Spal away to Pesaro: crucial challenge for the standings and the playouts

It is not a peaceful Easter for the Spal, away match of Pesaro among a thousand unknowns and worries. The standings imposes on the team to Baldini to obtain a positive result tomorrow at the Benelli stadium, possibly a victory that in the event of a misstep by Milan Futuro would guarantee the white and blues a significant overtaking in terms of playout. But the race on the field of Dream It does not present itself under the best auspices, because in addition to the disqualified Arena and Rao and the long-term absentee Karlsson will be missed for accident Bassoli and especially Mignanelli. The latter – already out in the last match against Pontedera – has not recovered and it is not clear when he will be available again. And his natural replacement Ntenda is not in perfect condition. It always rains on the wet at Spal, where mister Baldini should still confirm the 3-4-3 of the last few days. Perhaps moving Nador back to the center of defense, with Bruscagin and Fiordaliso at his sides, and inserting Paghera in tandem with Awua in midfield.

For the rest, the training should follow the one that drew against Pontedera, with Calapai and the injured Ntenda on the wings, and a trident composed of Spini, the former Molina and Parigini. Spal has the duty to get points to try to climb at least one position, but there is also the risk of ending up in the sights of Sestri Levante and Legnago Salus, who hope to shorten the distances from Antenucci and his teammates and overtake them in the last round of championship. Better not to think about it. Instead, Spal should focus on Vis Pesaro, which after an excellent run that guaranteed access to the playoffs has collapsed. And in the last 10 days it has a very similar record to the – terrifying – one of the white and blues. Stellone's team has slipped to sixth place and at this rate it risks finishing even behind Pineto and Pianese, a prospect that Vis is determined to avoid. Reversing course on Easter Monday against Spal and in the last game of the regular season on the field of Milan Futuro. The Vis Pesaro of now is an opponent absolutely within the reach of Antenucci and his teammates, who at the Benelli stadium will be animated by greater motivation than the home team. However, the pressure will also be on the shoulders of the white and blues, who in this dress rehearsal of the playout will have to demonstrate that they have what it takes to achieve salvation.

Stefano Manfredini