Lamezia Terme – The anticipation is mounting at Vigor Lamezia, tomorrow playing at the “D’Ippolito” in the first round of the national play-offs against Bisceglie. Two weeks after the poker win against Cittanova, a clear show of strength for a team in great shape, the road to Serie D will therefore pass through the double challenge with the winner of group A of Eccellenza Pugliese, fresh, however, from the sensational 4 -0 suffered by Ugento in the final on May 5th, which came, among other things, after the difficult 0-0 draw at home against Molfetta. The worst should be behind us, according to the statements of Mr. Di Meo, who in recent days has had to work above all on the psychological aspect of his players, but the Vigor admired against Cittanova is certainly not the ideal opponent with which to play the remaining chance for promotion. Especially without the long-term patient Petitto and the suspended Avantaggiato, Kouame and striker Pignataro, best scorer of the season with 21 goals, stopped for a match.
The latter is a particularly heavy absence which, on the eve of the most important match of the season so far, does not allow Danilo Fanello to sleep peacefully: “The absence of a striker like Pignataro is certainly good news for us – declares the coach from Lamezia – even if seeing him on the pitch would certainly have helped the show. We are talking about an important player, capable of scoring tons of goals for several years, so, selfishly, I’m happy he’s missing. Certainly, however, regardless of Pignataro, we are aware that we are facing a very strong team, which came first in the standings in a very difficult group, made up of players from higher categories and led by a top-level coach who has already won several championships. But we will try to do our best, because the stakes are very high.”
If Mr. Di Meo is forced to do without rather important players on the Nerazzurri board, all available, instead, will be the green and white side, in particular in defence, the department most affected by injuries in the last two months, which tomorrow, finally, will also be able to count on recovery of Scalon: “The match against Cittanova left some consequences – continues Fanello – and we had several situations to sort out. People like Catania and De Nisi, for example, are recovering from some ailments, but we have had time to manage them as best we can and they are both available. Scalon will also return, having been working with the rest of the group for a couple of weeks now, while only the suspended Silvagni will be missing. Tomorrow we will have to give a little more than usual, so it will be essential to have everyone available. I have great faith in my boys. They are aware of the importance of the race and in recent weeks – he concludes – they have put in a lot of effort”.
These are the players called up by the green and white coach for the “D’Ippolito” match:
Goalkeepers: Columbro, Diano
Defenders: Amendola, De Nisi, Donoso, Fiorentino, Lanciano, Mascaro, Scalon Villella
Midfielders: Calomino, Curcio, Foderaro M. Lavrendi, Rodriguez
Attackers: Bernardi, Catania, Chirico, Foderaro G., Garcia, Spanò, Verso
The match will be refereed by Mr Vito Mattia Losapio from Molfetta, assisted by the Monaco-Bosco tandem from Sala Consilina and Roma 2. Kick-off at 4pm. In the event of a draw, at the end of the two matches, the match will move on to the second and decisive round of the national playoffs is the team that has scored the highest number of goals. If there is a tie in goals scored, the team that has scored the highest number of away goals will qualify. In the event of a further draw, two extra periods of 15 minutes each will be played and, if at the end of the period no goal is scored, there will be a penalty shoot-out. However, in the event of a draw with a goal scored during extra time, the team that scored away will qualify.
Francesco Sacco
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