After thirteen seasons at the head of the first team, including ten consecutive, Olivier Pantaloni has allowed the ACA to write some of the most beautiful pages in its history, notably with two accessions to Ligue 1, in 2011 and 2022 A model of stability in a world where certain professional clubs do not hesitate to change coaches like handkerchiefs.
The man from Bastelica, who also wore the Aceist colors as a player in the 1990s, will also have succeeded in numerous maintenance missions, both in the elite of French football and in Ligue 2, by composing the major part of the time with limited resources. During the past season in L2, he finished 15e with a second part of the exercise much more complicated than the first, while the club could nourish the ambition of playing the leading roles in the championship.
While he still had one last year of his contract to honor, Olivier Pantaloni therefore chose to fly to other skies and a new challenge. Some persistent rumors would send him to Brittany, to FC Lorient, freshly relegated from Ligue 1. He could find another Corsican there, Yannick Cahuzac, who joined the Merlus staff last January.
For the moment, no confirmation has been made on this subject. For the Aceists, on the other hand, there is an urgent need to quickly find a replacement, with players summoned on July 8 to return to the Timizzolu pitch and begin the traditional pre-season preparation phase, while the Ligue 2 championship will restart on August 17, with the arrival of FC Rodez at the Michel-Moretti stadium.
