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| | Week 18 - Reports |
| Ascoli 0-1 Brescia [Played Feb 26]
Brescia have confirmed themselves as real promotion candidates after beating Ascoli 1-0 in their re-arranged Week 18 Serie B tie. The Rondinelle collected the three points in a game originally called off for snow thanks to another goal by Andrea Caracciolo. The lanky hitman is proving to be an astute January signing from Sampdoria seeing as his 58th minute strike was his fourth since returning to Lombardia. Ascoli’s best effort of the night fell to Gabriele Cioffi who struck the bar in minute 36. Brescia have now joined Pisa in joint fifth place on 53 points, while Ascoli remain in mid-table.
Scorer: Caracciolo 58 (B)
Ascoli: Taibi; Nastos, Micolucci, Cioffi, Giallombardo (Pesce 71); Guberti, Di Donato, Belingheri (Saverino 64), Sommese (Job 46); Bernacci, Soncin
Brescia: Viviano; Bega, Mareco, Zoboli, Stankevicius; Lima, Zambrella (Szetela 74), Tacchinardi, De Zerbi (Dallamano 41); Possanzini, Caracciolo (Feczesin 82).
Ref: Tagliavento
Attendance: 6,000
Avellino 3-1 Cesena
Avellino picked up a crucial win in this relegation six-pointer, but had to fight back after conceding an early goal from Cortellini’s screamer. It didn’t take long to overturn the situation, as by the 12th minute they were leading thanks to headers from Sestu and Salgado. Cesena took control after the break, but despite all their possession failed to really threaten, Moscardelli firing straight at the goalkeeper in their best chance. It proved costly, as in stoppages Bracaletti scored against his former club on the counter and Doudou saw red for dissent.
Scorers: Cortellini 8 (C), Sestu 10 (A), Salgado 12 (A), Bracaletti 91 (A)
Sent off: DouDou 93 (C)
Avellino: Gragnaniello; Maietta, Corallo (Quadri 61), Mengoni, De Angelis; Di Cecco, Anastasi; Salgado, Paonessa (Carbone 55), Sestu; Pellicori (Bracaletti 86)
Cesena: Sarti; Turati (Biserni 73), Doudou, Ola, Lauro (Ferretti 84); Vascak, Sacilotto, Botta, Cortellini (Croce 49); Djuric, Moscardelli
Ref: Rosetti
Attendance: 2,931
Bologna 1-0 Grosseto
Bologna surge away at the top of the table after this slender victory. It was a tougher test than expected against little Grosseto, as Antonioli required a stunning double reaction save on Valeri and Paulinho’s follow-up. Youngster Di Gennaro came off the bench and within 60 seconds his shot was parried into the path of Marazzina for a fifth goal in as many games. Paulinho risked an equaliser in stoppages as his header skimmed the woodwork.
Scorers: Marazzina 63 (B)
Bologna: Antonioli; Daino, Terzi, Castellini, Bonetto; Mingazzini, Carrus, Amoroso; Adailton (Di Gennaro 61); Bombardini (Lavecchia 81), Marazzina (Fava 76)
Grosseto: Bressan; Terra (Virga 83), Mignani, Abruzzese, Gessa (Innocenti 58); Valeri, Moro, Garofalo; Carboni (Zecchi 70), Lazzari; Paulinho
Ref: Bergonzi
Attendance: 10,058
Chievo 2-3 Mantova
Chievo’s promotion hopes were given a beating after this head-to-head battle at the Stadio Bentegodi, but Mantova climb closer to the top spots with a fourth consecutive victory. It took just 80 seconds to break the deadlock with Italiano smacking a screamer into the top corner from 30 metres, but within moments they were back on level terms thanks to Corona’s left-foot strike from the edge of the box. Godeas pounced on the rebound from a Tarana strike and then set up Caridi for a tap-in, but there could easily have been more goals from Mantovani and Italiano. In stoppages Iunco made the scoreline less imposing by nodding in a corner.
Scorers: Italiano 2 (C), Corona 6 (M), Godeas 47 (M), Caridi 61 (M), Iunco 92 (C)
Chievo: Squizzi; Malago`, Rickler, Cesar, Mantovani; Bentivoglio, Italiano, Ciaramitaro (Greco 91); Luciano (Iunco 64), Pellissier, Obinna (Gasparetto 74)
Mantova: Pegolo; Sacchetti (Calori 57), Notari, Di Cesare, Balestri; Tarana, Spinale, Doga, Caridi (Cristante 78); Godeas, Corona (Lucenti 83)
Ref: Velotto
Attendance: 8,276
Frosinone 0-0 Vicenza
Frosinone were surprisingly held to a stalemate and drop further off the play-off pace. Margiotta went closest when he struck the upright, but Vicenza also hit the woodwork with Martinelli’s cross-shot.
Frosinone: Sicignano; Bognar, Ischia, S Bocchetti, Cariello; Lodi, Pecchia (Amerini 53), D’Antoni, Martini (Fialdini 88); Evacuo, Margiotta (Dedic 69)
Vicenza: Guardalben (Zancope` 43); Martinelli, Terranova, Giubilato, Brivio; Raimondi, Helguera, Morosini, Masiello (Marchesetti 77); Serafini; Sforzini (Capone 69)
Ref: Lops
Attendance: 3,409
Lecce 3-0 Albinoleffe
‘Leffe are knocked off the leadership with this crushing defeat at fellow promotion candidates Lecce. Both sides had chances in the first half with Valdes and Garlini, but two minutes after the restart Munari’s effort was parried into the path of Abbruscato. Tiribocchi made the points safe with two late goals, tapping in Munari’s assist and springing the offside trap to volley a rocket past the goalkeeper from 30 metres.
