Vittorio Sirianni
How wonderful these three points are: certainly with a bit of suffering at the end, but overall everything finally went in the right direction.
Finally the fans left the stadium serene and smiling: the success satisfied everyone, from young to old, lost lovers of a wonderful story.
Small episodes and pleasant performers: Alessandro Bonucci rejoiced (no relation to the former Juventus player) 15 years old, red and blue scarf, at 7:00 in the morning he got up and together with the 30 members of the “Club Grifoni della Sud” slipped into the steps Zena preparing the stage for the evening’s performance of her idols. Banners, signs, flags. And with him accompanying him (not at 7:00 in the morning) his beautiful mother, in love with Alessandro but also with Grifo.
And the elderly, the timeless? Here is Professor Aldo Piccardo, honorary president of the “Club rossoblù” of Rapallo, who suffers, but in the end says: «We won a match that could not be lost». And again: «We need someone who knows how to score goals». Yes: in this regard, the “case” of the generous Puskas remains truly mysterious to us: he must suffer, despite himself, some evil influence that prevents him from scoring.
It prevented them in Cagliari (it would have been a deserved draw), it prevented them yesterday from making the winning move to make it 2-0 and thus avoid those truly dangerous final moments.
However, one important fact remains: Gilardino, with the group he has, is working miracles, he is deploying them intelligently, despite knowing that it is not possible to do much. Think about it: without the contribution of the two greatest and most important elements to give oxygen to the attack (that is, Retegui and Messias) and in addition Bani who continues to get injured, the team knows how to react with great strength, certainly having some moments of slippage, but overall he manages to calmly deal with the various opponents. Let’s think about Udine, Turin, Cagliari, some points that Genoa deserved but which unfortunately did not arrive. It’s nice to also see the “substitutes” playing with those three principles that Gila has instilled in his men: heart, head, legs.
There is never a shortage, not even against Verona, of a determined and even mean defence, man on man, endless pressing. Of course we are talking about the same old story as our enlightened fan Paolo De Giovanni recalls: «With the two absent players who know how to score goals, we would have won with a four-goal margin».
Therefore, once this essential victory is over, it is worth thinking about what can be done and this will have to be decided by the rossoblù club. For example: is it really possible to know what this champion called Retegui has on him? Rumors are flying and it almost seems that the knee is quite well, but that it is his psychological state that prevents him from saying: I’m going, playing and fighting. He’s almost afraid of taking up his role again: let’s hope that’s not the case.
That the club is moving is certainly true: it is said that a possible purchase could be that Colombo who currently plays for Monza. Very useful player for Gilardino.
Now there is the break for national team commitments and we hope that the injured players can be recovered: Bani, Ekuban, Retegui and Messias. However, the 14 points achieved so far constitute a good supply to put into the farm.
Vittorio Sirianni
