In Lecce there is a scent of celebration, for a salvation that seems close and for which there is no official status. Gotti, in the press conference, preached caution and said to wait for the math. The climate in Salento is relaxed and the fans feel that the goal is close.
Lecce will take the field next Monday and, against Udinese, they have another match point. By winning he would dispel all doubts: he would be saved more than mathematically. But he could also be safe by drawing the afternoon match, if no positive news arrives from Genoa for Sassuolo. Even a draw between the two teams would be enough and Lecce would be certain of leaving at least the Romagna and Friulians behind.
Added to all this are other hypotheses: Lecce, in fact, could arithmetically reach the objective already at 37 points, i.e. without playing if one of the following cases were to occur:
- Case 1: both Cagliari (against Milan) and Frosinone (against Inter) lose. In this case, salvation would arrive as early as Saturday evening.
- Case 2: Cagliari loses and Frosinone (against Inter) and Empoli (against Lazio) do not win. In this case we would toast on Sunday afternoon around 3pm.
- Case 3: Cagliari and Empoli lose. In this case salvation would always arrive on Sunday afternoon around 3pm.
- Case 4: Frosinone, Empoli and Sassuolo do not win. In this case salvation on Sunday after 5pm.
All fascinating hypotheses, which only serve the statistical aspect of the question, because the players, by all accounts, are focused on what they have to do.
Udinese will arrive in Lecce with the vital need to score points, but the Giallorossi will want to settle the matter at home in front of their fans and in a clear manner. A race, therefore, that is anything but predictable. Then, if the hypothesis were to arise that Lecce would be safe without playing (we will know either on Saturday or Sunday), another discussion would begin. Until then, everyone is focused and on track. The team returned to the field just yesterday after two days of rest.
Ramadani is now in the group and working normally, on Sunday he played seventy-two minutes and seems to have put the problems that kept him out of action behind him. Gotti also said it, “It seems like he was never absent.” Piccoli, however, will not be in the match, for whom the sports judge intervened with a one-day disqualification.
The most natural solution, also given the match played on Sunday, would be for the Swede Almqvist to replace him. Against a team that has to play the game like Udinese, the winger would be an extra weapon to lead counterattacks and counterattacks. Alternatively there would be Sansone who has already played as a second striker with Gotti or the use of Pierotti from the first minute. The Argentine deserves it all given that he also showed himself willing against Cagliari, coming close to scoring the equalizer with a header. On this occasion, Scuffet did well to defuse the threat.
