Milan Future and Spal: decisive challenge for salvation in the playouts

The wait is over. Tonight in Solbiate Arno and next Saturday in Ferrara: in 180 minutes Milan Futuro e Spal they face each other to save the category and therefore continue to play among the professionals. For the Rossoneri, relegation to D series it would be the failure of a project born just a year ago, for the white and blues instead a psycho-drama that would involve an entire city that it is better not even to think about. Baldini's team arrives at playout with the small but significant advantage of being able to achieve the objective even with two draws. In addition to playing the return match at home, but recent history teaches us that the home field advantage tends not to make the difference. Better not to think about it, however, aiming to collect the maximum in the first match. And then do the same in a week, without making calculations that you could bitterly regret.

Mister Baldini will play with the formation that in the last phase of the championship has provided him with the greatest guarantees, therefore a 3-4-3 with Arena, Bruscagin and Fiordaliso in defense and Paghera and Nador (favorites over Awua) in midfield. On the left wing Mignanelli has recovered, but Ntenda is still to be considered the favorite. There is no doubt about the trident: Spini, Molina and Parigini will start, with the various Antenucci, Karlsson and Rao ready to take over. In the championship the Rossoneri - both in the first leg and in the return leg led by mister Bonera - have knocked out Spal both at the Chinetti and Mazza stadiums, but what happened previously no longer counts for anything. Now on the two benches there are different coaches than then, and above all the playout these are playoffs that are a story in themselves. Everything is reset, and survival is played through different dynamics. Experience smiles on the white and blues, who can finally count on a full squad. Unlike mister Oddo, who has to give up valuable players but is still convinced he can achieve the goal. Leveraging the freshness and technique of his players, a very young group in which the red and black club inserted some elements with greater personality in January. Spal has often made the wrong approach, or in any case has not managed to stay on top of things for 90 minutes. Ai playout It must not happen, because there is a fundamental goal at stake for the survival of Spal in football that counts. Today in Solbiate Arno and in seven days in Ferrara: there is much more at stake than salvation.

Stefano Manfredini