Home debut: FC Südtirol welcomes Pavia on Sunday

“The first impression is positive. I found a team that was at least as strong as the one before I moved last winter. In Bergamo we weren't able to use our full potential against Albinoleffe, even if the away point won after being behind cannot be dismissed. The goal now is to win the debut in front of a home crowd,” says Marco Martin, referring to last Sunday’s game. After his stint with Pescara in Serie B, the 24-year-old left-back from Pordenone returned to FC Südtirol.

Luca Bertoni and Matteo Timpone still injured

As was the case last Sunday, the injured Luca Bertoni and Matteo Timpone will be missing from the second matchday. In addition, the two new signings Alessandro Bassoli and Piergiuseppe Maritato will be watching the game from the stands as they are still behind in training. Mister Stefano Vecchi is therefore spoiled for choice: In defense, only Simone Iacoponi and Marco Martin, who had to receive a few stitches after a laceration in the cheekbone area in Bergamo last Sunday, seem to have a safe starting place. Hannes Kiem, Massimiliano Tagliani and Marco Cappelletti, on the other hand, are fighting for two regular places in central defense. It is also still unclear whether Matteo Grandi or Richard Gabriel Marcone will be in goal. Francesco Uliano may make his debut in midfield and Mame Baba Thiam is likely to hunt for goals from the start in the attack. The Senegalese striker came on as a second-half substitute in Bergamo and promptly scored the equalizer. The FCS will play either in a 4-3-3 or – like against Albinoleffe – in a 4-2-3-1 system.

Pavia will only have to do without Raffaele D'Orsi The opponents from Lombardy, who got their heads out of the loop in the play-outs last season, will also be coached by Giorgio Roselli this season and the squad has hardly changed. For the 2012/2013 championship, Pavia has secured the services of Hungarian goalkeeper Adam Kovacsik, who kept the net clean for Foligno last year and also made twelve appearances with Reggina in Serie B. Also new are left-back Francesco Ferrini (from Spezia), midfielder Giovanni La Camera (three seasons at Benevento and previously at Rimini in Serie B) and striker Giacomo Beretta, who played for Ascoli and Juve Stabia in Serie B last year . Lorenzo Carotti (to Benevento) as well as strikers Filippo Falco (Lecce) and Mattia Marchi (to Virtus Entella via Novara) have left the club. In the game against FCS on Sunday, the Lombards will only have to be without Raffaele D'Orsi, who is suffering from tonsillitis.

Previous encounters

FC Südtirol and Pavia have met several times and the last encounter took place in the 2010/2011 season. In FC Südtirol's first year in the first division of the Lega Pro, the White-Reds lost 1-2 in Pavia (double goalscorer Ferrini and an equalizer from Mattia Marchi). In the second leg in Bolzano, however, the team then coached by Pellegrino, with goals from Manuel Fiwickeler, now under contract with Reggina, and Mattia Marchi, who saved Pavia from relegation last year, were there.

FC Südtirol – Pavia, the possible lineups: FC Südtirol (4-3-3): Grandi (Marcone); Iacoponi, Tagliani (Cappelletti), Kiem, Martin; Furlan (Bontà), Uliano, Branca; Campo (Pasi), Bocalon, Thiam On the substitutes' bench: Marcone (Grandi), Rubin, Cappelletti (Tagliani), Bontà, Candido, Fink, Pasi (Campo). Coach: Stefano Vecchi

Pavia (4-4-2): Kovacsik; Capogrosso, Meregalli, Fasano, Ferrini; Statella, La Camera, Scampini, Lussardi; Cesca, Beretta. On the bench: Teodorani, Reato, Turi, Mangiarotti, Pompilio, Zanini, Redaelli. Coach: Giorgio Roselli

Referee: Alessandro Caso from Verona

First Division Lega Pro (District A) – 2nd matchday – Sunday September 09.09.2012, 15 (XNUMX p.m.)

Carpi-Reggiana Cremonese – Albino leff Cuneo – Lecce FeralpiSalò – Trapani Lumezzane – Portogruaro San Marino – Tritium FC South Tyrol – Pavia Virtus Entella – Treviso Free to play: Como

Table 1st Division, Lega Pro, District A after the 1nd matchday

1. Como 3 points 2. Lecce 3 2. Virtus Entella 3 4. Cuneo 3 4. FeralpiSalò 3 4. Reggiana 3 7. Carpi 3 8. FC South Tyrol 1 9. Portogruaro 0 (-1 game) 10. Tritium 0 11. Pavia 0 11. Treviso 0 11. Lumezzane 0 14. Trapani 0 15. San Marino 0 16. Cremonese -1 * 17. AlbinoLeffe -9 **

* 1 penalty point ** 10 penalty points

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Home debut: FC Südtirol welcomes Pavia on Sunday

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