Many Italian football lovers were latching onto the Rise From The Ashes tale of FC Pompei, the football club only founded in 2022 that had flown into the country's third tier. Indeed, many prominent Football Manager content creators were tipping the club as "one to manage" on the highly anticipated Football Manager 2030.
Rise From The Ashes | Part 7 | A Seismic Shift At Pompei
There had been a seismic shift in the fortunes of FC Pompei in the five years that previously unknown Roberto de Vesuvius Sulpicius had been in charge. And the minnows defied all the odds to remain in Italy's Serie C/C for a second season.