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He is not only Millico’s vice: in the derby against Altamura he demonstrated all his value.
The big surprise of this still indecipherable, but already winning, Foggia is called Francesco Orlando, an offensive winger released by Taranto, on whom Canonico’s club has set its sights and signed since the first days of the transfer market opening in early July. The former rossoblù (23 appearances and one goal last season) was in fact the first striker to be signed in chronological order, well before Zunno and Emmausso taken from that Messina Indian reserve of the sporting director Domenico Roma. The assist with which Orlando sends the match-winner Emmausso to the goal for the doubling against Altamura is a high-school move, one of those tactical solutions that are easier to come across on a Premier League pitch or at the Santiago Bernabeu rather than on a Serie C stage. With all due respect for the category, of course.
OUT OF CATEGORY. The action is constructed with great tactical expertise, Orlando advances a few meters in the three-quarter line, raises his head and launches his teammate millimetrically who cuts to the opposite side, thanks to a miscalculation on the edge of offside by the Altamura defense which facilitates the incursion of Emmausso at that point free to pierce the goalkeeper at the second post and in perfect solitude. A play that has also drawn rounds of applause from the home team and that is reconciled with the palate of football lovers at every latitude and category. An even more surreal billiard shot considering that Orlando, in the challenge at the San Nicola, was only the “substitute” for Millico, who remained in the pits due to a small muscle problem according to the previews of the eve. Brambilla had diverted the former rossoblu to the right of the three-quarter line exchanging the position with Zunno the latter applied as vice-Millico. In the first half, Orlando was mostly concerned with not losing contact with the team’s synchronization, protected from behind by Salines who limited the offensive progressions on the right lane in favor of his most advanced teammate, making his debut from the 1st minute with the red and black jersey. A combination that we could see again against Monopoli (waiting for Millico). The former Taranto player, however, sent a message to Brambilla, in addition to being a prompter for the strikers, he can also go on target as happened in the first half against Altamura, even if the 28-year-old from Ionia, instead of shooting, preferred to serve a teammate, nullifying the play. Variations in progress for a Foggia team that is not yet at 50 percent of its potential. The team will still need a little time to find itself in the schemes, as mister Brambilla points out. But it shows that it has the right solutions to respond to the commands of a comprehensive but uncompromising coach, as some of his own players are starting to paint him. (Waltyer Carbone)
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