The club's future strategies, which will focus heavily on youth, were also outlined. In recent seasons, the youth sector had been somewhat neglected by the previous management; the new era will begin with the younger players and through collaborations with other clubs in the city and surrounding area. While the management is busy rebuilding, it's time for coach Mariano Strano to take stock: "I'm very disappointed about our relegation," says Strano, "and my biggest regret is not being able to repay the faith that Mauro Lelli and Ercole Ortolani placed in me. Results aside, coaching Imolese has been an incredible experience. What about the future? I'm at Lelli's disposal, and he's someone to whom I owe a lot.
The Rossoblu coach reveals his bitterness when talking about the four games he spent on the bench, which specific database had been Gianni Flamigni's until March 27: "With me in charge, we collected one win against Dozzese and three defeats. The setback that literally took our legs off was the one against Santagatese, where Tosi's injury early in the match was decisive. In that cursed match, Antonioli and Angeli were also sent off, having been absent from the last two matches. In the following match, Genchi completed the job by getting himself sent off in the first half, leaving us with ten men against a great team like Del Conca.
Furthermore, in the crucial phase of the season, I had to deal with pubalgia, which sidelined both Ferri and Zoli. Without all these incidents, things probably would have gone differently, but in football," Mariano Strano concludes, "ifs and buts don't get you anywhere, and we must accept this relegation, which a club like Imolese doesn't deserve. I'm sure that the future will be brighter because Lelli and Ortolani are a guarantee."