A few decent minutes, then a deafening nothing and yet another meager figure. Perugia gave in without a fight in Cesena’s promotion party and confirmed all doubts about their consistency, especially offensively. And, therefore, on their chances in the playoffs. The match took an unmistakable direction already after the first goal in the 19th minute. And it virtually ended in the 36th minute, with Corazza’s 2-0 from a penalty. Cesena always controlled the game in an almost mocking manner, sinking dangerously whenever they wanted. Grifo immediately highlighted all its structural limitations in the offensive phase. Difficulty in building from behind, inability to build on long balls, nobody inventing anything from three quarters up. No one who surpasses man, creates spaces and insertions. An enormous effort to carry the ball forward, series of errors, no reactivity and no construction. In short, the ACB of football is missing from this team which doesn’t get one right, not even by mistake. And it is useless to point out that the team took the field tonight with reserves and young players: when the starters play, the result is always the same. With these shortcomings, the playoffs seem like a catwalk on which the Grifo could only travel a short and anonymous route. Because, beyond the technical and tactical limits, the team seems to have neither ideas nor an adequate mental approach to ambitions of victory. Suffice it to say, for example, that Perugia is almost always unsuccessful on second balls and tackles and that, if attacked, the Griffins immediately lose their heads and the ball. And, what’s worse, no one, from the club to the technical staff, seems capable of giving a jolt, a stimulus, the right impulse to reverse the trend. In short, a panorama between the desolate and the resigned. Denials, however unexpected, would still be most welcome. Obviously.
Daniele Orlandi – Italian Press Agency
