Sixteen muscle injuries since the season began. Many, too many. Now the club wants to see clearly to understand whether it is a problem linked to the training camps, summer preparation or mere coincidence and bad luck. Of course, the fact that many players arrived in dribs and drabs, skipping a good part of the summer hermitage, had its weight and former coach Giovanni Martusciello was a good prophet from this point of view. The limited budget made available by the owners didn’t help either, with Petrachi also having to focus on players returning from serious problems or long inactivity. Let’s take the example of Rene Adelaide: potential clearly above average, 7 on the report card every time he was called into action, but third muscle injury from August to today and a real risk of ending 2024 prematurely.
The same goes for Torregrossa, for which the data speaks for itself: in the last four years, multiple matches have been missed and Pisa has presumably decided to terminate the working relationship also for this reason. To the list of injured players with recurrence we can add Maggiore (actually tormented by bad luck for almost three years) and Tongya, clinically recovered for a fortnight but once again excluded from the list of those called up as a precaution. Dalmonte (also his third stop since retiring to date), Sfait (contusion in training), Njoh (muscle injury) and Tello will not be there either: the former Benevento player will be out for about twenty days.
Colantuonowho before finishing the match had spoken in the press conference, focusing precisely on the obligation to manage Adelaide to avoid relapses, therefore left for Modena with two youngsters from the Primavera, some injured players who will make up their numbers on the bench and an eleven almost equal to the one he has well figuratively with Carrarese returning to victory at home after three months of abstinence. The defensive trio of Bronn, Ferrari and Jaroszynski is now untouchable in front of Sepe. On the right there will be Stojanovic, on the opposite side there will be Ghiglione, with the youngster Gentle only alternative to fifths. In the midfield Amatucci, Hrustic and Soriano, forced to act further back than last Sunday to lend a hand in coverage. Verde, in attack, will be Wlodarczyk’s support, with Simy ready to enter in the second half. Exclusion for Kallon and Braaf who, with the new game system, risk being penalized to the point of considering an early farewell in January. Alongside Salernitana there will be a good number of fans: a thousand between the guest sector and the stands, with the “Modena Granata” club which will welcome the people of Salerno with sandwiches, wine and welcome banners. That’s the beauty of football.