SASSARI. To face the first Sardinian home derby of this championship, against the always difficult Arzachena, a Torres by now tested in the game and in men goes on the field. We need to get back up …
SASSARI. To face the first Sardinian home derby of this championship, against the always difficult Arzachena, a Torres by now tested in the game and in men goes on the field. We must recover after the scorching defeat of the previous round and after the partial satisfaction of the Cup against Lanusei, we must return to the 3 heavy points in a tournament that does not wait for those who linger.
To complete the mission, Mr. Greco re-proposes the standard defense, with the central couple Antonelli-Dametto and the young outsiders Rossi and Turchet. The twenty-year-old Saved has been confirmed in the stakes. In the middle of the field there are Bianchi and Piredda to guarantee experience and Lisai (preferred to Samuele Pinna over quota) and Kujabi to support the attack, formed as always by Scotto and Diakite. It is a Torres that promises well but to keep it has to deal with an insidious and well-disposed opponent on the field. Then, of course, it also takes heart and character to win. Which there is no shortage of Sassari. To give the first shocks to the comparison are the Gallura players, at 9 ‘Sosa’s shot on a corner goes out very close to the post and at 12’ the former rossoblù Sartor (engaged in a very physical duel with Antonelli, who suffered the worst and continues the race with a showy blindfold on his face) tries the overhead kick in front of goal, sending high.
The home team’s response is in Lisai’s long-range shot, which touches the post, and Diakite’s header which is lost not far from the goal. Torres does not force, stinging especially on the left where Turchet is in constant support, but the host defense does not allow gaps. Lisai seems a bit sacrificed in an unusual central position for him, behind the strikers, and when he moves to the right he can unleash his flair with inviting crosses. At 43 ‘yet another invitation leads to the goal of the advantage, decisive for the result. Kalifa Kujabi, a Gambian born in 2000, scores it, who arrives in the race and surprises everyone with his precise right-footed strike at the net.
Going to the interval with the favor of the score puts the rossoblù in an ideal condition to give life to a second half in which the burden of pushing forward, opening important spaces, is all Arzachena. But without closing down and being crushed in their own half without giving up the search for a safety goal.
The emeralds at 18 ‘miss the great chance of a draw with Bonacquisti, guilty left free to conclude but with an imprecise aim. The pressure from the guests grows but the Sassari are quick to leave, the defenses always prevail and the two goalkeepers are never really busy. The Torresina management of the final has no major flaws and Arzachena must resign themselves to defeat.
Sa.U.