Serie B, the verdicts: Lecce and Cremonese in Serie A, Monza in the playoffs

Lecce and Cremonese in Serie A. Baroni trims a goal against Pordenone and celebrates his great return to the top flight. The boys from Pecchia beat Como and hit the promotion after 26 years from the last time. Pisa (2-1 at Frosinone) and Monza (defeated by Perugia) will start from the playoff semifinal. Brescia-Perugia and Ascoli-Benevento are instead the first round of the promotion play-offs. Out of the game Frosinone, which remains out for direct clashes against the Umbrians. The last cover of Serie B on Friday takes the Salentines, however, for which Majer is enough to get rid of the already relegated Pordenone and go up to A. Obviously shared with Cremonese, 2-1 at Como and return to football of the greats. Successes also for Brescia (2-0 at Reggina), Ascoli (4-1 at Ternana) and above all Cosenza, who thanks to the 1-0 at the Cittadella (goal of the nineteen-year-old Zilli, the first among the professionals) Vicenza, who won 1-0 in Alessandria. A company. The grays, along with Crotone and Pordenone, are relegated to C. Away successes also for Parma (0-1 in Crotone) and Spal (1-2 in Benevento).

LECCE-PORDENONE 1-0

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Only the Baroni team plays in the first half. Many occasions, little precision: Coda in the 5 ‘commits the rookie Fasalino with a shot from outside. Three minutes later the goalkeeper touches on the conclusion of Strefezza who is printed on the post. Third chance in 10 ‘: Di Mariano tries with his head, ends up just outside. It is a siege of the Salento: Majer shoots high with his right in the 30th minute. The only chance of the guests is that which happened to Cambiaghi: at 34 ‘the high pass becomes a danger for Gabriel, who deflects out. The fear of the Salento vanishes in the 46th minute: in the first minute of the second half Di Mariano crosses into the area for Majer who all alone heads in: third goal of the season for the midfielder. A goal that is worth Serie A. In the second half, the Giallorossi play with the clock and manage the ball, the advantage is worth the promotion. Pordenone has already been relegated.

COMO-CREMONESE 1-2

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Pecchia’s team immediately starts the attack. He presses his opponents, but has no important chances. At 17 ‘the hosts try with Cerri, the ball ends up on the side. Strizzolo shows up near Gori, but it is Di Carmine who scores the first goal of the match in the 28th minute: served by Gaetano, he is not wrong. The guests turn the ball, but Gattuso’s men attack and at 45 ‘Gliozzi hits his head: he saves Carnesecchi. In the second half penalty for the guests: Di Carmine goes from the spot and signs the doubling. It’s a whole other game in the second half. A penalty in the 95th minute for Como: Bellemo scores, but nothing changes. Di Carmine and his teammates win and fly in Serie A.

FROSINONE-PISA 1-2

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The Gialloblù start better with Ciano who tries the shot from outside in the 3 ‘. Shortly after, Nicolas lands Canotto in the area but the attacker was offside. Unlock the Puscas match in the 16th minute with a stunt: chaos of the defense, some rebounds and the Romanian striker invents the winning play that brings him forward. They spend just four minutes: Lucca serves Sibilli, the midfielder starts the right to turn from outside the area that is worth doubling. Fifth goal of the season for him. Grosso’s men feel the reaction of pride before the break: Gatti and Garritano have two good chances. Then the hosts shorten in the 65th minute: Ciano tries to serve Canotto, the pass is deflected by Leverbe and the trajectory mocked Nicolas. The hosts try to the last with Ricci and Gatti: it is not enough. Perugia mocked Monza at the last minute and hooked the Gialloblù to eighth place with 58 points, but Frosinone remained out due to unfavorable direct clashes.

PERUGIA-MONZA 1-0

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At 10 ‘immediately problems for Alvini. Lisi gets hurt and is forced to leave, instead of him Beghetto. Segre and Matos worry Di Gregorio, but the result does not change. At 25 ‘Dany Mota makes the head bank for Gytkjaer who head does not frame the goal by very little. Falzerano and Curado force the goalkeeper to work overtime before the break: it is he who, in full recovery, saves an excellent header from the Argentine defender. Stroppa’s men are still in difficulty in the second half. At 46 ‘a conclusion from De Luca hits the crossbar. At 60 ‘Stroppa tries to change everything: inside Mancuso, Barberis and D’Alessandro. The hosts continue to attack: in the 73rd minute De Luca shoots high. The guests react in the 77th minute first with Mancuso and then with Ciurria, Chichizola works two miracles and defends the result. Immediately after D’Alessandro finds Mancosu again, ends up over the crossbar. Ferrarini is the man who condemns Monza: in the 84th minute D’Urso finds the full-back born in 2000 who overtakes Di Gregorio. So Perugia is in the playoffs. The dream of promotion for Monza vanishes, which even closes fourth due to the disadvantage in the direct clashes with Pisa.

