Spal-Pontedera: a disastrous championship for the white and blues

Same old music, Spal-Pontedera it is the perfect summary of the unfortunate championship of the white and blues. This time, following up on the progress in intensity shown in Sassari, Galeotti and his teammates would have also deserved to win, at least for that first half rarely so aggressive and pugnacious. But if even when - with immeasurable effort - they take the lead, then Spal cannot hold it for more than a minute (it had already happened in Solbiate and Pineto), well, it really means that they are not capable of winning. And if you never win, you are relegated. Baldini won one, on a penalty in Pian Castagnaio.

One in twelve, and they lost half of them. At home they have always lost, and drawn with Legnago and Pontedera. And where is Spal going at this rate? Now they await the results of Milan-Ternana and Carpi-Legnago, but we cannot continue to hope for the misfortunes of others. The team fought and never gave up, especially in the first half they played and also created chances. The fans acknowledged this, since at the end they limited themselves to singing "fight for us", without mocking the players like other times. You can see with the naked eye that there is an increase in intensity, in fighting and also in the management of the game. In some ways, however, what should be a source of consolation turns into the most disheartening fact: if you don't win even when you dominate, if you let a comeback come in even the rare times you take the lead - we are close to twenty goals conceded from set pieces -, how can you hope to save yourself? How can you not conclude that this is the modest best you have to give? And there is the risk of having to win one in the playout, because at this rate it will not be easy to leave three teams behind and save ourselves with a double nothing. The truth is that we should not have gotten ourselves into this infamous situation.

It shouldn't have happened and it never would have happened, if only the company had done what had to be done in the summer and what everyone expected, especially with the burden of a -3. Let's continue to go against the grain: these are the results.