It was supposed to be the “joker” match of this season finale, as Di Francesco had said before the match, and instead the match against Inter became the heaviest defeat suffered by Frosinone in this Serie A championship within friendly walls. of Benito Stirpe.
Inter with the handbrake but Frosinone returns to give gifts in defense
The 5-0 in favor of Inter is a false result based on what we saw at the Benito Stirpe last night, especially because for 65 minutes Frosinone played the game, creating several scoring opportunities. The Nerazzurri seemed to have the handbrake on between turnovers and celebrations for the Scudetto win but they were equally cynical in exploiting the defensive gifts of the Giallorossi. The Ciociari came from four clean sheets in the last five matches but ruined the excellent average of the last few weeks with the five gifts last night. In fact, all the goals conceded by Cerofolini came not due to great play by the Italian champions but due to the demerit of the hosts who practically did everything themselves: too much waste up front and fatal carelessness at the back. An unfair result based on what we saw on the pitch, but unfortunately for Di Francesco’s boys it remains and is heavy. Beyond the rankings, which could become bloody complicated at the end of this round, Frosinone now also has to overcome a heavy 5-0 on a psychological level, having reached the third to last of the championship, on the sidelines of a performance that is not totally to be thrown away and after six consecutive useful results.
180 minutes to achieve historic salvation. Frosinone has everything in its hands
It will be a weekend that Di Francesco and his team will face glued to the sofa to follow the matches in Sassuolo, Empoli, Cagliari and Udinese and understand what the ranking will be with two rounds to go. The substantive of the calendar, which Di Francesco doesn’t like, in fact allows us to make calculations and for example on Monday evening Lecce could take to the field having already arithmetically achieved salvation against an Udinese team desperately hunting for points. Frosinone for its part, however, knows that it has destiny in its hands as in the next two days when the Canaries will challenge Monza, Empoli-Udinese and Sassuolo-Cagliari are scheduled and on the last day the Lions will host Udinese. The first historic salvation in Serie A for Frosinone is still within reach, but it is urgent to erase the heavy defeat against the Nerazzurri from our minds, regain compactness at a defensive level and be cynical going forward.
Bad news on the injury front, Mazzitelli out in Monza
In addition to the defeat, in the match against Inter Frosinone also lost Luca Mazzitelli due to injury. The yellow-blue midfielder, who was already in serious doubt on the eve of the match, had to leave the pitch in the 37th minute of the first half and Di Francesco’s post-match comment was not reassuring about his condition: “From the sensations he had I think Luca won’t be there in Monza.” Against the Brianza, therefore, the Giallazzurri will hardly be able to count on their captain but on the other hand Enzo Barrenechea will return from suspension