Iemmello, Esposito and Laurientè lead the scorers’ ranking with 12 goals: the sense of the goal unites them, but on the field they could not be more different
Serie B has always been the championship of surprises. There are no announced verdicts, everything can happen until the last day. Each turn risks changing the balance and every goal can make a difference. The attackers know it well: Iemmello, Pio Esposito and Laurienté are the best markers of this season. To unite them, the number of networks made so far: quota 12. But by role, age and objectives there are many differences. The captain of Catanzaro is in his fourth season in Calabria and has over 170 appearances in B. In his career he scored 162 goals and in front of the door is a guarantee. The Spezia bomber instead is only 19 years old, in A has never played us and is in his second year among the great ones. Then there is the French outside, Jolly of the leaders’ Sassuolo launched towards the promotion. In summer he was even about to leave. All different, all decisive. This also happens in Serie B.
Hunting of the crown
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If King call him, there will be a reason. Just look at the story and the numbers: 68 goals with Catanzaro, according to best all-time marker, behind only the Palanca legend. The striker born in ’92 has returned to his city four years ago, bringing the Giallorossi back to Serie B and beyond. In fact, last season the promotion dream vanished in the Playoff semifinal. A result that would have been extraordinary since the last time of the Serie A team dates back to 1983. Iemmello chose to start from home after a difficult two -year period with Las Palmas and Frosinone, in addition to the relegations lived with Foggia and Perugia. In his career, the Giallorossi bomber has played and marked everywhere: from the stadiums with a few hundred fans in C up to San Siro. He punished Inter and Milan when he dressed the shirts of Sassuolo and Benevento. The heart brought it back where it all started, in that Ceravolo where he cheered as a child. Now the Caserta team is fifth in the ranking in the playoff area. Iemmello continues to be decisive, last year he stopped at 15 goals. This time he wants to do better, there is another crown to conquer.
The blue future
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Generations in comparison and 23 years of difference that vanish with the sound of networks on the field. When Iemmello and Pio Esposito challenged each other, the Catanzaro striker congratulated the young colleague: “He had beautiful words for me – said the 2005 class – we will play it until the end. He is very strong and experienced, I respect him ”. If the spice of D’Angelo flies, the merit is above all of the player owned by Inter. In his first year in B he made just 3 goals in 38 games, this year he is already 12 in 22 games. It marks in all ways: right, left, head, on penalty. His brother Salvatore sends him to the goal, he thanks for the assists and is not wrong. Numbers in hand, in Europe, no U20 is more decisive than Esposito: better also than the Yamal phenomenon, the various Kroupi and Vitor Roque. However, he minimized in an interview with the Gazzetta: “If the statistics say it, that’s fine. But it doesn’t mean being the best ”. Humility and character at the service of the team. Inzaghi observes from afar and the CT Spalletti keeps him an eye: “He knows how to play and score, he can have an excellent future”. Maybe with the national team shirt.
Not just goals
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To close the trio of the B bomber of the B is Armand Laurienté, the exterior all rapidity and goal of Sassuolo, the ex -roommate of Mbappé’s room at the time of the Clairefontaine. He arrived in neroverde after the exploit at Lorient in 2022 immediately demonstrating that he was from Serie A: a goal at Milan from the 2-5 of San Siro in January 2023, brace at Mourinho’s Rome a few weeks later. And again the network to Juventus and the decisive one against Inter on May 4, 2024. This summer it seemed to be very close to the farewell: the management evaluated 20 million, Fenerbahce and Marseille had asked for information, then it was not made Nothing. The ’98 class began the championship by making a penalty in Catanzaro and undergoing Great’s exclusion in the following three games. Since he returned to September he hasn’t stopped: he is now at 4 goals and 2 assists in the last four races. Sassuolo at the top runs fast, as well as Laurienté. The boy who grew up with Mbappé finally became great.
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