The appointment with the victory has been postponed again. At the “Marulla” (the fans protested against Guarascio during and after the match), Cosenza first conceded the visitors’ lead, then resumed the match at the end of the first half with more positive points than negative ones but still insufficient to add up to a result full.
Self-harm. Maistro’s 1-0 was favored by a bad mistake by Kouan, imprecise and timid in his support towards Florenzi. A topic that opened the way for Juve Stabia towards Micai’s goal. Furthermore, the rossoblù “gave” a man for half an hour. Hristov’s expulsion was the second in a row at a time when the points are already starting to have a high specific weight. With the Cittadella it was Venturi who caused the numerical inferiority. In the last two, Alvini’s team found themselves with ten men for a total of 90 minutes. A game, basically.
The two defenders were the protagonists of equally daring entriesin some ways similar to each other, in a non-dangerous area of the pitch. An aggravating circumstance of no small importance for a team that since the beginning of the season has found itself moving against the current due to administrative circumstances. These are situations that must never be repeated starting from tomorrow evening’s match against Reggiana. Alvini will have to make himself heard towards the group. Cosenza cannot afford the luxury of suffering further impairments in the tight fight not to be relegated.
Communion. The protest against President Guarascio continues to mount. However, he kept out Alvini and the team, who were encouraged by the Curva Nord at the end of the match on Saturday afternoon. «A company or pseudo-company that repeats the same mistakes every year and even makes it worse and worse, manages to make many fans fall out of love who cannot bear this continuous “filth”. Never like this year, despite obvious technical limitations, these boys and the coach are giving everything and the points deservedly earned on the pitch are the result of sweat and sacrifice. It’s a shame that Guarascio’s inability caused part of them to be squandered. At this moment we just need to support them because never like this year we are only the fans, team and coach who are truly fighting”, wrote the “Anni Ottanta” group on social media.
Game of the turning point. Tomorrow evening, the rossoblù return to Reggio Emilia. The match against the Emilians, a few months ago, represented the keystone of the season. The rossoblù, in the match against Reggiana, found the crisis-busting victory, capable of guaranteeing mental momentum and a crescendo and fearless end to the season. At that match, the Wolves arrived with a streak of four defeats and as many draws. Victory had been missing for two months.
The last high point is now a month and a half away and the ranking situation, although in a different phase of the tournament, is more dramatic than then. Alvini’s group will have to recover the best mental and physical energy to try to change the inertia caused by two defeats and three draws in the last five rounds. The 4-0 achieved in April is the only rossoblù performance in 11 previous matches. For the rest, three draws came against Regia (the last in March 2021: 1-1 by Gliozzi and Varone) and seven defeats (particularly unfortunate were the 5-2 in October 2009, in C1, and the pyrotechnic 7- 4 of December 1990, in cadetteria).
Army of the exes. Cosenza will find many old acquaintances from the recent past. The arrival of William Viali in the Granata contributed to recording a series of movements in the Emilian direction. Meroni, Fontanarosa and Marras have arrived in the club of the Cosenza president Carmelo Salerno, as well as the coach of Vaprio d’Adda and his staff, made up of Guidetti, Baroncelli and the Bruzio match analyst Vincenzo Perri. The goalkeeping coach Bizzarri and the sporting director Pizzimenti also join the summer horde.
The list of exes is also long in the opposite direction. Five players now at Cosenza have found space in the past at Reggiana: Hristov, Gyamfi, Mazzocchi, Alvini and Montagnolo. The Bulgarian will certainly not be there, as he was disqualified for one match yesterday. An important tile for Alvini, thanks to the doubts linked to the presence of Camporese. Defense that could almost be forced with Venturi, Dalle Mura and Caporale (today he celebrates his 29th birthday). The sports judge also fined Cosenza. Fine of 10 thousand euros because during the match his fans “threw six smoke bombs in the sector occupied by the opposing team’s supporters and three smoke bombs in the playing area”.