It had already happened in August and it happened again on Sunday but that summer evening everything fell apart just before the final whistle. Cosenza, at the “Arena Garibaldi” managed to swim upstream like a trout. Down two to zero away, the rossoblù found the strength to react. In Mantua, however, the excellent work done was undermined by the goal conceded in full injury time. Not in Pisa because Fumagalli’s feat came at the end, sealing a match in crescendo but also favored by at least three sliding doors (Micai’s saves on Bonfanti G. and Vignato and Marin’s mess from the spot), and also because Massimiliano Alvini’s team has started a process of maturity that continues to show clear signs. Producing the greatest effort, the Wolves defended showing tooth and nail in the final moments of the match.
The seven consecutive useful results are not the result of chance but of a team that, despite the difficulties, never gave up, bypassing the technical limits with stubbornness and a spirit of sacrifice. The mix created by the Tuscan technician is explosive but at the moment it still does not guarantee sailing in calm waters. And Saturday’s match at the “Marulla” against Frosinone represents another tough test towards permanence. The victories of the gialloblù and Salernitana shortened the ranking. Successes that do not allow the Sila team to sleep on the classic seven cushions because the last position is just three points away, as many as the confinement of direct relegation is also far away. On the other hand, the “promised land” exists at the same distance, that of the playoffs. A question of perspectives, points of view and ambitions. Alvini’s Cosenza, fortunately, proved to be hungry. An appetite that gives us hope for the rest of the championship.
The Tuscan coach has once again proven himself to be the right man in a year in which a demiurge of his caliber is needed more than ever to get to the bottom of the scabrous situation caused by delays in the payment of INPS contributions and payments of Irpef withholdings.
For the match against the Lazio team, the rossoblù have brought back Aldo Florenzi, who was absent due to suspension in Tuscany. In these days, however, more indications will be received on the possibility that Alvini can recover at least one of Zilli and Strizzolo. Meanwhile, the coach – against Pisa – “recovered” Tommaso Fumagalli. Bellinzago Lombardo’s striker broke a fast that lasted over two months. With his Eurogoal he allowed Cosenza to overcome the tough away match against Pippo Inzaghi’s team unscathed, fueling the doubts of the Tuscan trainer in the delicate week that will lead to the salvation match against the Ciociari. The splendid feat made the former Giana Erminio and Como gain ground again, who just before the 2-2 was reached with a right-footed volley prepared with extraordinary coordination, had trashed a delicious opportunity almost at the height of the penalty spot. Overall, the Bruzio collective will have to clean up the mistakes made against the Nerazzurri, in front of whom there was no shortage of insufficient performances. Among these that of Dalle Mura, who suffered in the hand-to-hand duel with Lind and was replaced at half-time. Venturi took his place and not Camporese, an element around which rumors swirl regarding a near future away from the feet of Sila. The move therefore did not go unnoticed.
Meanwhile, yesterday, a blue ribbon in the Sgarbi household: Achille Valentino was born, the firstborn of the rossoblù defender and his partner, Giulia Montonati.