COSENZA-CITADEL 1-0

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The first chance belongs to the guests: at 7 ‘Branca finds Lores who detaches and ends up over the crossbar. Five minutes later Bisoli’s men also try with Di Pardo: shot from outside that ends on the left of Maniero. The hosts’ best chance is in the 26th minute: Di Pardo again serves Caso in the area, hits his head and the goalkeeper makes a corner. Few flashes until the interval. At 59 ‘Larrivey touches his head on a cross of the usual case, not enough to unlock the game. Bisoli’s winning move is the entry of Zilli, it is the 2002 class that changes the game. At 68 ‘Liotti starts the cross, the head attacker rekindles hopes. The Calabrians manage the advantage.

ALEXANDRIA-VICENZA 0-1

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Sports drama at Moccagatta. Longo’s Alessandria starts the last day in sixteenth place and finishes third from last, relegated to Serie C together with Crotone and Pordenone. Vicenza and Cosenza in the playout. He decides a goal by Sebastian De Maio in the 23rd minute, the first of the season, in a scrum on a corner kick after the usual cross from Ranocchia. In the 74th minute, a goal in Padella was canceled due to a net offside. The fort of Vicenza holds up despite the six minutes of recovery. After beating Lecce in the last round, the Venetians are confirmed as a tough team that never gives up. Now the playout against Cosenza.

ASCOLI-TERNANA 4-1

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Ascoli wins at home, overtakes Benevento and closes in sixth place. He decides a nice hat-trick from Tsadjout, who arrived in January from Pordenone. The former Milan, four goals this season, opens the game after 7 ‘and doubles shortly after on an assist from Maistro, who is good at seeing him in the area. At 37 ‘Maggioni assigns a penalty to the bianconeri for a foul by Martella on Colloccolo, but then removes it after consulting the Var. At 46’ the header by Partipilo reopens the game, but Tsadjout usually closes it. Defensive error coming out of Ternana, Baschirotto takes advantage of it and serves the striker in the center of the area. Easy easy goal for the three of a kind, the first in his career among professionals. Half an hour from the end, Defendi scores the most classic of own goals in an attempt to anticipate Dionisi (63 ‘).

BENEVENTO-SPAL 1-2

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Benevento falls at home and slips to seventh place. A brace from Finotto decides, which also hits a crossbar in the first half (from Latte Lath the other wood of Spal, post after twenty minutes). The former Monza striker, four goals this season, signs the advantage in the 45th minute with a header from two steps, after a cross from Esposito that crosses the whole area. The doubling comes in the 52nd minute, after Lapadula’s 1-1 draw three minutes earlier (Capradossi’s mistake in the construction phase). Easy two steps easy right touch. Spal closes the championship with 42 points, in fifteenth place, Benevento is seventh with 63.

BRESCIA-REGGINA 3-0

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Brescia trims three goals to Reggina, returns to win after three games and finishes fifth. Playoffs. Van de Looi opens the game with a nice left from the edge to half an hour. Aglietti touches with his hand, but he can’t do anything about it. The doubling comes at the beginning of the second half thanks to a nice flash of Tramoni, one of the best in the season, an assist from Palacio from the left and a precise touch of the right winger to close it (47 ‘). At 87 Cistana drops the trio using a nice corner kick behind the defender. Fourth goal of the season for him. Reggina, now without any more goals, closes the championship in fourteenth place.

CROTONE 0-1 PARMA

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With nothing yet to ask from the championship, Modesto and Iachini take advantage of it for some training experiments. Certainly the spectacle does not benefit from it, in a race with slow rhythms and with few opportunities. The best are seen in the first half. At 22 ‘Cangiano returns and tries to surprise Turk at the near post, who is ready on the player’s two close attempts. At half an hour Parma finds the match goal: Vazquez presses Festa, the goalkeeper is slow in kicking a long shot and gets the postponement retorted, with the ball ending up in the net. In the second half, some flashes in the final quarter of an hour. Kargbo penetrates well in the area but is providentially countered at the moment of conclusion. On the other hand, Vazquez first forces Festa to save with a right-footed shot from the edge, then on the next corner Juric stands out but hits the post. At the beginning of the recovery Marras appears in front of Turk, but the goalkeeper is good at foiling the equalizer. A rescue that allows Iachini’s team to close the season with a success.