Ascoli, finishing then retirement. Environment already in fibrillation for the crucial match against Cosenza

ASCOLI After the victory over Ternana by Eric Botteghin, we need to give continuity to this result because the road to salvation is still complicated. The team is completing their preparation at Picchio Village, this morning they will carry out the finishing touches after which they will go into retreat awaiting the match tomorrow afternoon, with kick-off at 3pm. In defense this time Eric Botteghin, the hero of Liberati, will start from the first minute of Terni, the extra player of this Ascoli team whose recovery is crucial especially in this part of the season.

The changes

Giuseppe Bellusci will not be there, disqualified by the sports judge for one match after the warning he received in Terni, the tenth in this championship in addition to the three expulsions he has always received this season. Botteghin alongside him will have Sauli Vaisanen and Luca Mantovani. The Juventus defense is certainly the strong point of the team strengthened in January with the arrival of Vaisanen and Mantovani. Speaking of Mantovani, it should be underlined that he has always played at a high level. On Saturday at Liberati he played for the whole match with loads of boos directed at him by his former fans, but he was still one of the best on the pitch, in terms of character and personality, his celebration at the end of the match being significant. The Ternana fans did not forgive him for the fact that he wanted to leave Fere to move to Ascoli at all costs where he began a new experience. Arriving in January he has always been a starter, with the three-man defense he plays mainly on the right, but when necessary he has been deployed both on the left and in the middle always with excellent results.

Among other things, Mantovani is an owned player and is 28 years old. An armored defensive department therefore entrusted with the hopes of not letting the Cosenza forwards score who are currently giving a big boost to the Calabrian club, above all Gennaro Tutino. In the ranks of Cosenza there is also Francesco Forte, a player who will return to Del Duca as an opponent. Purchased in January a year ago for a sum of around one and a half million from Benevento, last summer he was then sold to Cosenza on loan, which means that at the end of the season the attacker he will return to Ascoli.

The return

Former coach William Viali, who was on the Juventus bench until November, also returns to Del Duca. Viali left Cosenza in June 2023 to land in Ascoli and then returned to the Calabrian club only a couple of months ago, thanks to the new regulation which provides for Serie B and A coaches to be able to move elsewhere provided they are released before December 20th .

But regardless of Viali and Forte, what counts is the performance of the Bianconeri, we need a great game from Massimo Carrera’s men and above all we need three more points after those won by Liberati in Terni. At Cosenza there will be no goalkeeper Alessandro Micai and defender Michael Venturi who were disqualified by the sports judge. The referee of the match will be Piccinini from Forli, Nasca from Bari was chosen for the VAR, due to the concern of the Juventus fans given that Bari is a direct competitor of Ascoli in the fight for survival.

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