Padova 1-0 Venezia
I know, I know - it's taken me a few days to update the blog. In part that's because I'm a lazy so and so, but also, it's because of the disappointment of last Friday's result.
The game was, of course, on TV, so I am more in more of a position than normal to discuss the game in detail, but the truth is, I have no real desire to! Between this result and the Pro Sesto result, I am starting to think being on TV is bad luck for us! To sum up, it was a frustrating game - we dominated for large spells, but although we had some nice moves and link up play (particularly involving Pradolin and Moro, two youngsters surely destined for bigger and better things), we hardly created a real chance.
Padova, on the other hand, created one - our defence fell asleep when their left winger got to the byline and pulled the ball back, allowing Russo to score an easy goal midway through the second half. We pressed for an equaliser, but again didn't really create anything, and though a draw would have been a fairer result, we couldn't say we deserved a goal. Collauto, so many times our most impressive player, had a particularly poor game down the right.
The good news was that Pisa lost 2-0 at Grosseto. Sassuolo managed a win though, meaning we slipped back to 2nd, one point off the top. Hardly a disaster, then, and the performance, up to the opponents penalty area, was in the main encouraging. Two other things also give me hope: first, Di Costanzo has come out and said we are not shooting enough as a team, which shows he recognises the problem; and two, our new signing Romondini is meant to be a creative link up man for the midfield and attack, and so should help us create more chances.
Massesse next, followed by a tricky away tie to Monza. 6 points there and we will be cruising, 4 and we'll be doing okay. Anything less, and I will really start to worry given how close the table actually is from about 10th place up...
(PS - I will post an updated table asap, just to show I'm not bitter. Can't be bothered at the moment!!)
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