Benevento
(fs) Still clinging to the numbers when there are only 180 minutes to go until the end of the championship seems like a sterile exercise. But, even if they are a cold tool, many times numbers are used to understand the dangers to avoid. Of the 51 points it has in the standings, Latina has won 28 away and 23 at home. It is therefore easy to define it, in simple words, as an away team.
But other numbers give us the face of an intermittent team, which alternates weeks as a great team with others as a low-ranking team. Again with regards to away matches, in this second round the Pontini lost in Potenza, Francavilla and Sorrento, but won in Brindisi, Monopoli, Crotone and Picerno. Part Doctor Jackyl, part Mister Hide.
If we refer to the form table, this shows us 3 wins, one draw and two defeats in the last six days, which are precisely the last two matches played (in Sorrento and against Turris at Francioni). As if to say that it is better not to trust and that maximum attention is needed to face Fontana’s Nerazzurri, who want to consolidate their position in the play offs and then try to be the loose cannon of the post season.
Almost mirror-like formation (3-4-2-1) with that of Benevento, but some starters out of play such as captain Di Livio and defender Cortinovis. In the middle of the field there was a lot of phosphorus, from Riccardi to Mazzocco, up to Crecco and Paganini himself, a former Frosinone and son of Raffaele Paganini, one of the greatest Italian dancers and choreographers.
Benevento cannot ignore the victory. Several goals failed in the first leg, but one who has already scored a brace against the Nerazzurri is in the Giallorossi ranks: Ernesto Starita who even scored a brace against Francioni on 15 October, despite suffering a 3-2 defeat. Alessandro Marotta also scored two goals for the Pontini team, one for Viterbese in October ’22, the other for Benevento 11 years ago. 2012-13 season (7 April ’13), Carboni’s team overcame the team coached by Pecchia thanks to a goal from Alessandro Marotta, the third goal of that season for the Neapolitan attacker.
