The Rossoblù have a European hat-trick at the Tardini. And Italiano dreams of starting the game from the bench.
Another derby away from the Dall’Ara: hoping not to return home with the refereeing poisons of Florence. The convalescent Italian, who tonight wants to play until the last minute for a remaining chance of sitting on the bench, if he could choose he would obviously go back home from Parma with the three points. Also because, although it is unfair to label the draws with Fiorentina and Torino as so many setbacks, it is nevertheless undeniable that a team that harbours legitimate ambitions of Europe I need to get back to running.
Furthermore, in the next seven days the European championship of the rossoblù will start running on a double track again: Parma today at the Tardini and Napoli in a week’s time at the Dall’Ara are potential sources of points to defend their European position in the championship, while on Thursday Brann at the Dall’Ara will be a golden opportunity to strengthen the standings Europa League Following up on a three-point blitz at Steaua. In the European triple-header, those who stop are doomed: but in sport, there are also opponents.
He was running as fast as a Frecciarossa. Bologna of Italian who stopped unexpectedly at the station on February 22nd Parma, due to a double unexpected ‘failure’: their own limitations on the pitch and the errors of referee Abisso. That 0-2 defeat was fortunately just a ‘stop and go’ in the rossoblù’s season, but it is a lesson to keep in mind today so as not to trust too much in the supposed fragility of the opponent. Parma the debutant Cuesta presents all the limitations of a new project, entrusted to a young and inevitably inexperienced hand, which promised much, but has so far delivered very little.
The Crociati have won only once, on September 29th at home to Torino (2-1), adding four draws and as many defeats to that isolated afternoon of celebration. The team is theoretically not lacking in talent, but Cuesta has managed to extract only the modest reward of four goals from them so far, making the Gialloblu’s offensive phase the worst of the entire championship, tied with Genoa.
“We are coming from good performances but playing against a strong team like Bologna we have to raise the level”, warned the thirty-year-old Spanish coach yesterday. He also gave a thought to the convalescent Italian: “I hope there is.” Don’t worry, Italian It will be there today: it’s just a matter of figuring out which section of the Tardini will be in. The bench, the locker room, or the ‘skybox’ in the stands are the three options: the first option is difficult, but not out of the question (also because rain is forecast during the match), while the second and third options are more feasible.
However, the pneumonia is behind him and hopefully the recent pneumonia of his is too. Bologna, which however is not an alarm bell but rather the natural side effect of matches played every three days. The more than three thousand Bolognese fans who are watching the derby in Bologna are certainly smelling the wind of victory.Emilia Today they’ll see him live in the away section of the Tardini. Abisso isn’t there, and that’s already a good starting point.
