Cremonese can’t win anymore, further complicating an already difficult survival mission. At the Zini, Giampaolo’s side could only manage a 0-0 draw against Torino, in what — looking at the schedule — was the easiest of their remaining matches in terms of reaching their goal.
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Fear, however, seems to have got the better of Bonazzoli and his teammates, who after a dream start that suggested a calmer season than expected, have gone on to win only once from December 12 to today. And now things are getting tough for Cremo.
Playing like they did today, avoiding relegation becomes an almost impossible mission. Because while it’s true that in the second half the grigiorossi tried to create danger around Paleari’s goal, we also can’t forget a first half in which nothing happened, with just 0.17 xG for one side and 0.05 xG for the other.
🤔 Baschirotto scores, but Fabbri disallows it!
If you don’t attack, it’s hard to score, which is why it was only natural that something more would happen in the second half. Not from Torino, who put on yet another emotionless performance this season, but at least from Cremonese.
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And in fact the home side raise the pressure, begin to lay siege to Paleari’s goal and even find the net in the 64th minute, with Baschirotto finishing off a scramble from a corner and getting to the ball before the Torino keeper.
The former Lecce man, however, makes contact with Paleari’s hand, and according to referee Fabbri the goalkeeper had possession of the ball. It was a dubious incident, because even from the replays it’s impossible to tell whether the No. 1 really had his hands on the ball. With the on-field review, though, Cremonese’s hopes were extinguished, and in stoppage time they actually even risked losing it.
It took a super Audero to deny Kulenovic and keep Cremonese one point above the drop zone, while waiting for Lecce’s match against Fiorentina tomorrow.
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