“I expect a tough derby, against experienced opponents, who have a great Serie A coach on the bench. We will have to play as Pro, without the handbrake on, with a free mind and the right carefree”. The Pro Vercelli technician, Francesco Modesto, can’t wait with the lions that tonight at 9pm at the Piola (live on Rai Sport) host the grays. Pro Vercelli knows that Alessandria is a battleship. Already on the way the grays won over the lions. On that occasion Modesto had not been able to count on Zerbin, who complained of a broken rib, and Emmanuello, who came out a few minutes after the start of the challenge. The Pro is fine now: there is only Masi who is not at the top but the captain will be in the game. And among the lions there is Comi who paws: against the mandrogni he wants to redeem the error of last Sunday, from the spot, against the Pro Sesto. A wrong penalty that prevented Pro Vercelli from winning the three points.
The distance in the standings between Pro Vercelli and Alessandria is minimal: only 5 points. On the one hand there are the lions, second in the class, who, after the leaders Como lost yesterday in Piacenza, are hungry to overtake. On the other hand there is Alexandria, a team built to win the championship, which today is a bit delayed, but which has plenty of time to recover the ground that separates it from the top (six points to be recovered in seven races) . Tonight’s derby is worth a lot: the stakes are therefore very high. «Who has the most to lose in this derby between us and them? I don’t know – Modesto says -. In the last seven games, anything can happen, you need continuity of results. And we have it, we have to continue like this. This is the period where you can lose points against anyone, against the first or last of the class: nothing is taken for granted. Every race is complicated. Alexandria has invested a lot, it has ambitious corporate goals: it has been chasing Serie B for years. It will come here to impose its own game: we are ready. I told my boys to stay calm and play like lions ». The Pro Vercelli in this 2021 is unbeaten: it is back from 15 consecutive useful results. Alexandria, in the last five games, have won four times. Anything can happen tonight, with lions and grays aiming for the entire stake for the draw.
Meanwhile, a prestigious call for Petko Hristov. The central defender, born in 1999, has been included in the squad list of the Bulgarian national team by coach Yasen Petrov, in view of the upcoming matches against Switzerland, Italy and Northern Ireland. Hristov will not be available to coach Francesco Modesto in the away match in Livorno: he will return for the away match against AlbinoLeffe on Saturday 3 April. For Hristov it is the first call-up to the senior national team. «We are very happy for the boy – Modesto says -. It is not easy to be called up for the national team playing in the Lega Pro. We hope that he can continue the championship well with us and then, this summer, watch it on television at the European Championships ».
PRO VERCELLI (3-4-3): 22 Saro; 25 Hristov, 2 Masi, 5 Auriletto; 29 Iezzi, 4 Nielsen, 8 Emmanuello, 19 Gatto; 7 Rolando, 10 Comi, 24 Zerbin. Annex Modesto
ALESSANDRIA (3-5-2): 12 Pisseri; 31 Bellodi, 30 Di Gennaro, 32 Sini; 7 Parodi, 21 Casarini, 14 Gazzi, 10 Di Quinzio, 3 Celia; 11 Arrighini, 9 Eusepi. All. Long
Referee: Tremolada di Monza
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