Scorers: Abbruscato 47 (L), Tiribocchi 72, 81 (L)
Lecce: Benussi; Polenghi, Diamoutene, Cottafava; Angelo (Esposito 69), Munari, Zanchetta (Vives 79), Ardito, Ariatti; Valdes, Abbruscato (Tiribocchi 60)
Albinoleffe: Marchetti; Colombo, Garlini, Conteh, Peluso (Bombardieri 83); Gori, Del Prato, Madonna (Ferrari 65), Poloni; Cellini (Bonazzi 16); Ruopolo
Ref: Gervasoni
Attendance: 5,520
Piacenza 2-0 Triestina
Cacia scored his first goal since suffering a serious injury eight months ago and helped Piacenza to see off Triestina, breaking away from the bottom spots. Anaclerio opened the scoring early on by meeting a Patrascu free kick and after Granoche had a goal disallowed for offside, Lima was dismissed for a second bookable offence. Cacia celebrated breaking his drought with a splendid left-foot volley.
Scorers: Anaclerio 12 (P), Cacia 51 (P)
Sent off: Lima 49 (T)
Piacenza: Cassano; Nef, Miglionico, D’Anna, Anaclerio; Bianchi, Kharja, Patrascu (Olivi 88); Aspas (Rantier 83), Padalino (Gemiti 66); Cacia
Triestina: Dei; Milani, Petras, Lima, Pesaresi (Peana 39); Sgrigna (Mezzano 65), Allegretti, Piangerelli, Testini; Graffiedi (Sedivec 69), Granoche
Ref: Scoditti
Attendance: 2,680
Ravenna 1-1 Modena
The spoils were shared in the local derby and Ravenna remain in penultimate position on Coach Varrella's home debut. Modena had the stronger start and hit the crossbar with Pani before Colacone made the most of Pinardi’s searching pass. Colaconi should have made it 2-0, but that miss allowed Cosenza’s looping header from a corner kick to equalise. Pinardi was dismissed for a second bookable offence and Ravenna failed to take advantage of the extra man.
Scorers: Colacone 44 (M), Cosenza 67 (R)
Sent off: Pinardi 72 (M)
Ravenna: Capecchi; Pivotto, Centurioni (Cosenza 52), Anzalone, Nicola (Aloe 52), Toledo, Olive (Larosa 77), Sciaccaluga, Fasano; Chianese, Succi
Modena: Frezzolini; Frey, Gozzi (Antonazzo 72), Perna, Tamburini; Giampa`, Pani, Longo (Bolano 33), Pinardi; Bruno (Okaka 46), Colacone
Ref: Palanca
Attendance: 2,965
Rimini 1-1 Pisa
Pisa left it very late indeed to snatch a point at the Stadio Neri in this top of the table battle, but are without a win in a month. Jeda combined with Valiani at pace for a well-taken team goal and Rimini dominated overall, but failed to make the most of their chances. Pisa had hitman Cerci suspended and struggled to create scoring opportunities, but at the death Castillo got on the end of Kutuzov’s assist.
Scorers: Jeda 13 (R), Castillo 89 (P)
Rimini: Consigli; Vitiello, Milone, Peccarisi, Regonesi; Paraschiv, Cardinale; Pagano (La Camera 76), Ricchiuti, Valiani; Jeda (Vantaggiato 86)
Pisa: Morello; Zoppetti, Raimondi, Lorenzi, Zavagno; D’Anna (Rajczi 79), Genevier, Braiati (Ciotola 46), Carrozza (Juliano 46); Castillo, Kutuzov
Ref: Saccani
Attendance: 5,492
Spezia 2-0 Messina
Messina’s run of three consecutive wins ground to a halt at the Picco in a mostly one-sided encounter. Guidetti had three good chances to open the scoring, including an effort that hit the upright, before he made the most of Padoin’s assist. The Sicilians were never really in the running and Bisa was brought down for Saverino’s spot-kick.
Scorers: Guidetti 34 (S), Saverino pen 69 (S)
Sent off: Gorzegno 90 (S)
Spezia: Dazzi; Padoin, Bianchi, Ceccarelli, Giuliano (Barabino 93); Biso; Do Prado (Eliakwu 82), Fietta, Saverino, Gorzegno; Guidetti (Colombo 87)
Messina: Manitta; Galeoto, Zanchi (Bombara 63), Gaveglia, Parisi; Lazzari (Nole` 66), Cordova, Pestrin, Degano (Schetter 86); Biancolino, Moro
Ref: Banti
Attendance: 6,138
Treviso 1-2 Bari
Bari register their first victory in 11 rounds with a shock result away to Treviso. Antonelli was the decisive figure, as his cross was nodded in by Tabbiani and before the break he also set up Galasso’s right-foot drive. Treviso only managed to pull a goal back in the final minute with Beghetto’s curling strike, but Barreto still went close to an equaliser with the last kick of the game, firing over the bar.
Scorers: Tabbiani 26 (B), Galasso 39 (B), Beghetto 90 (T)
Treviso: Calderoni; Bonucci, Viali, Scurto, Dal Canto (Trotta 61); Quadrini (Pia` 71), Guigou, Gissi (Venitucci 77), Scaglia; Beghetto, Barreto
Bari: Gillet; Ladino, Esposito, Stellini, Antonelli; Tabbiani (Strambelli 77), Donda, Rajcic, Galasso; Lanzafame (Cavalli 16), Ganci (Gazzi 73)
Ref: Tommasi
Attendance: 3,732
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