Another heavy defeat, not in terms of score, but of result: the Grigiorossi leave another 3 heavy points on the field, effectively losing the chance to fight for third place and also putting fourth place at risk. Stroppa proposes Coda-Vazquez again in an attacking tandem, if it weren’t for Mudo’s beautiful goal, he would remain empty today too.
More solid team (at least in the first part of the match), but still too predictable not to induce Vanoli to change gear and overtake the grey-reds in the second part of the match. Once again, the grafts are too late to mount an effective response.
We take Stroppa’s confirmation as good news, now we expect the same on the pitch, perhaps through tactical solutions that give the team more solidity and offensive effectiveness.
GRIGIOROSSI’S REPORT CARD:
SARO 7: a confirmation, supported by another excellent performance, which smacks of overtaking in the goalkeeping hierarchies. Safe and decisive on Busio and Pohjianpalo.
ANTOV 5: Venezia’s equalizer was born from his mistake.
BIANCHETTI 5.5: takes Ravanelli’s place at the center of defense, to stem the Pohjanpolo-Gyktjaer attacking duo. He holds his own in the first part of the match, in the second half he has to raise the white flag, without however making red circle errors.
LOCHOSVHILI 6.5: another performance of character from the Georgian defender, there’s no passing his way.
ZANIMACCHIA 5: he can’t find spaces between Venezia’s defensive lines and even less on the wing. He centralizes to find alternative solutions, but without success. 90′ CIOFANI 6: he enters 5′ and comes close to equalizing and shows that he can make his contribution. What more do you want?
NECK 6.5: confirms the good state of psychophysical form, comes close to scoring with a deflection that ends up at the bottom of nothing, and triggers the action of the grey-red advantage.
CHESTNUT 5: Venezia’s midfield has quality and technique and is often caught out by quick verticalisations. Warned.
PICKEL 6.5: he doesn’t give up an inch and continually throws the ball, so much so that he is called out several times by the referee who warns him more for his constant protests than for the foul. He assisted Vazquez’s goal. 82′ GOOD HELP SV
SERNICOLA 5: from winger to winger the result does not change, because Vanoli blocks the flanks. He closed late on the occasion of Venezia’s opening goal. 81′ QUAGLIATA SV
TAIL 5: the only shot towards the Venezia goal is deflected for a corner. Not received. 73′ TSADJOUT 6: he makes his physical freshness felt, he never forces Joronen, but with his movement he creates a lot of space for his teammates.
VAZQUEZ 7: not that he causes havoc, but he certainly holds his own throughout the first half and even scores the opening goal as a true center forward. In the second half he runs out of batteries. Warned. 81′ FALLETTI SV
STROP 5: the team has a good first half, but when Vanoli changes the cards on the table, he is unable to stem the technical-tactical superiority of the lagoon players. Faced with players in obvious difficulty, he is slow in making changes. He brings on Ciofani at the start of injury time and almost gives him the equaliser. But what harm did he do to him?
