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The referee's whistle cut through the Gewiss Stadium noise, sharp and clean, and Cremonese kicked off with the desperation of a team that had nothing left to lose.
Dessers tapped it back to Castagnetti, and immediately both wing-backs pushed fifteen yards higher up the pitch, their positioning aggressive for the first time all match because three-nil down meant tactical discipline could be abandoned in favor of hope, and Alvini had clearly told them to take risks in the dressing room.
Castagnetti's first pass went sideways to Pickel, who drove forward with the ball at his feet before launching it long toward Tsadjout, but Tolói read it perfectly and headed the clearance straight back down the middle with power that sent the ball sixty yards.
It dropped near the center circle where Demien was waiting.
Completely unmarked.
