PERUGIA Formisano’s Perugia has so far had two sides: the fast-paced 3-5-2, often presented away, the more offensive one which, beyond modules and schemes, has almost always brought risks and victories.
The last few matches and in particular the defeat in Pesaro could have marked a crossroads in Perugia’s path in this championship, almost certainly destined to end in fourth place: facing the match from the height of one’s own solidity has often proved to be a mistake, in light of the five defeats in the last six away matches, which often came with a goal from the opponents which the Griffins were unable to respond to. Perugia are solid, but the data doesn’t lie: they become so when they first managed to take the lead, including the only winning away match of the last period in Gubbio. While when he first thinks about covering himself we make the mistake. Formisano achieved results when he instead adopted a primarily offensive attitude.
In those cases he always took risks (it also happened against Olbia, for those with a good memory) but then he always achieved his objective from above with a technical depth superior to that of his opponents.
The impression is that after Pesaro only one path will be taken forward. The 3-5-2 will not go into oblivion but will be able to come into its own at the right moments, leaving room for the 3-4-3 or 3-4-2-1 that Formisano also tried yesterday, in this case with Matos and Ricci behind him by Vazquez or Seghetti. After the match in Pesaro, the Campania coach also mentioned the lack of motivation but this statement must be interpreted. Certainly having played the match once Carrarese’s result was known, winning 3-0, did not help the Griffins to believe in the objective of third place. While the reasons for some choices became known. For example, the coach would have spared Dell’Orco the match on synthetic while he had to field Iannoni with a fever and had to exclude Paz due to a physical problem. The young Colombian will be monitored day by day but he may also have to miss the matches against Arezzo and Cesena, which at this point remain important (the derby is the derby and both the coach and the griffins know this very well) but become stages of approach to the play-offs which for Perugia will almost certainly begin on 7 May in a single match against one of the winners of the group stage.
Meanwhile, yesterday’s statement came from some Perugia ultra groups (Armata Rossa, Ingrifati and Nucleo XX Giugno) of solidarity with those from Arezzo in view of the derby which the latter could desert as the red and white fans did in the first leg. Today at 5.30pm the Gos will be there to establish the reciprocity of the limitations already indicated by the Observatory (travel allowed only by coach and sale of tickets only to loyal fans), which could lead the Amaranth ultras to appeal to the TAR. The red and white fans expressed solidarity with their Arezzo colleagues, explaining that “derbies lose their charm if abandoned to the challenge on the pitch alone, we want to go back to experiencing them in the stands with the colours, the choreographies, the chants, the banners and the flags but above all with our rivals in front.” On Sunday, the sale and administration of alcoholic beverages and the takeaway sale of glass containers and cans will be prohibited inside the Curi stadium and in the surrounding area. Finally, the referee of Perugia-Arezzo will be Giuseppe Vingo from Pisa.
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