[Northwood_DK]

U.S.D. Novese - Season 2
The legacy of Vittorio Pozzo

NOVEMBER 2016


I make room for both Nicolò Condorelli and D'Addio in the left side of the midfield.
Luigi Mentana will also get a second chance this time in his natural role as AMC

@ home vs. U.S. Fezzanese#7
For the first time this season, not counting the Napoli game, more than 1.300 people showes up to watch us play.
It's Fezzanese dominating the first 10 minutes and they even have a goal disallowed. Then we takes over. We take plenty of shot but struggles to get them on goal.
Its 0-0 at the break.
Second half we keep shooting and now they are hitting goal. It just takes two minutes before it also hits the net. Nicolò Condorelli is the scorer. We keep pushing and gets a second just shortly after when Luigi Mentana (the 17 year old loan player from Napoli) scores his first of the season.
Final 30 minutes we add a DM and just hang on to the lead.
We are suddenly looking solid in the back again and have played 5 league games without allowing a single goal.

We put in an offer for a young striker called Marco Cortellazzi from Bagnolese in the league below us. He scored 12 goals and had 7 assists last season and a AvR over 7.3.
If he agrees to the non-contract, he will arrive after new year.

Gianmaria Cucurnia is back from his injury but we are without Denys Zhytarchuk and Armando Sykaj who are both on international duties.

@ home vs. A.S.D. Chieri #9
We completely dominates the game in the first half and keeps Chieri to just a single shot (not even close to goal) in the first half.
We take plenty of shots with several of them hitting target but striker Mattia Dendi is not having a good day. He is out at the break. I ask for more of the same. The goals have to come.
And they do after an hours play. First Riccardo Lucarino and 10 minutes later Massimo Lucarelli.
He also wins PoM with a 9.0 Rat.


Three teams have made a breakaway in the league table, all with 27 points. Its A.C. Bra who finished 3rd last season and S.S.D. Argentina Arma who finished 9th.
The fourth place team is four points back.

We are back on the road against the worst team in the league. This is a must win if we are to keep on pace with Bra and Argentina Arma.

Luckily we have our two international travelers back.

@ A.S.D. Pro Settimo & Eureka #20
The first 45 minutes is horrible. Zhytarchuk looks like a zombie upfront (6.2 Rat) and the rest of the teams is not looking much better.
We struggle with possession against the worst team in the league and only gets a single shot on goal in the first half.
I rip into the team at the break and they are motivated. Out with Zhytarchuk and inn with Mattia Dendi
We take control of the ball and get a few more shots on goal.
For the longest time it looks like we will only get away with a single point. In the 88th minute and cross from Massimo Lucarelli gets all the way thru the penalty area and Pasquale D'Addio is there for the simple score.

That was ugly but we got away with 3 points.

AMC Luigi Mentana got a damaged shoulder and will be out for 4-5 weeks.

The game against S.C. Caronnese will be much tougher. Luca Dimasi will replace the injured Luigi Mentana. I struggle with an out of form Zhytarchuk but decided to give him another chance.

@ S.C. Caronnese #5
For some reason the bookmakers have us as heavy favorites on the road. The first 25 minutes is a chess game without any mistake by any of the teams. We take the first shot on goal after 30 minutes without it being really dangerous.
Instead we give up two goal in the next three minutes. We look horrible in the central defends.
Zhytarchuk pulls on goal back after 40 minutes. It's the first foot he puts right in this game. We still have a chance if we can stop the leak in the back.
We are not playing bad in the second half but fails to produce much. We overload the final 10 minutes to no avail.
We loss for the first time in 8 games. Only good thing is that Argentina Arma also losses to Ischia Isolaverde, and we are again three teams tied on 30 points on top of the league.