be about to spread their wings again? Related ItemsDel Neri returns to Chievo
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