Group A of Serie C could already be decided in the evening, with Mantova who, despite not playing, would achieve promotion to Serie B; on the condition, however, that Padova lose the evening match against Pergolettese, valid for this 34th matchday which could give the first verdict of the season. The promotion of the Virgilians, therefore, also passes through the aforementioned Pergo, eager for points not because it owes favors to the team led by Mr. Possanzini but because it has to try everything to achieve salvation.
Of course, the ball will burn above all between the feet of the Biancoscudati, but the Lombards will certainly also have pressure, as he subtly confirms Mister Giovanni Mussa to the club’s official channels: “It’s clear that the greatest satisfaction comes only when you win, but we said to ourselves that when you don’t win it’s right to take home the point and not risk being left empty-handed as happened to us: in There are no simple matches at the end of the season. You have to know and be aware that nothing will be decided until the last day. It will be impossible because in the space of a very few points, up to 40, there are eight or nine teams involved. Ironically, at 42 you make the playoffs, therefore, it makes little sense to talk about the rankings at this moment. You have to score as many points as possible in all the games that are missing, with respect to the opponent, the condition, the situations that arise. The important thing is to remain calm and serene and to be clear about what needs to be done. The attitude must never be missing, our courage and the battle must never be missing. And then in the end we will draw a line and see if we have been good enough to be safe immediately or if instead we will have to play for staying in Serie C in the playouts.”
Then going to Padova, which comes from the defeat against Pro Vercelli: “When a team loses, on average it has some problems: it is useless to think that it is another way. Just as we faced Atalanta U23, fresh from a defeat, and where everyone thought that we would be the victim of the moment, so we will go to Padua with the same spirit. I expect that they might even have some problems. Maybe they already have their minds set on the second leg of the Cup We will try to be competitive, to play a match in which we can get some points to take home, which are fundamental for us. We know very well that with one point or three our ranking changes significantly.”
He concludes: “Mantua proved to be out of category. It was clear soon enough that this would be the case. This is why we must carefully evaluate who we are dealing with. Padova is a great team, 66 points in 33 games is an enormity, but we are facing them at a time when they are coming from a defeat and have the Cup immediately afterwards. In the last two games we have scored four points. All in all let’s say that some values can be leveled out and I repeat, the motivations must give us that extra strength to be able to score points“.
