We are fighting for the playoffs and playouts this afternoon at the “Stadio dei Marsi” in Avezzano in the penultimate of the regular season, with the home team aiming to conquer one of the top five places in the standings and Alma committed not to relegation a day in advance. Above all, it is the Granata who risk the most, given that their last hopes of salvation are at stake, which seems increasingly distant. In fact, let’s remember that on the eve of this clash Alma would have already mathematically been relegated. Therefore, only a positive result against the Marsican “wolves” could keep alive the faint flame of hope which will then have to be strengthened in the last match at home against Real Monterotondo. Therefore Fano’s stay in Serie D inevitably passes through Avezzano. Isolated from everyone, thanks to the press silence ordered by president Guida, which however does not apply to its broadcast on Fano TV, the pre-match press conference cancelled, the team trained behind closed doors perhaps to better concentrate on this commitment which could represent an unforgettable stage in the centuries-old history of the Via Toscanini company. Mister Manolo Manoni should have everyone at his disposal, with the exception of the long-term injured players, Tomassini and Kalombo, to whom Serges has been added, so it is very likely that he will trust last Sunday’s eleven, hoping for a proud reaction from them . Trying new tactical formulas or changes of men, at the point we have reached, would be a leap in the dark. On the Avezzano front, however, coach Mirko Pagliarini will have to do without Roberti, still injured, and Rotondi, suspended for one match, but, perhaps with some exceptions, the lineup should not differ much from the one fielded in the last few two days where the white people always won.
The Pagliarini cure has aroused new motivation and restored particular shine to the whole group, in particular to some players such as De Silvestro and Ortolini, the latter scoring in the last two matches with masterful goals, with a header and with a great shot from distance, to brush up on a large repertoire that the attacker possesses. The Fano defense is warned.
So on the pitch, Stadio dei Marsi, 3pm.
Avezzano (4-3-3): Cultraro; Giacalone, De Lorenzo, Ferrani, Filippini; Jaw, Onazi, Verna; De Silvestro, Ortolini, Senesi. Available: Brusca, Lapenna, Kabwanga, Angelilli, Luciani, Marzuillo, Bolo, Ribaudo, Damcevski. All. Pagliarini.
Alma Juve Fano (4-3-1-2): Warriors; Allegrucci, Mancini, Riggioni, Dubaz; Ricci, Urbinati, Zannbi; Gonzalez; Padovani, Coulibaly. Available Piersanti, Pensalfini, Roberti, Pierfederici, Saponaro, Brunetti, Antonioni, Malshi, Giuli. All. Manoni.
Referee: Gianluca Toselli from Gradisca d’Isonzo, assistants Valerio Fatati from Latina and Diego Massa from Carbonia.
Silvano Clappis
