| | | | Week 17 - Reports | | Albinoleffe 2-0 Piacenza Albinoleffe took their time to finally break down struggling Piacenza, but break away at the top of the table alongside Bologna after this victory. They had already put together several chances, including Carobbio hitting the crossbar with a free kick, before Cellinis spectacular strike. Cacia wasted a golden opportunity to equalise and Colombo made sure of the points late on.
Scorers: Cellini 51 (A), Colombo 76 (A)
Albinoleffe: Marchetti; Garlini, Serafini, Conteh, Peluso; Colombo, Del Prato, Carobbio (Poloni 76), Cristiano (Madonna 76); Cellini (Ferrari 83); Ruopolo
Piacenza: Cassano; Nef, Zammuto, Miglionico, Anaclerio; Riccio (Wolf 73), Kharja, Patrascu; Aspas (Simon 73), Rantier (Ciarrocchi 86); Cacia
Ref: Valeri
Attendance: 2,597
Bari 1-1 Ascoli
Ascoli went close to a rare away victory, but paid the penalty for wasting their chances. Pesce was their strongest figure, having hit the upright before he gave them the lead. Bari got back into it when Donda converted a penalty, although Taibi got a touch and was unable to keep it out.
Scorers: Pesce 50 (A), Donda pen 72 (B)
Bari: Gillet; Belmonte, Stellini, Esposito, Antonelli; Galasso, Donda (Sergeant 83), Gazzi (Tabbiani 53), Rajcic; Lanzafame, Cavalli (Ganci 64)
Ascoli: Taibi; Aquilanti, Melucci (Minieri 79), Micolucci, Pesce (Perrulli 85); Job, Di Donato, Luci, Cioffi; Maniero (Guberti 70), Soncin
Ref: Pierpaolo
Attendance: 2,740
Brescia 2-0 Modena
Brescia see the light at the end of the tunnel with their first win since October 27, but it was hard going despite favourable circumstances. Zoboli opened the scoring by nodding in Bazzanis assist and just three minutes later Modena went down to 10 men for protesting so much at his booking that he received a second card. Nonetheless, the Canarini had the chance to equalise soon after when Zoboli handled in the box, but goalkeeper Viviano did brilliantly to palm Pinardis penalty on to the upright. Even against 10 men, Brescia only made the points safe in the final minute with Possanzini, ending a run of one point in five games.
Scorers: Zoboli 31 (B), Possanzini 89 (B)
Sent off: Luisi 34 (M)
Missed penalty: Pinardi 40 (M)
Brescia: Viviano; Zoboli, Stankevicius, Dallamano; Jadid (Zambrella 65), Zambelli, Tacchinardi, Lima, Mannini; Possanzini, Bazzani (Feczesin 89)
Modena: Frezzolini; Frey, Ungari (Okaka 61), Perna, Tamburini; Antonazzo (Colacone 87), Luisi, Longo, Giampa` (Gilioli 75); Pinardi; Bruno
Ref: Stefanini
Attendance: 3,799
Cesena 3-0 Frosinone
Cesena Coach Giovanni Vavassori picked up their first win of the season and can restore hope of avoiding relegation. It was one-way traffic at the Stadio Manuzzi, even though the deadlock was not broken until after the restart. Moscardelli opened the scoring and after Bocchettis dismissal they ran away with it thanks to 17-year-old Djuric and Ferretti.
Scorers: Moscardelli 55 (C), Djuric 72 (C), Ferretti 89 (C)
Sent off: A Bocchetti 63 (F)
Cesena: Sarti; Turati, Doudou, Ola, Lauro; Croce, De Feudis, Mezavilla (Jiday 30), Botta; Djuric (Fattori 80), Moscardelli (Ferretti 77)
Frosinone: Sicignano; Bognar, Ischia, Pagani, A Bocchetti; Lodi, Amerini, Pecchia (D’Antoni 69), Cariello; Evacuo, Martini (Dedic 59)
Ref: Velotto
Attendance: 6,147
Grosseto 1-1 Treviso
Grosseto needed a defender to earn a point against Treviso. The visitors had taken the lead with Beghetto at their first real attempt on goal, but Terra got his head to the equaliser on 54 minutes.
Scorers: Beghetto 22 (T), Terra 54 (G)
Grosseto: Pinzan; Terra, Mignani, Gonnella; Gessa (Virga 78), Valeri, Moro, Garofalo; Lazzari, Paulinho, Carparelli (Zecchin 65)
Treviso: Calderoni; Bonucci (Pianu 65), Scurto, Viali, Dal Canto; Scaglia, Gissi, Guigou, Quadrini; Barreto (Pia` 68), Beghetto (Piovaccari 75)
Ref: Russo
Attendance: 2,826
Mantova 1-0 Lecce
Lecces promotion hopes took a beating with this defeat to struggling candidates Mantova. It was summer signing Fiore who decided the match, although he was forced off soon after by a muscular problem. The scoreline could so easily have been wider, as Tarana failed to tap in with only the goalkeeper to beat, then Corona thumped the upright. Lecces best chance fell to Zanchettas set-piece.
