Spezia, dream pair in attack. Esposito-Lapadula warm up the Picco

Pio Esposito's return to the center of the attack, Gianluca Lapadula's debut at the 'Picco'. The Spezia-Palermo match, scheduled for Sunday at 15 pm, will most likely give the Aquilotto fans a dream goal-scoring duo. Pio Esposito, now a favorite of the white people with his 11 goals to his name (one less than the top scorer of the Serie B championship Pietro Iemmello), is ready to take back the reins of the Aquilotto attack, bringing the qualities he brings: overflowing physical strength, excellent technique, a nose for goal and the typical light-heartedness of his 19 years. Added to all this is a strong bond with the city, to the point of going so far as to declare his ambitions: "I dream of bringing Spezia back to Serie A". That top division which, if achieved, could push Inter to extend the stay of the Under 21 international on the Gulf shores. The reports on Pio by the former ds of Spezia Gianluca Andrissi, now an esteemed observer of Inter, present at the 'Picco' also in the match against Sassuolo, are full of positive notes, to summarize the predestined path of the Neapolitan striker. Alongside Esposito there will be a pure striker like Gianluca Lapadula, born in 1990, 187 career goals, 59 of which scored in Serie B in 106 games, seasoned with 22 assists. A 'sentence' in Serie B with his superfine class, his dynamism and exceptional propensity for goals. A man with the caliber in his left foot, capable of inflaming the crowd with his statements:

"I'm thrilled by the idea of ​​making my debut at the 'Picco', the Spezia fans are very charismatic. I'm hungry and eager, I'm here to experience emotions that I've already experienced. Serie A? Championships are won game by game, my purchase is a sign". Lapadula, who turns 35 today, will form a complementary pair with Pio Esposito that takes us back in time to famous strikers who made history on the Gulf shores: Guidetti-Varricchio, Guidetti-Colombo, Fiori-Pisano. In the 2005-2006 Serie C1 championship, the goal-scoring twins 'Max & Max', alias Guidetti-Varricchio, the first small and fast, the second tall and structured, created sparks, dragging the whites to promotion to Serie B: 15 goals scored by 'Guido', thirteen by Varricchio. In the following Serie B tournament, Guidetti scored eleven goals, Varricchio 7, Colombo 8. And what about the Pisano-Fiori duo that, in the 1-2001 Serie C2002 championship, made an entire nation dream? The Sicilian striker, who combined physical strength and effective scoring, scored 21 goals, assisted by the pocket-sized striker 'Francolino', who scored ten goals of rare beauty. The latter, probably present in the stands of the 'Picco' for the Spezia-Pisa derby, sees analogies with current events: "Pio-Lapadula? A great pair of attackers, with characteristics that combine well with each other. In some respects it is a pairing that resembles the one that Pisano and I established".

Fabio Bernardini