CREMONA – Playing in front of a piece of your own history to write a fundamental page of the present, because the season can still lead to great satisfaction. Today at the Zini, to watch the lunch match (12.30 pm) between Cremonese and Pisa which opens the 36th matchday of Serie B, the players from the 1983-1984 season who won promotion to Serie A after 54 years of waiting will be present. Unfortunately not all (see the late Gianluca Vialli) may be at the stadium but the large group that in the summer of 1984 finished in third place behind Atalanta and Como will not be missing. The heroes of 1984 could be a sort of inspiration, because this year the grey-reds will only be able to reach the top flight by becoming the third best team in the tournament through the playoffs. Play-offs that Pisa is also chasing andarrival in Curva Nord of over a thousand Tuscan supporters it shows how strong the desire is to achieve this objective and how it is a question of prestige to be able to take points away from Zini.
The Cremonese comeback in Venice faces a Pisa who recovered two goals against Catanzaro. A more complicated match than the rankings might say, especially for the grey-reds who in the last six matches have only won against Bari and they lost feeling with the result, especially at home.
In a nutshell, today’s match will help Cremonese prevent Venezia from further increasing the gap and to guarantee themselves a much better chance of consolidating fourth place when there are only two rounds left until the end of the regular season. Avoiding the preliminary round of the direct elimination playoffs would be very important.
Stroppa finds Johnsen who has served his suspension and might think of something new. The eleven that faced Venezia could be reconfirmed almost as a whole. The news could be represented by Jungdal’s return between the posts and by the Norwegian’s return from the first minute. Or instead of Vazquez to offer to Tail a closer shoulder close to the opponent’s area, or as a midfielder who can fit in when El Mudo steps back to receive the ball.
Zini wants to find a winning Cremonese again. In case of three points, with the possibility of possibly training for the playoffs until May 20th, he could also change the management of the last two matches. But the scenario is so variable that it will be evaluated from time to time. Today the only thing that matters is overcoming Pisa.
