LIVORNO. Failing season and deserted stadium. This is the scenario that Livorno faces for Sunday’s match against Sangiovannese eager for points.
When the box office in Piazzale Montello closed last night, there were around a hundred tickets sold on the vivaticket portal.
Less than forty-eight hours before the match, the response from the city and the fans is quite clear. There’s no point in continuing to hope for something that won’t come.
The good weather announced for tomorrow and the relay with the basketball derby did the rest, but the real problem was the performance of Livorno who, with three days to go before the end of the championship, is only waiting for mathematics to know once more that not even the next year he will be in the pros.
The Amaranths are eight points behind leaders Pianese, they are in fifth place behind Gavorrano, Grosseto and Tau. With three days to go, all it takes is for Livorno not to win tomorrow or for Pianese to get the three points at home against modest Sansepolcro to close the promotion discussion with absolute certainty.
Of course, we are talking about numbers and mathematics. For the rest, performance and morale, Livorno has already been out of the fight for Serie C for at least fifteen days. The reflection of this season, which started with great intentions and ended with a very negative verdict, can be seen, as mentioned, in the attendance that will be at the stadium on Sunday. Also because it is difficult to think that the 1600 season ticket holders could all be on the steps of the Armando Picchi.
The same will be the case in eight days against Trestina, let alone the following week away to distant Orvieto. And we must be careful not to misunderstand: what the fans have is not disaffection towards the shirt or an inability to swallow bitter pills. It is just the response of a place that has not known sporting joys in football terms for years and has been floundering in the amateurs for three seasons.
Finally, it remains to be understood what the choice of the Curva Nord will be, always alongside the amaranth jersey regardless of the categories. In Figline the heart of the fans displayed a protest banner. Will tomorrow be silence and indifference or total protest?
This is the only thing that interests the amaranth environment in view of Sunday. Of the issues on the pitch, of Tanasa’s return to the middle of the pitch and of finding out who Mister Pascali’s starting eleven might be, everyone is of little interest now. The only hope is that May 5th, the last day of the championship, arrives as soon as possible.
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