CARPI
“The appeal of Forlì? No hassle, here there is only the desire to think about the Imola area and to experience this beautiful week together with our people”. Riccardo Motta will take care of clearing away any doubts. The off-field disturbances coming from Forlì (or perhaps from Ravenna for the more mischievous) are not affecting the week of Serpini’s team which is approaching what mathematically would be the match point of Imola, at +4 on Ravenna. However, the sword of Damocles of the appeal in second instance on the Cecotti case remains pending, which Forlì has not yet presented, because the LND has not yet sent the requested documents. “When we learned of the complaint on Monday – explains Motta – the team asked for clarification and we explained our position to them, in a few seconds the players all told us together ‘okay, let’s go and train’. It was a confirmation of the value of this group”. For Motta the atmosphere is the right one. “We have gone through many mistakes made – he reiterates – and now the team has a desire to be together. I feel that the city is in great turmoil and the advice I would like to give to our fans is to come with us to the pitch to live in the moment, accompanying us to Imola with the usual warmth. We are fighting for the objective that the president, the city and all of us have hoped for since day one. Today this reality is so beautiful to experience that yesterday I told the players that everything nothing else matters”. With Forlì’s appeal likely to be discussed only next week, Carpi will not be able to celebrate even by winning in Imola. “Nothing changes – explains the sporting director – there is no anxiety about crossing the finish line first. I have always believed that everything would be decided on the last day and for this reason I tell our fans to accompany us to Imola with the usual warmth, all together to enjoy this week. Will we keep Cecotti down for fear of disqualification. Will the evaluation only be technical, he has been suffering from his back for a while, but if he is well he will be on the pitch.”
From the field. Mandelli is still out but it’s not a concern, Beretta goes out due to a blow to the knee which however turned out to be without damage, Lorenzi is back at 100%. In defense we go towards the Rossini-Zucchini pair.
Fans. 350 tickets for the Imola guest sector were sold in 3 days (600 is the total capacity): tickets can be purchased until 8pm on Saturday only online on the Etes.it circuit at 7 euros (plus 1.5 euros in advance), with Under 14s free. GdL and Qzd met at 12 in the Carpi swimming pool square for the departure of the car convoy, but first at 10 on Saturday at the “Cabassi” to load the team into finishing.
Davide Setti
