TURIN – After yesterday evening’s advances (Pisa-Catanzaro 2-2 and Venezia-Cremonese 2-1) the 35th day ends today with the format adopted recently: four matches at 2pm and the same number at 4.15pm. Guide to today’s matches Brescia-Spezia (2pm) Crossroads between playoffs and salvation. Brescia’s Maran, revelation of the championship, defends 7th place, participating in the promotion play-offs would be a flattering result, in the meantime, however, salvation is already in their pocket, not bad, considering that the team is almost the same as the one that finished in C a year ago (then readmitted to B due to exclusion). Spezia comes from a mocking 0-0 draw in the Ligurian derby with Sampdoria: a game that was overwhelmingly dominated but marked by the unacceptable direction of the match, both by the referee and the various players, things that if they happened in Serie A we would talk about it for a month. With those 2 points, the Ligurians of D’Angelo today they could have set up a completely different game. However, with the Blucerchiati, we have perhaps seen the best Spezia of the season: Brescia have been warned.
Modena-Sudtirol, what a crossroads
Modena-Sudtirol (2pm) Another cross between salvation and playoffs. In Modena last round Pierpaolo Bisoli made his debut on the bench, having started the season in Sudtirol, he returned from Ascoli with a precious point. It was important to have found him between the posts Gagno after 12 rounds spent on the bench: in our opinion, he is the most promising goalkeeper in Serie B, he demonstrated this at Del Duca with the superb save with which he neutralized the penalty from Nestorovsky. In the final, the Canaries came close to scoring with the interesting one Bozhanaj: who knows what the Albanian talent from the Empoli school with Bisoli you find that space that White he mysteriously denied it. But watch out for Sudtirol: 5 points in the last 3 games and the historic victory over Sampdoria in the last away match. Valens he doesn’t want to hear about playoffs but if he were to win today too, they’re there too. Modena, on the other hand, with 3 points could be considered safe.
Pecchia wants to celebrate
Parma-Lecco (2pm) The leaders of Pecchia continues its march in management of 1st place. Fresh from the 0-0 draw in Palermo, 5 points in the last 3 games, today with a success the return to the Serie A left in 2021 would be a done deal. Lecco on the other hand, after just one season in Serie B, is about to say goodbye, today relegation can be arithmetic: however, with Malgrati on the bench, interesting things were seen. La la Buso (nephew of the famous Renato) in last Saturday’s 1-2 draw with Venezia, he broke the deadlock in the match with a cinema-worthy goal: he has 8 goals, he will have a market. What Lecco doesn’t seem to have: patron Di Nunno he has been trying to sell the club for some time but cannot find satisfactory offers and threatens to hand the club over to the mayor.
Ternana, in search of Salvation
Ternana-Ascoli (2pm) delicate crossroads to stay in Serie B. For two rounds the Umbrians have been in the safety zone, even if the margin on the playout is only one point, a flattering result in any case: with Breda the Fare have a playoff pace and they are fresh from four points won away, in Cremona (1-2) and in Brescia (0-0): Carrera’s Ascoli are third from last, -2 from the playouts: the last 3 draws in a row, where they did not finish, weigh heavily the necessary saving grace: three 0-0s in a row, the first was flattering, at home to Venezia, but more should have been achieved from those at Cittadella and on Saturday
last with Modena.
Citadel out of the crisis
Cittadella-Feralpisalò (4.15 pm) Shut up, the Cittadella of Gorini (And Marchetti) has put the heavy crisis at the start of 2024 behind him and can now think about the playoffs, 1 point away. Feralpisalò, second to last but still alive, are -5 from the playouts, only by winning today at Tombolato could they hope to catch them (safety is at 6 points).
Cosenza-Bari thrilling match
Cosenza-Bari (4.15pm) The most delicate match of the round. With Reggio Emilia’s 4-0 in the last round, Cosenza demonstrated that they can save themselves but must confirm themselves against Bari, in the playout zone, who beat the Calabrians with 3 points. In the Galletti, Federico made his debut on the bench last Saturday Giampaoloyounger brother of the better known Marco, fourth manager of the season later Mignani, Marine And Iachini. The result was a 1-1 draw with Pisa which gave some comforting indications. But to try to save yourself directly, you need something more.
Palermo to go beyond peers
Palermo-Reggiana (4.15pm) Sicilians in their fourth outing with Mignani on the bench, so far there have only been draws (2-2 at home with Samp, 1-1 in Cosenza and 0-0 at Barbera with league leaders Parma). The rosanero’s victory has been missing since March 10th (0-1 in Lecco), today a success could almost guarantee the current 6th place, it means playing the playoffs from the preliminary round in a single match to be played at home. The Reggiana of Nesta is in free fall: three knockouts in a row, first against Cittadella at home (0-2), then in Lecco (1-0) until the final round defeat against Cosenza (0-4): an enraged square, there is a risk of ruin a good championship. The advantage in the playouts is 4 points but if the trend is not reversed, they will be in trouble.
Pirlo, stomach ache or not?
Sampdoria-Como (4.15pm) the most prestigious match. To the blucerchiati of Pirlo last Saturday it was a luxury match against La Spezia, an undeserved 0-0 but a precious point, also considering that the team was held back by an intestinal virus
remedied after a retreat meal. A factor that should be considered before talking about a decline, even if the last home outing, the 0-1 against Sudtirol, had already set off the alarm. Of course, to guarantee the playoffs we need to return to expressing ourselves as we did until Easter Monday, when Samp showed that they had nothing to envy of the big league teams. Como
of the tandem Roberts-FabregasAt the moment, they are the strongest team in Serie B, as confirmed by the 5 victories in a row obtained by the Larians (reached by Venezia on 67 points).
