Question: “Spice, three games to understand the future”

“Three games to understand the future of La Spezia,” reads the headline Sports newspaper.

The Eagles’ credibility and ratings are at stake in the away matches in Palermo and Cremona, as well as the match against Cosenza. But a change of pace is necessary.

The next three matches are set to decide Spezia’s championship, against battleships Palermo and Cremonese away, as well as a home match against the formidable Cosenza: matches that will show what the Eagles’ championship will be like. If whites show further encouraging signs of growth, they may be able to think about achieving more ambitious goals than simple salvation. Otherwise, they will face a tough battle to confirm the category, a prospect distantly related to the revival programs flaunted by managers, coaches and players over the summer. To raise our head again and reignite our ambitions, it will not be enough to confirm progress in the defensive phase and in the mentality, but it will be necessary to look for a further step of growth in the implementation phase and in results. Mr. Alvini is well aware of this and in the post-derby against Pisa he expressed regret over just 6 goals scored in 8 games, promising more work on this front, apart from doubts about the potential of the Eagle attack, where he feels lack of experienced player in this category. Limitations in attack that could be immediately eased by a few more goals from the midfielders or the explosion of Pio Esposito and Moro pending the January transfer window, after which adequate reinforcements are expected. It is and is not permitted that the owner wants to go beyond the very strict parameters regarding investments, kept to a minimum in order to limit the losses received in the last three years (19, 17 and 6.9 million euros), with the sacrifice for the purchase a little thick. In Spezia, Serie A’s summer declarations are now a distant memory, banished in favor of a policy of small steps to be taken match by match. […].