“Catanzaro, the ‘battle’ of Saturday evening”, headlines the Southern Gazette.
Brescia will be a very tough test for the Giallorossi. And the two seasonal crossings confirm it.
A battle on all fronts. On a technical and tactical level, from a nervous and competitive point of view, also and above all on a physical level. Catanzaro-Brescia will not miss anything, it will be the toughest clash in the preliminary round of the playoffs. To move forward, the Eagles will have to prove themselves worthy in every aspect, even on apparently less congenial terrain such as fighting: on Saturday evening at the “Ceravolo” a real crash test will be staged.
Brescia is coached by one of the most expert coaches in Serie B (Maran), has some superior category players (Cistana and Bisoli, for example), the same lightness of spirit as the Giallorossi (after last year’s relegation with subsequent readmission not even president Cellino asks for more) and a “heavy” structure (understood in terms of the size of the players) which has nothing to envy of anyone, except Venice, and therefore makes it very dangerous […].
On Saturday the injured giant Borrelli will not be there, on target at the “Rigamonti”, but Moncini is not joking either, the centre-forward on his way to recovery, while between Bjarnason and the other members of the battery of attacking midfielders and midfielders, Maran has half a dozen great players and big, over six feet tall.
Brescia doesn’t produce champagne football, nor do they score a lot (eleventh in terms of goals scored), but they have plenty of cynicism, compactness and physique. In short, many impactful duels are announced, especially in the Eagles’ half of the pitch. However, they fear them less than you might think when looking at a team of relative “little guys”: they have won 52% of them, more than all the others in the league (Opta data). In short, they know how to remedy certain shortcomings and suffering.
In the return round, Catanzaro proved to be different than the first round, more ready and tough, also thanks to the winter inclusion of Antonini, who brought the kilos and centimeters needed at the back.
Without forgetting that Vivarini’s team always defends collectively – in Serie B one-on-ones are often a gamble – the “weight” of the Brazilian central defender has proven decisive and could be so again in the playoffs […].
