For Sassuolo it now seems only a matter of time and not even the arrival of Davide Ballardini on the bench he gave the jolt that the neroverde team would have needed. “Long, disjointed team, no longer willing to fight”, underlines today Gazzetta dello Sportwhile the Corriere dello Sport he judges the coach’s performance like this: “Sassuolo is weak, without ideas, dull in the game: so salvation is a mirage”. Even more synthetic Tuttosport after the huge defeat achieved in Florence by the Emilian team: “He tries everything by changing the formation but it makes things worse”.
We at TMW saw it like this: “At the moment his hand cannot be seen, on the contrary – numbers in hand – things have even gotten worse. The draw in Salerno, against a relegated opponent, had set off alarm bells but they preferred to blame the referee. Then 11 goals conceded in the following three games, Serie B one step away, it would be the second relegation in a row.” In the standings the neroverdi are now alone in penultimate place, five points behind the competition made up of Empoli, Frosinone and Hellas Verona. Not even a double victory in the direct clashes against Genoa and Cagliari seems to be able to guarantee the Emilian team the salvation it has been chasing for some time.
TMW: 4.5
Gazzetta dello Sport: 4
Corriere dello Sport: 4
Tuttosport: 5