The program of the 38th matchday, the last of the Serie B championship, will see Cremonese and Cittadella face each other in a match with nothing to ask for both teams. The hosts, in fact, have secured fourth place and have guaranteed direct access to the semi-finals of the playoffs, while the Venetians who currently occupy eleventh place in the standings with 46 points, have been left out of the race for the Serie A. The match will be refereed by referee Kevin Bonacina from the Bergamo section. Assisting him will be the assistants Damiano Margani from Latina and Federico Longo from Paola and the fourth man Antonino Costanza from the Agrigento section. VAR and AVAR were entrusted to Miele and Di Bello.
HOW THE CREMONESE ARRIVES – After the 1-1 draw obtained on the pitch of Parma, now promoted to Serie A, Cremonese is preparing to face the last match of the championship with their mind already on the playoffs. Against Cittadella, Stroppa will probably send out a reshuffled lineup in view of the commitments that await the Grigiorossi at the end of the season, trying above all not to risk the banned Vazquez and Mayer who would miss the semi-finals in the event of a yellow card. Ravanelli and Afena-Gyan, still injured, were not called up by the coach, as were Pickel and Collocolo. Lochoshvili returns after a one-match suspension.
HOW THE CITADEL ARRIVES – Gorini’s team, eleventh, after a good first part of the season, lost the possibility of accessing the playoffs by a handful of points, also thanks to the fluctuating performance of the last month, during which the Granata have collected several draws, like the one against Bari in the last round. The coach, in the press conference, expressed regret for how the season ended and announced that he will resort to a large turnover in Cremona, with Carissoni and Pandolfi out due to physical problems. The Venetians, however, show up at the Zini stadium eager to end the season with a positive result in front of around a hundred fans who will follow Branca and his teammates on the last away match of the season.
