FC Südtirol is struggling

“I have rarely experienced something like this in my career,” said coach Pierpaolo Bisoli on Friday in a press conference at the FCS Center. What was meant was not the heavy snowfall that covered the training center in Überetsch under a white coat that morning. That had already been cleared out again by the midday practice session. Rather, Bisoli was referring to the personnel situation in his squad before the important league game against Cittadella. With Fabian Tait, Simone Davi, Marco Curto, Filippo De Col, Andrea Schiavone, Luca Belardinelli and Nicholas Siega, a number of players were only able to complete the weekly training program to a limited extent or not at all. On the one hand, the ongoing bad luck with injuries is to blame, but on the other hand, there is also a flu epidemic that has had the FCS firmly in its grip for ten days now. “Tait still had a fever of 39 degrees on Wednesday. What do you want to do?” sighed Bisoli, who added: “Sometimes there were only 15 professionals available to me during training.” Davi and Curto are missing The coach actually wanted to stick with the team from the Ternana game, which he described as “perhaps the best of my entire term in office”, but now he has to improvise – also because the three games last week cost a lot of energy. Although, except for the injured Davi and Curto, All players will be available on Sunday, but many are not really fit. Belardinelli, who was last called up in Bari in mid-November, can expect at least a part-time role. “It’s going to be a dirty game.” FCS coach Pierpaolo Bisoli Regardless of the personnel situation, FC Südtirol wants to do everything it can to break its winless streak of seven games and clinch its first three-pointer in almost two months. A success in Veneto would be particularly important, as Cittadella is one of those “little ones” who, like the FCS, have made staying in the league their very first goal of the season. “It will be a dirty game,” predicts Bisoli, who will be missing on Sunday, But apparently they have a recipe for success: “We have to win the second balls, that will be crucial.” In fact, both teams have a similar playing system, relying on a tight defense and combative duel behavior. There is likely to be explosiveness on Sunday from the start of the game at 14 p.m. The 18rd matchday at a glance: Saturday, 17. December Pisa – Brescia (18 p.m.) Reggina – Bari (20.30 p.m.) Sunday, 18. December Cittadella – FC Südtirol (14 p.m.) Cosenza - Ascoli Modena – Benevento Parma – Spal Terni – Como Palermo – Cagliari (18.45 p.m.) Genoa – Frosinone (20.45 p.m.) Monday, December 19th Perugia – Venice (20.30 p.m.) The table: SP G U V TV P 1. Frosinone 17 11 3 3 25:10 36 2. Brescia 17 10 2 5 29:16 32 3. Baric 17 7 8 2 29:17 29 4. Genoa 17 7 6 4 18:13 27 5. Ternana 17 7 5 5 20:18 26 6. Parma 17 7 5 5 23:17 26 7. Brescia 17 6 6 5 19:22 24 8. FC South Tyrol 17 5 8 4 19:22 23 9. Step on 17 5 8 4 26:20 23 10. Ascoli 17 5 7 5 21:21 22 11. Cagliari 17 5 7 5 20:21 22 12. Benevento 17 5 6 6 16:17 21 13. Modena 17 6 3 8 25:27 21 14. Palermo 17 5 5 7 16:20 20 15. Venice 17 5 4 8 20:24 19 16. Cittadella 17 4 7 6 13:20 19 17. Col 17 3 8 6 20:22 17 18. Cosenza 17 4 5 8 16:27 17 19. As 17 3 7 7 17:27 16 20. Perugia 17 3 4 10 12:23 13

Serie B Italy	SP	TV	P
1. Parma	34	59:32	70
2. As	34	54:37	67
3. Venice	34	62:39	64
4. Cremonese	34	43:28	60
5. Catanzaro	34	53:42	56
6. Palermo	34	58:48	52
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FC Südtirol is struggling

The Serie B newcomer is going into the end of the year in a bad state of health. A wave of flu, ongoing injuries and the busy program are causing problems for the white and red team - especially before a real assessment of their position on Sunday.

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