Scorers: Fiore 24 (M)
Mantova: Bellodi; Sacchetti, Notari, Di Cesare, Balestri (Franchini 56); Tarana, Spinale, Passoni, Fiore (Caridi 32); Godeas, Corona
Lecce: Rosati; Schiavi, Fabiano, Cottafava; Angelo, Munari, Zanchetta, Ardito (Vives 91), Ariatti; Tiribocchi, Abbruscato (Tulli 46)
Ref: Trefoloni
Attendance: 8,995
Messina 2-1 Ravenna
It was a fiery encounter in Sicily, but Messina emerged with three precious points to send them towards the play-off places. It was a bad start, as Anzalone had given Ravenna a surprise advantage, but Biancolino drew level in first half stoppages with his eighth goal of the season. Stendardo secured victory and in the closing stages both teams were reduced to 10 men with Pizzolla and Stendardos dismissal.
Scorers: Anzalone 22 (R), Biancolino 45 (M), Stendardo 67 (M)
Sent off: Pizzolla 72 (R), Stendardo 88 (M)
Messina: Manitta; Galeoto, Zanchi, Stendardo, Parisi; Surraco (Lazzari 20) (Bombara 91), Pestrin, Cordova, Degano (Schetter 82); Moro, Biancolino
Ravenna: Capecchi; Nicola, Cosenza, Anzalone, Fasano; Aloe` (Barilla` 49), Olive, Sciaccaluga, Pizzolla; Succi, Chianese (Fofana 81)
Ref: Pantana
Attendance: 3,277
Pisa 0-0 Avellino
Pisas second consecutive home stalemate sees them drop off the promotion pace and there was a clear moment where it all went wrong. Serie B Capocannoniere Castillo had the chance to give them the lead on 51 minutes, but his penalty was saved and Maiettas goalline clearance also prevented the follow-up. Cerci had wasted a good opportunity too, but Avellino nearly caused the upset of the weekend when Corallo hit the bar.
Missed penalty: Castillo 51 (P)
Pisa: Morello; Zoppetti, Raimondi (Feussi 74), Trevisan, Lorenzi; D`Anna (Carrozza 77), Braiati, Juliano, Cerci; Kutuzov (Rajczi 60), Castillo
Avellino: Gragnaniello; Di Cecco (Quadri 78), Mengoni, Pellicori (Bracaletti 72); Sestu, Sirignano (Corallo 60), Porcari, Maietta; Carbone, Anastasi, Salgado
Ref: Ciampi
Attendance: 11,451
Spezia 0-1 Chievo
Chievo continue to march on the promotion places and end Spezias six-match unbeaten home run. Guidetti and Do Prado had threatened to give the home side the lead, but the Flying Donkeys grabbed full points with their only real effort on goal a looping Ciaramitaro header.
Scorers: Ciaramitaro 76 (C)
Spezia: Pellegrino; Giuliano, Bianchi, Zaninelli, Camorani (Ribas 87); Biso; Do Prado (Eliakwu 79), Padoin (Saverino 71), Fietta, Gorzegno; Guidetti
Chievo: Squizzi; Malago`, Mandelli, Cesar, Mantovani; Ciaramitaro, Italiano, Bentivoglio; Luciano (Iunco 61), Pellissier (Moro 89), Obinna (Greco 68)
Ref: Ayroldi
Attendance: 6,709
Triestina 1-0 Rimini
Riminis run of four consecutive wins crashed to a halt against the other form team in Serie B. It was a close-run game and Rossetti made the most of a rare chance on the counter-attack, but the visitors saw more of the ball and were repeatedly denied by goalkeeper Dei. Hitman Jeda was under the weather with a flu bug and failed to make his usual impact.
Scorers: Rossetti 56 (T)
Triestina: Dei; Milani, Kyriazis, Petras, Pesaresi; Rossetti (Princivalli 68), Piangerelli; Sgrigna, Sedivec (De Cristofaro 55), Testini; Granoche (Della Rocca 82)
Rimini: Consigli; Vitiello (Vantaggiato 69), Peccarisi, Milone, Regonesi; Cardinale, Cristiano (Paraschiv 86); Pagano, Ricchiuti, Valiani (La Camera 83); Jeda
Ref: Pinzani
Attendance: 6,331
Vicenza 0-1 Bologna
Bologna keep locked alongisde Albinoleffe at the top of the table after this difficult victory. It was not a good start at the Stadio Menti, as Adailton ballooned a penalty over the bar just 18 minutes in. Marazzina came to the rescue with his seventh goal of the season by meeting Bombardinis cross to take home the points.
Scorers: Marazzina 61 (B)
Missed penalty: Adailton 18 (B)
Vicenza: Guardalben; Martinelli, Cudini, Terranova, Brivio; L Rigoni, Helguera (Sforzini 74), Morosini; Masiello, Raimondi (Marchesetti 83); Schwoch
Bologna: Antonioli; Daino, Terzi, Castellini, Bonetto; Mingazzini, Carrus, Amoroso (Della Rocca 59), Adailton (Bombardini 59), Fava (Moras 78), Marazzina
Ref: De Marco
Attendance: 6,967
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