Casertana eliminates Crotone, Lecco wins 2-1 against Giana and Campobasso advances against Pineto. Below, all the verdicts
Here’s what happened in the second round of the internal group stage. Tomorrow at 12.30 in the Sky studios (and live on Sky Sport 24) the draw for the first round of the national phase, in which the third teams (Renate, Ravenna and Salernitana) will enter as seeded teams together with Potenza, winners of the Italian Cup.
group a
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Next up is Cittadella, who this time – unlike what happened with Arzignano – know how to manage their advantage: Rabbi’s third goal in two games (14 in the season) is enough to beat Lumezzane, who hadn’t lost for two months and ended an exciting season. More good news for Iori, in view of the rest, from the great performance of captain Vita and the good entry into the field of the recovered Diaw. Lecco’s success, which overturns Giana, is even more precious for the contemporary defeat of Cosenza: Valente’s team in fact becomes top seed, as it is better placed among the qualifiers. At Rigamonti-Ceppi everything happened in the second half: Giana took the lead with Ferri following a free kick, Battistini equalized from a corner, then Duca doubled the lead to make it 2-1 (with Vitale’s crossbar in the 85th minute, which almost equalised).
Lecco-Giana 2-1: Ferri (G) in the 5th minute, Battistini (L) in the 18th minute, Duca (L) in the 30th minute
Cittadella-Lumezzane 1-0: Rabbi at 22′ pt Campobasso-Pineto 1-1 D’Andrea (P) at 38′ pt; Salines (C) at 43′ st
group b
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With a thrill, Campobasso goes through and reaches an excellent Pineto at the end: ahead with D’Andrea, the Abruzzo team doesn’t close the score (thanks also to Tantalocchi’s saves) and sees themselves joined by Salines (primed by Padula). The best surprise of the playoffs is Alessandro Birindelli’s Pianese, who passes on the pitch of Juventus Next Gen (in Alessandria) under the eyes of the Juventus CEO Comolli and Giorgio Chiellini: the goals after half an hour of the second half, first Bertini with a great right-footed shot, then the substitute Colombo with a counterattack on a rebound from Mangiapoco.
Campobasso-Pineto 1-1: D’Andrea (P) in the 38th minute; Salines (C) at 43′ st
Juventus Next Gen-Pianese 0-2: Bertini in the 34th minute, Colombo in the 47th minute
group c
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Casarano – second away win in a row, after that of Monopoli – breaks the bank and overwhelms Cosenza: immediately ahead with Mazzocchi, the Calabrians are reached by Leonetti and then crushed in a one-sided second half (Versienti well done with a right-footed shot from the edge for the 2-1, very inspired Chiricò who puts his signature on the very pokerissimo). Casertana also goes through, with defender Rocchi protagonist of the 1-1 draw with Crotone: first he deflects Maggio’s shot which ends up on goal for the guest’s advantage, then he puts it back on its feet in the last quarter of an hour finding the paw on Vano’s header.
Cosenza-Casarano 1-5: Mazzocchi (Co) in the 4th minute, Leonetti (Ca) in the 44th minute; Versienti (Ca) at 9′, Grandolfo (Ca) at 28′, Cerbone (Ca) at 36′, Chiricò (Ca) at 47′ st
Casertana-Crotone 1-1: Maggio (Cro) in the 9th minute; Rocchi (Cas) in the 32nd minute
FIRST ROUND NATIONAL PHASE
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- Seeded: Renate, Ravenna, Salernitana, Potenza, Lecco
- Other qualifiers: Cittadella, Campobasso, Pianese, Casarano, Casertana
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