SPAL are flying high. Never heard of them? That’s understandable, since the club have changed name, gone bankrupt, merged, been reformed and then given birth to the name SPAL again.
Based in Ferrera, a city not far from Bologna, SPAL are currently top of Serie B and looking good for promotion to the big time. Their attack is a big reason for that, with 48 goals scored in 30 matches so far this season.
The player has always been talented and Tuttosport say Massimo Cellino saw this and took him off to Leeds United. Nineteen league goals in two season with Leeds is good work, and the Italian newspaper say he’s showed he’s better than a side finishing in the second half of the Championship.
That’s a little unfair on Leeds, they may have finished 13th last season but Garry Monk has them 4th now.
Leeds United now have Chris Wood firing them in at a rate Antenucci was unable to match, but behind the New Zealander there’s not much else and perhaps keeping Antenucci around wouldn’t have been a bad idea.