Ferrara While the team group continues to keep active at the “Fabbri” in via Copparo (this morning the third and final weekly session is scheduled for 10.30 with doors open to the public), the club has already turned on its engines towards tomorrow with a first concrete move. The general feeling is that the main issues – the name of the new technical director and the possible confirmation of Di Carlo – can be resolved in the next fortnight. Meanwhile, in the package of expiring players, a first – appreciable – decision was made to extend the contract Alessandro Bassoli.
Signal ok
One of those who in Spal’s greatest moment of difficulty gave his body and soul and even lost a meniscus. One of those who was therefore unable to actively enjoy Di Carlo’s spring, but who will therefore have the opportunity to get back into the game to smile completely in the blue and white shirt. The class of 1990 had arrived in Ferrara on Halloween, well identified as a free agent, after a dark period due to the difficult resolution of some physical problems which had also put his entire professional career at risk. Bassoli immediately offered Spal all of his moral qualities, confirming his technical and impactful abilities in his profession as a defender (a department literally decimated in that period by injuries and various absences). The fact is that Colucci had immediately thrown him into the fray – in some ways even surprisingly – in the defeats against Lucchese (Italian Cup), Pontedera and Carrarese. Here, let’s say that in the 13 tokens in the Este jersey the good Bassoli only enjoyed the home match against Olbia. There the joy was double, given that he had also scored. But be careful: if in the almost 1,200 minutes played by the number 13 shoulder pad there were almost only defeats or bitter draws, the blame certainly cannot be attributed to the man who instead had been among the few capable of keeping things going, almost always finishing in a sufficient in the period of greatest suffering. The fact is that at the beginning of February – in the famous week of Colucci’s dismissal and Bertini’s other knockout – the operation became necessary in relation to the meniscal injury to the left knee of the boy born in Bologna. With Marta, his better half, and his two children he never missed a match from the “Paolo Mazza” grandstand and even during the months of rehabilitation his character brought positivity into the environment, despite yet another forced stop – and suffered – of his career.
In recent weeks Bassoli has only received three symbolic call-ups but never with the concrete possibility of playing. It would have been a risk. More for him, than for the team obviously. However, the recovery is practically complete and if for others the current period will be useful simply to stay in shape, for Bassoli every day is perfect to get back to his best in the first days of next July.
Future defense
He is another backward player with his relationship expiring with Spal Nahuel Valentini, absolute protagonist of the last phase. The club is thinking about it, evaluating the entire season of the Argentine from Rosario and trying to understand if a global balance (technical, economic and project-wise) can also be found on his account. Valentini, for his part, would willingly remain in Ferrara. The decision will not be a matter of hours, but also in this sense it should not take more than ten days. And if there is white smoke, then we will need to start understanding how many boxes in the department will already be occupied for the next championship. Peda will say goodbye (he is already owned by Palermo), Arena is to be considered as a new purchase after the season was skipped practically in its entirety. Breit is a boy who will need to go and play, while if – as it seems – Fiordaliso and Bruscagin (already owned until 2025) have a chance to stay, the reasoning can extend to their general flexibility and to having shown things better right from central.
In short, if the context prior to the market is this, it goes without saying that perhaps a single graft in the heart of the department would be enough, with greater dedication to the lower side lanes. Where it will be necessary to confirm and strengthen.
But it still takes a few days before we can write numbers that aren’t written on water.
