Two days of break, then the wait for the play offs will begin. It was a very short step from great fear to great hope. The space of 90 minutes barely, the ones faced against Benevento the other evening. Catania wakes up in a different reality than the one that could have materialized. And if, on the one hand, it is true that the minimum wage was obtained compared to the programs at the beginning of the season, on the other hand it is also true that the red and blue team, with all the defects of the world and with some merits, is still fighting .
It will start on May 11th from the round of 16 thanks to the much contested regulation of the Italian Cup which, once won, projects the team with the trophy directly into the national play-off phase as long as it manages to avoid the play-outs.
Despite the 17 defeats in the championship, the team now coached by Zeoli managed to qualify for the second phase of the season, the one that gives hope. Feeding them in the face of fluctuating performances is difficult, but an attempt must be pursued.
Catania will therefore play their first match away from home, on May 14th they will play the second at Massimino. As usual, the public’s push will be decisive as it has been historically since football existed in the city and also since it was reborn from the ashes of the freshman 11,700.
Merit and anger
Zeoli deserves credit: that of having regrouped in the decisive moments a brainy and at times listless group. But the Cup journey, the decisive matches won against Messina and Benevento from one point of view give anger because the ranking and performances could have been very different.
But in any case now there is a small but great hope of facing the play-offs for Serie B and with a significant advantage: that of being able to play them with less pressure than those who are ranked in the higher areas of the ranking and enjoy the favor of the forecast.
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