by Michele Bufalino
PISA
The last round of the championship, on paper, doesn’t offer much. Having obtained salvation and the certainty of not participating in the playoffs, the company’s only objective is to improve its ranking position. A small consolation. However, on the one hand the Nerazzurri are arbiters of the race for salvation, while on the other, the last round represents a window for the future. In fact, Aquilani himself, before this evening’s match, left the door open for his stay at the Nerazzurri, but on his terms, beyond the rumors that he is about to go to Fiorentina. “I will present my idea to the company and we will see if it will be shared – declares Aquilani -. I want to try to understand if those in charge agree with what I want to do. We will understand if we are aligned to move forward together. At the end of the year we will talk and analyze what was, and then take stock, regardless of the contract I have with the club.” The coach further clarifies his point of view: “After a year I have seen first-hand, before I didn’t know this team well, today I have certainties and can speak with full knowledge of the facts – continues Aquilani -. Sharing the idea means working , choose the players together. Since I want the good of Pisa, I will try to do everything to make sure that things improve. I will be the coach of this team and I want to do things in a certain way.” A meeting, therefore, is scheduled for next week between the club and the coach who has set, also publicly, his conditions, at least ideally. “I think this team could have reached the playoffs – continues Aquilani -, but it wasn’t a declared objective. There are many players who have grown and attracted the attention of big clubs. There is a lot of darkness in this season, there is it’s white, but also grey.”
Aquilani shares Giovanni Corrado’s idea on the lack of structures, to aspire to Serie A: “Everyone would like to make the Champions League, but then there is a reality – asserts the coach -. Pisa’s reality today is that it must improve underneath The sports center limits us and when it rains we risk not training. Maybe it’s not even good for Serie B. If there is a property ready for all this we can do what is needed go to Serie A. Today we are probably not ready, but the foundations are there.” The Nerazzurri will be referees in the survival fight involving Ascoli, Bari, Ternana and Spezia: “We will have all eyes on us – analyzes Aquilani -. It will have to be a stimulus to do well”. However, the match risks falling into the background given a future to organize, on the bench and in the technical management. However, it will not be easy to set up a high-level team. In addition to the suspended Calabresi and the long-term patient Barberis, Aquilani is plagued by absences: “Caracciolo isn’t there because he had a muscle injury, nor is Hermannsson. Veloso returns, Masucci has a problem to evaluate and we won’t have Esteves either.” And Matteo Tramoni will also be missing as he suffered a knee injury at finishing. In defense therefore, alongside Canestrelli, the choice could fall on De Vitis or even on the young Coppola of the Primavera in the usual fluid 4-2-3-1, with Valoti next to Marin in midfield and the Moreo-Bonfanti run-off in attack.
