QS – Pisa: the curse of a draw, but only half as many defeats

“Cup. The curse of the draw. But there are half as many defeats,” the publication headlines. Sports newspaper.

Pisa Aquilani between hard victories and unexpected and even thunderous misses.

Now it has become a habit, a routine that needs to be repeated every week: watching the glass and assessing whether it is half full or half empty. Alberto Aquilani’s Pisa is a team constantly plagued by this question, caught in the middle of hard-fought victories and unexpected and thunderous misses. The draw, achieved on Saturday in Cosenza, brought the Nerazzurri a fifth point from the second round, reaching the fourth stage. An average not different from that recorded in the first half of the journey, built on a single victory and – constant from August to today – the lack of success on the turf of the Garibaldi Arena. From this point of view, the feeling that the glass is half empty is clear and obvious: the group led by Mr. Aquilani continues on a path full of difficulties that must be overcome, associated with absence from work due to injuries and disqualifications, as well as a number of negative episodes , which quickly materialize on the green rectangle and aggravate the technical and tactical lags of the team. Just read our findings on Mr. Bonacine’s missteps, published yesterday.

However, if we focus on the results obtained against Reggiana, Lecco, Spezia and Cosenza in recent weeks and compare them with the results achieved in the first half of the tournament, we find that the glass is definitely half full. In the first round, Pisa scored only 2 points against these four opponents, resulting in a couple of draws and the same number of defeats. From mid-January to today, Sporting Club sales volumes have more than doubled. […]. Losses in the four accepted matches were halved compared to the first match. […].