There is no rest for the wicked as week 28 of the Serie B season quickly gives into week 29. Before the midweek fixtures are played however we best first look back over what happened in an exciting weekend round of matches.
The round started off on Friday evening when Novara and Pro Vercelli went head to head in the Derby at the Stadio Silvio Piola. In the end it would be the opening five minutes where we would see most of the important action.
It was the visitors Vercelli who would take the lead with only three minutes on the clock. Manuel Scavone with a first time thunderbolt from the edge of the area after a perfect cut back from the right hand end line.
Sadly, for the travelling supporters they did not have long to celebrate their derby lead as only two minutes later Novara were back on level terms through Simone Corazza. A perfectly placed cross from the right towards the back post met the diving head of Corazza who made no mistake in putting it past Riccardo Melgrati.
Unfortunately, that would be the end of the scoring but not however the end of the chances as both sides would continue to go close. Although Novara will probably be the ones who feel they could have done more with the opportunities they got. In the end though the spoils remain even at the end of the particular derby.
Later that night table toppers Cagliari visited the Manuzzi to face Cesena. Nobody expected this to be an easy encounter for the Rossoblu but a few perhaps were surprised in how hard it actually turned out to be.
So difficult in fact that the Sardinians fell to what was only there fifth defeat of the season so far. The hosts took the lead just before the hour mark when a cross from the left was bundled home from barely a yard out by Stefano Sensi.
Not long after that things got even worse for Cagliari when Nicola Murru was given a second yellow for a stray elbow. There poor evening was then compounded 11 minutes from time when Milan Djuric, a man linked with Wolfsburg in recent days, got his head on another cross from the left to head into the bottom corner.
An excellent win for Cesena that moves them up to fourth, a surprise defeat for Cagliari but one that is likely not to have too many repercussions in their promotion hunt.
Onto Saturday’s action and Crotone who were looking to claw themselves back to within two points of Cagliari at the top. There opponents were a struggling Vicenza side at the Ezio Scida.
The opening 35 minutes or so were pot marked with chances and half chances for both sides before Federico Ricci opened the scoring on 38 minutes for the Squali. And what a goal it was by the young Roman native as he ran at the heart of the Vicenza defence and then let fly from the edge of the area sending a rasper into the top right hand corner.
From there you may have expected the leagues seconded place side to go on and kill off their lowly placed opponents. But it would not be until three minutes into stoppage time at the end of the match that the made the points secure. Ante Budimir winning and taking a penalty to give the Calabrian’s a 2-0 win and move them ten points clear of third place Pescara.
That is because the Delfini slipped up at the Adriatico against another of the leagues lower sides in the shape of Ascoli. It was indeed the Picchio who took the lead on ten minutes, Jakub Jankto eventually benefitting from a horrible clearance by Vincenzo Fiorillo to volley into the left hand corner.
Pescara would hit back but not until just past the hour mark, the league’s top scorer Gianluca Lapadula showing his quality to head home a corner from the right. Five minutes later the Delfini were in front, Pierluigi Cappelluzzo with the finish albeit with the help of a massive deflection.
Things were now looking good for Pescara but Ascoli were unwilling to go quietly and only three minutes after going behind they were back level. Luigi Giorgi with a fine volley from the edge of the area, although once again Fiorillo must be highlighted this time for a poor punched clearance.
That would be the end of the scoring but not the drama as Ascoli would finish with only ten men. While even after the final whistle the players got to know each other a bit better if you know what I mean.
Elsewhere around the division, Como’s great escape looks to have petered out as they fell 2-1 to Brescia at the Rigamonti, Leonardo Morosini with both goals for the Biancoazzurri, Simone Ganz with Como’s effort.
Davide Luppi popped up with another vital goal on 18 minutes to give relegation threatened Modena a 1-0 win over Latina. The win proved that all the bit more vital after Virtus Lanciano also had a 1-0 at home to Bari, Nicola Ferrari with the goal for the Frentani.
It turned out to be a less good weekend at the bottom for Salernitana and Livorno. The Granata though did at least pick up a point thanks to Massimo Coda’s 84th minute leveller against Serse Cosmi’s Trapani.
As for the Amaranto they lost 2-1 away to Avellino. Francesco Tavano doing what he does best with a neat finish to give the Lupi the lead, Jeferson Vergara did level for Livorno but it was short lived as Benjamin Mokulu scored the winner for Avellino on 59 minutes. A win that keeps them in the promotion hunt while for Livorno the spectre of relegation remains.
In the last two fixtures of the weekend Virtus Entella continued their remarkable season by beating Perugia thanks to a 93rd minute penalty by Francesco Caputo. Finally, Spezia won 2-1 away to Ternana.
As already said there is little time to lick wounds as they do it all again on Monday and Tuesday night in round 29.
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Week 28 Results:
Novara 1-1 Pro Vercelli, Cesena 2-0 Cagliari, Avellino 2-1 Livorno, Brescia 2-1 Como, Crotone 2-0 Vicenza, Latina 0-1 Modena, Pescara 2-2 Ascoli, Ternana 1-2 Spezia, Trapani 1-1 Salernitana, Virtus Entella 2-1 Perugia, Virtus Lanciano 1-0 Bari.
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