With a two-faced test, the Cesena conquer for 1-2 the difficult field of Mantuain the first race that offers the Serie C Super Cup.
In a festive “Martelli” stadium, due to the twinning between the two fans, the Virgilians dominate the first 45 minutes with powerful ball possession. The red and white setters make Toscano’s men run and they straighten the shot in the second half of the match and unlock the challenge with a penalty kick scored by Corazza at minute 61. Possanzini’s red and whites find the deserved equal with the turn in the area of Debenedetti in the 83rd minute but he is in full recovery Cristian Shpendi (91′)to give away i three points to his teammates with a shot from inside the area. However, it was the goalkeeper who safeguarded the result at the last gasp Pisseri who deflects Redolfi’s shot onto the crossbar.
“We played the game we had to play – he admits Tuscan with a cool head -. Perhaps in the first half we should have been more courageous in moving forward and not allowing such prolonged dribbling. Mantova has a philosophy that creates difficulties for you if you play a match that is not concentrated and good from a qualitative point of view. We also took some risks with Prestia booked. We played to the limit but we held up. Then we grew from a qualitative point of view, as seen in Shpendi’s goal. We conceded justly to a team that dominated play in its championship. I compliment the guys they are still on track since after the match against Pescara because a victory on this pitch wasn’t easy.”
The midfielder also follows the same line of analysis Ivan Varone. “We knew that Mantua is one difficult team because he has a precise identity, he plays very well and he put us in great difficulty. Maybe he deserved something more from a scoring point of view and I congratulate him. We were smart to know how to wait for them and hurt them when they left a little space. We had prepared the race like this and we knew that we could have hurt himas happened in the second half, when we started playing as we know how, exploiting our strengths.”
The former Daniele Donnarumma he therefore first recalled his adventure with the Virgilians and then spoke about the meeting. “We knew that Mantova was doing great ball possession its main feature. We were good at not losing our clarity during the match, given that in the first half we did less than what we prepared for. In fact, we were then more courageous in taking them high and breaking their lines. In the restarts we were sharp and we have brought home the result”.
