Michele Pazienza made it clear after the adrenaline-filled victory against Benevento. «We’re enjoying this evening but I don’t want to talk about second place. There are still two games to go: maximum concentration and strong nerves are needed.”
The calculations actually say that three points are enough to secure the position, in fact in the event of a draw with Benevento the Wolves are favourites, but beware of thinking that everything is easy, the past of this championship certainly teaches this.
The ranking, after the failure to return the 4 points to Tarantoremains unchanged with the team of Capuano stopped at 59 points and therefore unable to enter the fight for second place. Also from Taranto late yesterday morning, as expected, black smoke arrived for the fans.
But not for everyone. In fact, the Gos has established a travel ban for supporters residing in the province of Avellino and that’s it.
So fans from Puglia or any other city who have the chance to be at the “Jacovone” stadium on Sunday at 8pm can do so.
To the Partenio Lombardi meanwhile yesterday the team worked behind closed doors. The injured players, including Ghidotti and Patierno, have worked off their workloads and are making a clear recovery.
The smileiest of all, however, is Lores Varela who has resumed training in a group without any breaks or interruptions. He still needs time to regain full condition and also recover from a physical point of view, he appears somewhat emaciated, but Pazienza is considering whether to call him up for Sunday, at least to give him the chance to experience the sensations and emotions of the race again, even if only from the bench.
If on defense for now Cionek seems to always be ahead of Rigione, in midfield the ballots are open both on the right and on the left.
Ricciardi, the key man who, together with Sgarbi, changed the face of the club with his entry Derbyis eager to take back his place from the beginning and the wish could turn into reality given that Llano he didn’t shine against the Samnites and remains, at least in the initial hierarchies, an alternative and not the starter.
On the opposite side, Liotti came out battered on Monday evening, after a violent blow to the head which left him feeling dizzy for several days. If he isn’t at his best, the San Severo coach could think about bringing D’Ausilio back as a winger, leaving the inside left slot empty. But here too there are two other players available: one is Rocca, the other is Sgarbi. The move to position him in that area of the pitch against the winning move was successful Benevento even if the alternative is always to deploy him as a second striker alongside Patierno. This would lead to the exclusion of Gori and the return of the couple who were last together in Giugliano.
Everything will depend on the way in which Pazienza, whose nights continue to be very sleepless, decides to set up the match: whether in a more or less offensive way, taking into account that the substitutions will still give him the possibility of changing the tactical plan during the race. 30 goals conceded by Taranto, (they score little but only 43) which has the third best defense in the group, while the best attack remains of Avellino: 61 goals scored by Patierno and his associates who in this case have won the match against the league leaders, at least at the moment, given that they are eight goals ahead.
