Rumors of a transfer by president Urbano Cairo continue to swirl around the city despite constant denials from the owner himself, in Philadelphia the team tries to isolate itself and think only about matters on the pitch. Yes, because the situation is starting to get worrying: the negative streak doesn’t stop, now the Granata have reached eight defeats in the last ten official outings between the championship and the Italian Cup and from the end of September to today they have only gained 4 points in the standings . In the last round we have to record the closeness of Parma, the approaches of Genoa and Cagliari, the umpteenth fall of Roma and Verona and the draw in the survival clash between Como and Monza: thus the margin on the third to last has been reduced to four points, even with five teams still in the middle. The trend must be reversed as soon as possible, in this sense the calendar between now and the end of the calendar year will face Taurus with four challenges that must not be missed. The Granata will not be able to focus on home field factor, considering that three matches will be played away, but the margin of error remains absolutely minimal.
Vanoli’s team will start with two consecutive away matches, Saturday in Genoa against Grifone and Friday 13 December in Empoli, then the pre-Christmas home match against Bologna on Saturday 21 and to close 2024 the match in Friuli against Udinese in lunch-match on the 29th. The points available will be 12, Toro must collect at least half of them to be able to return to a calm ranking situation and without being forced to look over their shoulders: reaching around 20, with still a first leg to play (against Parma at home on January 5th), would mean being on average to save yourself without worries. The objectives at the beginning of the year were clearly different, but in this situation the absolute priority is to reach 40 points in the shortest time possible. And Vanoli’s position will also be carefully evaluated in the next matches, also because seven defeats in 14 days are starting to be too many.