At Fortunati a 2-0 victory for Foggia led by the Bohemian coach. But the Azzurri did not give up on their first outing
PAVIA. After Verona-Sampdoria on Saturday evening, another luxury test yesterday at Fortunati, which baptized the new Pavia of Omar Albertini, at the first seasonal exit, opposite to Foggia, a series C formation on whose bench sits a character who does not certainly needs no introduction: Zdenek Zeman.
The match ended with the Apulian 2-0 victory thanks to Merola’s brace. A lot of curiosity for the first outing of the Azzurri (450 spectators in the stands despite being placed in the middle of August), who played a good match, not without interesting ideas, but also to observe live the Bohemian coach, now 74 years old and who after three years of inactivity, (the last experience was at breaking latest news in the 2017-18 tournament in Serie B) got back into the game by returning to that square where he collected great satisfaction during the Casillo presidency by proposing a modern, offensive and spectacular football, with the famous trident Signori-Baiano-Rambaudi (the latter ex Pavia of the Achilli era), up to the benches of Lazio and Rome.
The beloved trident
The beloved 4-3-3 is the form with which Zeman also presented his players yesterday against a Pavia that proposed in the initial eleven several innovations compared to the last season of Excellence. Miister Albertini opted for a three-man defense in 3-4-3, with Galimberti, Della Volpe and Cornaggia forming the rearguard trio in front of the young goalkeeper Guarino (born in 2002, former Nibionnoggiono in Serie D).
After 12 ‘suffered an injury in the blue ranks for the midfielder Corio (transported to San Matteo for knee tests and replaced by June). Still in midfield in the finishing, stop for Ottonello, announced in the initial eleven and replaced, instead, from 1 ‘by Bargiggia, on his return to the field after the injury suffered in 2020. Match played openly, with Foggia touching the advantage with Rocca whose conclusion from the left is printed on the crossbar. Before the interval it is Merkaj close to the small area to finish out.
At the start of the second half, Pavia is close to scoring with Donadio equalizing the count of the crosspieces. At 16 ‘, however, Foggia broke the deadlock with Merola with a great shot from the edge on which the goalkeeper Guarino was unable to do anything. At the end of the match, in full recovery, Merola himself in the small area deflects the goal for the final 2-0. —
PAVIA (3-4-3)
Guarino; Galimberti, (1’st Davenia), Della Volpe, Cornaggia (20’st Abbà); Negri (30’st Porcella), Bargiggia, Corio (12’pt June), Lizzio (31’st Feninno); Cupello (1st Nucera), Bellantoni (31st Montanaro), Donadio. Coach Omar Albertini.
FOGGIA (4-3-3)
Alastra (40’st Dalmasso); Martino, Sciacca, Markic, Nicoletti (19’st Di Jenno); Rizzo (1’st Garofalo), Petermann, Curcio (30’st Tuzzo); Merkay (1’st Merola), Ferrante (1 ‘st Vigolo), Rocca (19’st Gallo). Coach Zdenek Zeman.
MARKERS: 16th and 48th Merola (F). NOTE: recovery 2 ‘and 4’, corners 7-3 for Foggia. About 450 spectators.