The South Tyrol faces the league leaders Pisa in the match valid for the ninth day of Serie B: kick-off at 3pm at Druso, a stadium where Valente’s team has already beaten Salernitana and Modena. Inzaghi wants to maintain the top spot alone, the Nerazzurri are currently at 19 points with 6 wins, a draw and just one defeat.
How to get to South Tyrol
Sudtirol comes from the away victory obtained in Cosenza, which earned them the current sixth place after an excellent start to the championship. Cagnano, Davi, El Kaouakibi, Rottensteiner, and Mallamo were unavailable for the match due to injury, then Kurtic was out due to disqualification (Praszelik took his place). In defense, a runoff between Masiello and Kofler. Coach Valente knows that he could be forced to defend himself against the league leaders: “We will take the field to give our best and to find a way to counter their offensive strength” – he said – “also trying to do well when we have the opportunity to attack”. Then on the formation choices he added: “Andrea Masiello is finding his form again and the idea could be to put him back on the field immediately, Kofler has traveled a lot, he was with the U20 national team in Portugal and made his debut as a starter”.
How Pisa arrives
Marin is back from commitments with the national team, but should start from the first minute in midfield. At his side more Piccinini than Abildgaard. Behind Bonfanti, Morro and Arena could act on the attacking midfield. Inzaghi doesn’t trust the opponent within friendly walls: “It will take the best Pisa to get a result on that pitch” – he said in the press conference – “but I’m confident because the team has worked well in recent days. Tramoni has trained regularly but I will evaluate whether to use it from the beginning or not, the same goes for Marin.”