Break the victory taboo to break negative records. A year ago, all the teams in group C had won at least one match after the first seven days of the championship while in this tournament Cosenza, after having played 36.84% of the matches in the first round, has still not managed to wake up. Above all, the rossoblù have to resolve the strong decline in the second half. The Sila team, the most successful of all, accumulated not too alarming numbers in the first part (only 5 goals conceded) but have so far suffered a real hemorrhage after the intervals. Dametto and co, in fact, scored eleven goals after the break, i.e. 68.75% of the total. A fact that highlights the physical difficulties and the limited options present on the bench.
Coppitelli has already tried various cards to get out of trouble but the results have not arrived. The Roman coach has changed various choices during these first months of the season. In Bari, he handed over the starting shirt for the first time to the Gambian Ndow, who was immediately replaced after the goal scored by Maggiore. Compared to the beginning of his journey on the banks of the Crati, the coach has already changed the hierarchies between the posts, where Rizzo replaced Iliev, and in other areas of the pitch. There are at least four elements waiting for their moment to try to make an impact on a team that up until now has appeared lacking in values. Achour also quickly slipped back in the choices of the former Casertana player. The French-Algerian’s new course began with the goal scored in the Italian Cup against Crotone. Then, however, after starting against Cerignola, he no longer saw the field as a starter and remained at the “San Nicola” to warm the bench until the end. A similar fate already happened to him last season when he enjoyed little consideration from Buscè, despite being one of the most prolific elements of the squad. The Neapolitan only found it again in the playoff match against Casarano, after putting it aside for several months despite some heavy scoring.
It seems that the same exile is affecting him unexpectedly even now. For the rest, the most experienced player excluded from the starting lineup for the moment is Orhan Dzepar. The Dutchman, who lives with linguistic problems related to entering a new context, is working to improve his fitness level and integrate into the mechanisms. Coppitelli has always launched him during the match while underlining that he is focusing on him. Almaviva has been out of the starting eleven for some time now. The Roman, one of the biggest suggestions of the summer due to his arrival from Roma, has not received a shirt since the first minute of the away game in Catania, a match in which he was replaced during the break. In the following two matches, against Cavese and Giugliano, he had to settle for reduced playing time, then he was left to watch against Scafatese and Bari. In the coming weeks, Filippo Palazzino, who celebrated his 23rd birthday yesterday, will be waiting for a chance. The Palestrina winger played a significant portion of the match against Potenza then stopped and returned in the final minutes of last Saturday.
