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Varzi and Pavia, the concrete defenses of the zero-goal victories to the passive, Di Placido and Grillo the leaders

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The two experienced players are points of reference in the departments. The grenade: “With a success on Sunday, we will be able to look far away”

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The good moment of Varzi and Pavia, with the grenade at the top of the group and the third blues, trailing by three lengths but with one game less than the Oltrepadani, is also and perhaps above all explained by the defensive hold. Zero goals conceded: the leaders of the backward departments explain the “secrets” of this performance.

From Murriero to Di Placido

Thanks to Murriero, the veteran goalkeeper. Merit of defense. Definitely yes, but perhaps everyone’s merit, if Varzi has not yet collected goals in the first 4 games of group B, and only one in the passive (the one with Ardor Lazzate) in the first and only three games played in the first part of the season. (group A). In the rear guard of the grenades, Marco Di Placido, Ligurian by birth but now overseas by adoption (he lives in Redavalle), has been included (speaking of new gears), already seen as a protagonist with the OltrepoVoghera jersey. «What our coach says, that is, if you are put on the field well, that is, if you attack well, defend well too, is very true. Preventive cover, ball possession, ball recovery, restart, are ingredients that allow you to get the result ». Is there a secret in this Varzi? “We are a group. Varzi has been a good group for years and we new ones have entered very well, because they have allowed us to enter into their mechanisms. After a week I had the feeling of being with them for a couple of years already ». And the iron defense? «Thanks to everyone, to the balance between the departments. Then there are important and reference players who have a lot of impact on the pitch ». You and Cigagna? «I played with Voghera, but he was not a central player, he was the winger. We found ourselves immediately, also in coordinating the defensive line with the two young outsiders ». Then behind you… “There is Murriero, a great goalkeeper, master of the small area, master of the large area, good between goalposts, in low exits and in those at the limit”. Now the Alcione. “If we win again, we can stretch the eye.”

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Grillo, the experience

With his experience, the 36-year-old central defender and captain of Pavia, Antonio Grillo, is the cornerstone of the unbeaten Italian defense. After a forfeit in the warm-up of Varzi’s game, he gritted his teeth playing the first half with Sant’Angelo and on Sunday for 90 ‘he was among the bulwarks of the blue rearguard. “I am convinced, as Mr. Nisticò has already said, that defensive solidity is fundamental because it is the result of a team identity – explains Grillo, who grew up in the Juve youth teams and arrived in blue after his previous experience at Derthona -. Personally, it is a life that I play in defense and I can say that the results are built together. When you don’t concede a goal, as happened in these first three Pavia matches, it is the result not only of the good work of us defenders, but of the sacrifice of the whole team. We have two forwards like Bahirov and Romanini, from a higher category, who do a crazy job in always going to put the opponents in difficulty and the defensive coverage starts from there. A work that continues in midfield with two of the highest technical quality players in our team such as Romani and Esposito. This – continues the Pavia captain – is the secret of positive results without conceding a goal. Putting aside personal speeches to be at the service of the team to achieve those goals that we want to achieve with Pavia ». –

Alessandro Maggi

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