Cremonese starts again from the Easter Monday match at Zini against Feralpisalò to shake off the residues of the sensational debacle suffered at the hands of Sudtirol (3-0). A match that did not call into question the certainties accumulated up to now by Giovanni Stroppa’s team but brought the entire grey-red world back down to earth. “Certainly if you concede three goals it means there is work to do” the coach said after the match. A wish immediately satisfied, because the former Monza player was able to focus on the aspects to improve during the break for the national team, dedicating himself to almost all the members of the team group.
Starting from the concreteness in front of goal, the real Achilles’ heel of the grey-red group. Only half of Cremonese’s total offensive actions are transformed into shots and of these only a quarter end up on target. It is precisely in the low percentage of shots directed towards the net that the biggest problem of the Cremonese attack is evident, currently stuck at 40 hits: in this particular statistic the Lombard team is fourth from last, better only than Reggiana, Südtirol and Bari. Stroppa he underlined it several times this season: there is a lack of cynicism. Mudo Vazquez knows this well and is not free from blame on this point: only 28% of his attempted shots hit the target and he is still stuck at 1 goal in the championship. A score too low for someone who stood out for Parma last year, scoring 11 goals and 6 assists. A topic that at the moment does not seem to concern only Massimo Coda, in third place in the Serie B scoring charts and with 14 goals, 11 of which were scored from open play. Against Feralpisalò Stroppa’s men are called to demonstrate that they have understood Druso’s mistakes where after fifty minutes of domination they surprisingly found themselves two goals down. An affectation that led them to have to suffer a heavier result than they deserved. The strength of a team, however, also lies in getting back up after certain matches.
The Grigiorossi at Zini will find Collocolo, Buonaiuto and Johnsen among the squad, with the first and third expected to also be starters in midfield, alongside Michele Castagnetti. The Norwegian returns after a two-match suspension and is still banned, so he must be careful not to get another yellow card. Jungdal in goal, defended with Antov, Ravanelli and Bianchetti. On the external lanes the usual Zanimacchia and Sernicola, in front Coda with Vazquez, favorite over Falletti.
