Sporting director Tatti expressed the club’s satisfaction after the 2-0 win over Pontedera. “Market? If we can improve … “
OLBIA. “This is the right way.” The next day, the scales tilt towards positive moods. The 2-0 with which Olbia defeated Pontedera is a very important result if taken not only for the three points – which were not taken for granted, given the period – but as a season stage. Olbia can now turn the page with the awareness of having found a new keystone. The right one, according to sporting director Tomaso Tatti, who pushes away the discontent of the last few weeks.
A question of goals. Basically the reference is to the change of module. On Saturday, the whites took the field at the “Nespoli” with an unprecedented 3-4-1-2 which seems to have solved some problems in the defensive phase, even if the margins for improvement seem many. The victory with Pontedera was not as clear as the result suggests, which only gained in the last three minutes. It was an overall close and lackluster game. «In my opinion it was a good match for us – so the ds of Gallura -. This time we have risked very little or perhaps nothing, and it gives me hope. I’m not just talking about not having conceded a goal, but not having suffered even particular scoring actions. It’s definitely good for how the championship has been going up to now ».
Removed the clean sheet of the last round, there are still 26 goals conceded in 16 matches. Definitely too many and that often have nullified the great offensive work; 24 goals, third best attack in group B of Serie C.
The solution. Tomaso Tatti likes the change of form with a three-man defense, two outside players with great coverage and a more compact midfield used by Max Canzi: «We always work together with the president, the coach and the staff, and the decision has been taken by everyone. We were suffering too much for a team like ours, we weren’t happy with the progress. I think this is the right way ». Yes, clean sheets and no clear action allowed make you smile, a little less the difficulty found in front of goal. Ruining a set-up that has led to so many goals up to now would be a shame. For Tatti, it is partly attributable to the type of match (“Pontedera leaves no space, it’s a short team that makes its strong second balls. Thanks to them”), a bit to a new routine to be found (” changing modules in a week, certain mechanisms now need to be tested “). Also because, he remembers, “in several games, even in difficult away matches, we scored 2-3 goals and then returned without points or with only one draw”.
A matter of players. Another implication: this new arrangement allows players almost never used to show themselves up to now. It happened immediately to Boccia and Renault: “Yes – confirms Tatti -, it is possible to give opportunities to someone who has remained in the shadows more for tactical than technical issues and to give more alternatives”. The turning point of the championship is almost here, will the sporting director intervene on the market in January? “We are looking around, as always. I am sure that this team is already capable of going far, if there is the possibility of improving ourselves… ».