Pisa was also supposed to play against a team coached by Fabio Grosso Boxing day three years ago.
On 26 December 2021 everything was almost ready for Pisa-Frosinone atArena Garibaldi. It was supposed to be the postponement of the last day of the outward journey. It had to, because on December 23, League B decided to move the entire round to January 15, 2022 due to the many cases of Covid in the cadet championship teams.
That postponement cost Pisa dearly, as at that moment they were very active and had celebrated their winter champion title with a 2-0 win in Cosenza with a round to spare. Luca's team D’Angelo they were at the top with 38 points to +4 over Brescia coached by Filippo Inzaghi.
The postponement penalized Pisa who found themselves decidedly out of condition at the restart. The Nerazzurri were defeated 3-1 by Frosinone despite the opening goal scored by Marsuraon an assist from Masucci, at the end of a first half in which the Ciociari had missed a penalty with Ciano.
In the second half there was no story and Frosinone first reached Pisa and then broke away. The young man Zerbin he is unleashed and scores a brace, Novakovich scores the final 3-1 for Frosinone. It will be the only defeat at Pisa's home but it will have an enormous weight given that the direct Serie A lost by just two points.
In Frosinone, however, D'Angelo took his revenge. The 2-1 in Ciociaria is not needed to go to Serie A, with that success the Nerazzurri will finish third, but it condemns Grosso's team to ninth place. And therefore no playoffs.
In turn, Grosso will do it again the following season by leading the Ciociari in Serie A and winning once again 3-1 in a comeback at the Arena. Grosso also won 3-1 with the Nerazzurri in 2020-2021 in Frosinone after replacing Nesta. Pisa has never beaten Grosso at home as a coach. Two games and two defeats. The hope is that this taboo will also be dispelled by Filippo's boys Inzaghi
