Mathematics has arrived. Lecce is safe and will also be in Serie A in the 2024-2025 football championship. Before playing, therefore, the Giallorossi obtained the maximum result from a series of combinations. On Friday, Frosinone lost 5-0 against Inter, while yesterday Cagliari lost 5-1 against Milan.
These two combinations have opened the way for Lecce towards salvation, because based on a series of direct clashes between now and the end of the championship, whatever result comes out, Lecce would never be overtaken by two teams at the same time, which would become three with Salernitana already relegated. The three boxes in the red zone, therefore, would not concern the men trained by Gotti. Gotti who was the architect, in the second phase of this championship, of a mini-revolution which with 3 wins and 3 draws saw Lecce emerge from a complicated situation to take them to the top in a situation of tranquility. It must be said that even with D’Aversa, the company of president Sticchi Damiani, who yesterday gave himself a birthday of absolute joy, has never been among the last three positions in the ranking. The latest outings, however, culminating in the defeat at home against Verona, have pushed the men of Via Costadura to change a bit by entrusting the team to Mr. Gotti.
Now, against Udinese it will be a formality. Separated by seven points, Lecce and Udinese arrive with different situations and motivations. Lecce, at 37, has already achieved the goal; Udinese, at 30, needs to score points in every remaining match between now and the end. In this championship, the two teams have had a similar trend in terms of goals scored and conceded (32-50 for Lecce; 33-52 for Udinese), but the Giallorossi have managed to win more matches. Udinese is the team with the most draws in the category, 18. Of the small teams, however, it is the team that has lost the least, only 13 times, but it is also the team that with 4 victories has done worse than anyone else, excluding Salernitana.
Lecce lost Piccoli to suspension, and the team that Gotti sends out will be a question mark. Will you want to give space to those who have played less? Will he still want to play a game as if it were normal? Udinese tries to recover Pereyra, a fundamental player for the Friulian team, who will be placed behind Lucca. Davis and Success should go to the bench, but be used during the game, while Payero returns after the suspension.
There will be the public for special occasions, since “reduced visibility” tickets have also been put on sale, even before the news of the mathematical salvation. The “Via del Mare” therefore records yet another sell-out event. This time ready to explode for the party. Lecce, like Udinese, will take to the field with the celebratory shirt for “Mother’s Day”, bearing the name or surname of the player’s mother.
