“With the success in Trieste we would have achieved direct salvation, but these are conversations that are of no use given their equalizer at the last second. Unfortunately, in this and other cases, we left a few points on the way in games that seemed won until a few minutes from the end.” The sporting director of Novara Christian Argurio he speaks like this to the microphones of TuttoC.com regretting not having reached safety at the end of an important run-up: “The work of the boys and the staff was extraordinary and for this reason they deserve to stay in Serie C, we wouldn’t have deserved to make the play outs and I’m not the only one who thinks so, but now humility and concentration“.
With the club change came the turning point, after a nightmare start to the championship
“In 2024 we collected 28 points and in the last 15 we lost only to Vicenza in a match contested with three penalties against. If the championship had started in January, we would be talking about playoffs by now. This means that the team plays well, produces football, has played great games with the big teams in the group, drawing for example with Mantua who still had to win the championship, also beating Legnago who had been unbeaten since December.”
Opposite there will be another team in good shape despite the ranking, with the return of Mr. Tabbiani who has revitalized Fiorenzuola
“They have had a positive trend with his return. They have valid players, a very good coach, they play football with their own identity, their own game and their own strength. They will have to play well, they will need the best Novara to get to safety. They have values and they proved them, that’s why we shouldn’t think about having two results out of three or playing the return match at home. I can always score, you can’t even think about managing it for a draw.”
Fiorenzuola has been preparing the playouts for some time, you have been preparing for a few days
“I don’t believe in either advantages or disadvantages when playing a single 180-minute match. Just as we shouldn’t have too many ideas about the double result in our favour, we shouldn’t even think about the fact that they have already been mentally preparing for the play-offs for some time “.
