After the summer earthquake, life is decidedly hard in the forest. For Coppitelli’s group, in these conditions, saving their skin will not be easy. On paper he is a Wolf, but this Cosenza has taken on the appearance of a crocodile, capable of remaining without food or water for a very long time. The Bruzia team’s fast already exceeds 40 days. In the meantime, it remained the only one without a win in group C.
To break the line of negative continuity, the first chance is the match against Foggia on Sunday afternoon again in Crotone.
The idea, however, is that it takes a lot of effort. At the “San Nicola” the defeat was avoided, contrary to what had happened in the away matches in Catania (four goals conceded) and Giugliano (sensational “wake-up” with ten opponents: five very heavy backhands).
In the 1-0 situation, Maggiore headed the ball due to the poor supervision of D’Alena and Dametto. The midfielder’s goal in the match was also affected by the unsuccessful exit of Rizzo, starting for the second time following the change of hierarchy following Iliev’s uncertainties.
However, having “defended” the smallest gap cannot bring joy to a poorly constructed group and to total savings. Cosenza is very fragile and risks breaking every negative record in its history.
Coppitelli needs reinforcements, especially in attack; an inconsistent department, as confirmed by the trip to Bari. Because Rastelli’s red and whites played at pace throughout the match but, despite this, Cosenza – in addition to imposing the same pace on the match – was never able to threaten Cerofolini’s goal, only bothered by three shots on target halfway between the shot and the pass. Almost as if it were a bug in a video game in which the appropriate button to “shoot” towards the opponent’s goal has not been programmed.
The Sila team show progress in defence, after the heavy infiltrations up until the match against Giugliano, but the offensive numbers are poor: only five goals scored.
It wasn’t even difficult to foresee such a scenario. It could have been enough to scrutinize the scoring figures of the gunners from the wet powders to get a clear idea of what Cosenza’s season could have been.
The need to find a striker from the free agent market has been underlined several times by the Roman coach, but nothing has happened so far.
The “Scida”, against Foggia, will award precious points with a view to salvation. The rossoblù must look for their first victory to get out of the crisis and relaunch themselves in the slums, while also keeping an eye on Crotone who continues to close the table but is now only two points behind.
In the match against the Rossoneri, Coppitelli will still have to do without Pascalau, who is busy with the national team (he will play on Wednesday against Finland and then on Tuesday 6 October against Spain). Clemente’s confirmation in his place seems obvious. The coach will have to evaluate alternative solutions because Contiliano’s proposal on the right was not convincing. At this point he could decide to change the game system, switching to 4-3-2-1. Evaluations that will be carried out during the week.
Mourning. The former sporting director of Cosenza, Franco Natalino, has died.
