PORDENONE. Last day of rest for Massimo Paci’s Pordenone, which on Friday 30 July afternoon will resume working at De Marchi in view of Saturday’s friendly (at 16.30) with Gasperini’s Atalanta. The test with the Nerazzurri will kick off a busy schedule, which will lead to the start of the season with the first round of the Italian Cup and the debut in the league. While for this last appointment, the neroverdi already know the opponent, the Perugia of the former Burrai, and since yesterday also the exact day and time (they will play at Teghil on Saturday 21 August at 18, while with Spal, on the second day, Sunday 29 at 20.30 in Ferrara), the cup rival is still shrouded in doubt. Not just unknown, because on paper Udinese should have been the first big on the road of the lizards, to give life to a highly anticipated regional derby that in an official competition has even been missing from the 1934-’35 season, in the then Prima tournament. division.
In short, an appointment with history, which however risks skipping due to the increasingly probable exclusion of Chievo from Serie B. The decision, sanctioned by the Coni Guarantee College, will now pass to the scrutiny of the Lazio TAR, to which the clivians are they are called as the very last anchor of salvation. The Tar should speak on Monday 2 August and only then will it be known whether the Cup derby will take place or not. If the exclusion of Chievo is confirmed, the pairings of the Coppa Italia would suffer a shake. Thus the Pordenone would no longer find itself on the Udinese road, but on the La Spezia of Thiago Motta. While the zebrette of Gotti would host Ascoli.
The effects, of course, would also be reflected in the subsequent rounds, with Pordenone which in the event of the passage of the round would no longer host one between Crotone and Brescia, but the winner of Parma-Lecce. Finishing, if appropriate, in the arms of Roma (and not Lazio) in the second round.
From dreams to reality. On Saturday Pordenone will go to Bergamo, next Wednesday to Padua, while on Sunday 8 August it will receive Bologna at Teghil: from 29 July (at 16) the presale is open on the sport.ticketone.it website. One thousand places available for green pass holders.