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PADOVA BATTLE BACK: Lyle Kilbane watches Padova take on derby rivals Venezia

IT’S been a long last decade-plus for fans of Padova. In 2014, the team’s five-year run in Series B came crashing to an end.
This was the year I began following I Biancoscudati as a temporary resident of the northern Italian city best known for being the home of Galileo.

A more superstitious football supporter might have felt like they had brought bad luck on the club. But the reality is that bad luck was brought on by a cacophony of hopeless decisions.
In July 2013, Diego Penocchio became president of Padova after acquiring 48 per cent of the club the previous month.
He had previously re...

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