THE SUCCESSION
Tomas Acosta Pimentel. He is 21 and a half years old, he is an opening that can also play center, even second center, and extreme. He was the Argentine youth national team in the fearsome Pumitas, together with Tomas Gallo, and played the world championships hosted in the land of tango in 2019.
It is the first name that leaks from the Ghirada for the succession of Tommaso Allan. The young Argentine has already been contacted, but asi is reserved to give an answer to the green-and-white management, perhaps already in these hours
From one Tomaso to another Tomas, without forgetting Joey Caputo, the Italian-Australian I will be testing in the coming months? Let’s say that Benetton, despite being caught off guard by the strong choice of Allan who will migrate to London at the end of the season, is on the Harlequins side – and there are those who have noticed the irritable words of the company in the official note, diplomatic but not too much – are looking, albeit in extremis to cover the hole left by the blue director son of art.
The registry identikit of Acosta Pimentel – player much more for his role, 1.87, with technical skills that have good references – however confirms the green, if not very green line of the company, with a view to generational change that also this ‘summer will experience strong pages, for the probable greetings of many Lions who have written pages of history with the green-and-white shirt (Barbini ever closer to Petrarch, like Leo Sarto; Sgarbi is also out and could even retire, if he does not accept offers from the Top 10, starting with Rovigo). Not only that: even the technical profile of Acosta Pimentel, provided you accept the offer, confirms the flexibility of the role of the players who will arrive in Ghirada this summer, from Rhyno Smith to the other South African and Springbok Andries Coetzeee, to the young Italian-Australian Caputo. As indeed Edo Padovani.
All players who can cover different roles – winger, center, winger and opening. If Garbisi is increasingly the director of the future, thanks to the explosion with the blue shirt followed by the excellent performances of the icon Treviso, the trocar line that will be entrusted to the new specialist Andrea Masi seems to have the first business cards in versatility and plurality of options. .
Meanwhile, the final straight of the Rainbow Cup is also looming: retour derby with the Zebras, Saturday in Monigo (6.15 pm). From leaders with Munster, at 9, not without regrets for the missed bonus in Parma.
And there could also be a queue of the victorious Parma derby. The company evaluates whether to forward to the Pro 14 board a “report” on the direction of Piardi (and who knows, also on the calls of the Tmo). The very conspicuous inequality in the fouls of the first half t, (1 only to the Zebras and one to the second, better than the All Blacks) against the 10 whistled against the Lions, half of which in closed; but also, some evaluations in key plays, such as the one on Duvenage’s snatching on Gianmarioli (doubts also on the goal not assigned to Hayward under the poles), and the failure to yellow to Bianchi (ask the Lions sanctioned in Europe for much less even with the red) irritated staff and management.ANDREA PASSERINI