Edgars Pavlenko
© photo by Nicola Ricci, Amaranta.it
Grosseto – Livorno falls to Grosseto, where it collects its third consecutive away defeat under Niccolò Pascali’s management, and sadly bids farewell to the 2024/2025 competitive season, at the end of a championship that has disappointed the club’s expectations overall.
Below we offer you the report cards for the match:
Biagini. His presence on the pitch suggests a reiteration on the part of the coach in alternating the deployment on the pitch of a goalkeeper born in 2003 or 2004, with the presence on the pitch of one of Camara or Fancelli: he comes close to giving Grosseto the goal 4 to 1. Rating: 5.5.
Fancelli. Back in the starting lineup one hundred and five days after the trip to Sansepolcro, the third chapter of Fabio Fossati’s management, he makes do as best he can in an attempt to limit the damage and still remains a player to be taken into due consideration in view of next season. Rating: 6.
(9′ st Menga. He tries to wreak havoc in the red and white rearguard, without particular success: with him on the pitch in the position of attacking midfielder between the lines, Nardi returns to acting as a midfielder. Rating: 5).
Ronchi. He loses the challenge with his teammate Brenna by detachment, who was particularly proactive in the offensive phase today, and, as if that wasn’t enough, the dynamism of the Amaranth offensive department suffers for large stretches. Rating: 5.
Brenna. He often proposes himself in the offensive phase, trying to seek his luck away from the posts defended by his goal: for the rest, the suffering, although distributed throughout the team’s attackers, is undeniable. Rating: 5.5.
Curcio. He gives the idea of not being very concentrated in the defensive phase and, nevertheless, very dangerous in the offensive phase thanks to two shots that go out a few centimeters from the goal defended by Raffaelli: his performance, parameterized and evaluated in light of the consistency of his experience, however, remains of little value. Rating: 5.
Bellini. He works hard trying to help his teammates defensively and offensively, but he still lacks the type of clarity that would come from having greater awareness of his own technical means. Rating: 6.
Lights. Hypothetical low point of a diamond-shaped midfield, he positions himself in front of the defense and tries to limit the damage, for himself and for the team: his goal, although not unforgettable, keeps Livorno alive until the end. Rating: 6.
(29′ st Sabattini. He does his best in replacing Luci, but makes an attempted foul against an opponent who was thrown towards the net, which could also have resulted in a significant sanction. Score: 6).
Tanasa. Fossati had given him the only possible role for a 33-year-old player with great ability to rob the penalty area: outside of that role, he is a normal player, moreover not very young. Rating: 5.
(9′ st Camara. Crushed by the perverse quota mechanism, he remains on the bench to leave his place to Biagini and, in his place, Fancelli plays (wasn’t he a central player?). His mere entry onto the pitch puts a stop to the raids of Rinaldini in his lane.
Nardi. Deployed in the unprecedented role of attacking midfielder, he proves to be an excellent solution for many teammates who prefer to serve him, instead of venturing into solitary adventures; in any case, the frequency of balls that he handles is not the same as that of the balls that he must distribute on the regional and national territory. Rating: 6.
Rossetti. He stands out above all for the foul interventions that his opponents are forced to commit to stem his excessive physical power. Rating: 5.
(31′ st Frati. A goal, a crossbar and a lot of unpredictability with which he tries to split the game in two, exactly as he did against Real Forte Querceta and Seravezza: a shame for his late entry onto the pitch but, listening to Pascali , it would seem that he had no further playing time in his legs.
Sailors. Every now and then he tries to get the ball rolling but, overall, he doesn’t repeat the good performance that led him to score fourteen days ago against Trestina. Rating: 5.5.
(19′ st Pavlenko. He enters the game well, even if the header in front of goal with which he tried to close the tie deserved better luck. Rating: 5.5).
All.: N. Pascali. Having taken over from Fabio Fossati when the real chances of being able to catch up with Pianese were already largely gone, he tried to save what could be saved from a season that began in the best possible way and quickly evaporated, trying to give the team its own identity, regardless of the opponent he was going to meet: certainly the coach, in carrying forward his creed of playing ball on the ground and offensive plots that develop centrally, did not think too much about the outcome of the current season, but he preferred to try to leave a wealth of knowledge to those who will sit on the amaranth bench, starting from next July. Pavlenko’s entry onto the pitch, in the face of the presence of Cori and Luis Henrique in the stands, is the manifesto both of the Unione Sportiva Livorno’s year and of his personal one which, once he became coach of the first team, saw him forced to draw heavily on the junior team that he had coached until the away match against Cenaia on Saturday 6 May. Rating: 6.
Grosseto report cards
Raffaelli 7; Grasso 6 (44′ st Violante sv)), Cretella 6, Saio 5.5, Macchi 6 (22′ st Prati 4); Riccobono 6.5 (23′ st Bensaja 6.5), Sabelli 6, Sacchini 6.5; Rinaldini 6 (35′ st Fregoli sv), Marzierli 7.5, Romairone 6.5 (31′ st Morelli 6). All.: R. Malotti 7.
