This afternoon at 3pm Reggina will have the opportunity to make amends, at least partially, for a disappointing start to the season. The team, which until now has proven inadequate to fight for the top, will try to achieve a feat that could change the history of this start of the season. At the Granillo the match against Acireale, suspended on 6 October, is scheduled to be rescheduled. The Amaranths start again from a goal disadvantage (scored by Di Mauro) and above all with one man less. It will be like playing the second leg of a double match, with the disadvantage of only having 45 minutes to straighten out the situation and possibly reverse it. The two coaches will be able to completely change the formations, provided that the players fielded were already registered with the clubs on the day the match was scheduled. Ba, sent off, will not be able to take the field for Reggina and Pergolizzi will only have to send ten players onto the field. Acireale, however, will not be able to field Cassese (already replaced) and will only have four substitutions available. Compared to the ten-day match, the referee also changes. The challenge will not be directed by Giordani from Aprilia, who suffered an illness at the end of the first half which led to the suspension of the match. The match will be directed by Mattia Mirri from Savona.
Once the rules are clarified, current events become the most stringent aspect. The one that puts both teams desperately looking for points, albeit for different objectives. If Reggina doesn’t get a result, they would already find themselves -7 from the top after just six days. The Amaranths will immediately attack the opponent’s penalty area. The fact that the game is played in ten isolates the possible tactical choices with two solutions: 3-4-2 or 4-4-1 with two full midfielders who would be attackers. In this case it could be up to Provazza and Renelus (or Porcino who is available again), with an offensive reference who could be more of a penalty area man like Rajkovic than Barranco. These would be, among other things, choices that would draw a line of discontinuity compared to a recent past in which Reggina lacked speed and ability to jump the man. Giuliodori is not included in the squad, as he suffered a bruised foot last Sunday against Siracusa and will be rested as a precaution. This opens up different scenarios as far as unders are concerned. Not having the Argentine (born in 2004), Pergolizzi could in fact focus on Lazar (2004) in goal, with Cham at left back (2005) and Vesprini at right back (2006) completing the trio of young players to be fielded. Acireale, which is not having a great moment, expects it with a tactical attitude very similar to the one seen on 6 October.
