Juric returns to Bentegodi and Verona dreams of the points record. But the future remains a great unknown
One hundred and eighty minutes from breaking lines, the Verona season, sealed by the third consecutive Serie A salvation, is already history. To make it memorable – and probably unrepeatable – only one last small piece is missing: the last victory, the fifteenth, which would guarantee the three points necessary to beat the club’s historic record set in 2013/14 with Andrea Mandorlini on the bench.
In via Holland everyone hopes to succeed this Saturday, in what will be the last dance of this extraordinary championship at the Bentegodi. That everyone hopes he can roar again like against Milan, a match that recorded the first post-Covid sold-out. A vibrant atmosphere that can be relived against Torino, even if the company’s decision to put the tickets on sale at popular prices should still ensure a massive presence in the stands anyway, in the hope of being able to celebrate another historic milestone after the final. of fish. Doing it against Toro of the great ex Juric, who should be given an at least friendly welcome, should be a double value: it would represent a “setback” against the Spalatino, who left a year ago due to a sort of divergence of views on the market with the owners, and above all it would make ninth place arithmetic (in reality even a draw would be enough).
Therefore, the last effort is missing, to be lavished with iron will (as it was against Milan), before turning our gaze definitively to the future. Which, like every year, is shrouded in a thick curtain of fog: rumors about the future of the company are chasing each other with some insistence, the sporting direction could soon change leadership (up D’Amico Atalanta has been pressing for some time), and Tudor’s confirmation is not yet obvious. Knots that will be dissolved in due time: first we need to give a worthy ending to a beautiful story.