“Pisa, the old guard saves the result at the last minute”, headlines Nation.
Pisa drew 1-1 with Cosenza thanks to Caracciolo’s injury-time goal. The team faces a series of difficult matches and coach Aquilani’s bench appears to be safe, at least temporarily. The environment is still shaken by the fans’ strike and the company’s press silence.
The old guard defies the odds and finds an almost unexpected chance in stoppage time with a numerical advantage. At Gigi Marulla, the match seemed to start under bad omen. There were rumors of a creaking bench, Bonfanti withdrawing an hour before kick-off due to a bout of flu, and numerous injuries and suspensions affecting the week leading up to the match. Aquilani reverts to a clean 4-2-3-1 against tough Cosenza. The hosts did much more than Pisa in the first 45 minutes, with three dangerous shots compared to just one shot on goal, which ended wide from the Arena, the only one for the Nerazzurri in the first 80 minutes of play. However, shortly before the break, Calabresi was sent off, leaving Sporting with ten players for the rest of the match. Some questionable decisions by the referee raise the tone on both sides so much that even Aquilani is sent off the field by the match director at the end of the match. In fact, Prajelic and others lack double yellow. In the second half, Pisa only increased the intensity in the second half of the match, conceding another goal from Tutino, who scored the fifth goal of his career against the Tuscans. However, the action leading to the Cosenza striker’s goal is ruined by an unseen foul on Valoti, who leaves the field early. Another tile will be assessed in the next few days. A whirlwind of changes leads Aquilani first to a 4-3-2, then to a 4-2-3, having tried everything with the arrival of Torregrossa and Masucci. In stoppage time, Tano fed Caracciolo with a bicycle kick, and in the 96th minute, the defender with the captain’s armband struck Micaia’s shot to make the match a draw. A goal scored by the old guard that saves the result and also the bench. […].
Source: Tutto Mercato Web
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