Syracuse 0
Ragusa 0
Syracuse: Lumia; Gozzo, Benassi, Markic, Sena; Limonelli, Aliperta, Esposito (66′ Teijo); Alma (76′ Arcidiacono), Maggio (60′ Sarao), Lo Faso (46′ Russotto). Available: Bracaj, De Caro, Kalombola, Suhs, Ruffino. All. Gaspare Cacciola.
Ragusa: Fat; Porcaro, Mbaye, Manservigi; Oddo (57′ Calves), Cess, Garufi, Cardinale (65′ Gigante), Warrior; Romano (71′ Ejjaki), Reinero (78′ Sinatra). Available: Freddi, Musso, Magrì, Di Vita, Celestre. All. Giovanni Ignoffo.
Referee: Carlo Virgilio of Agrigento
Assistants: Pietro Anile from Acireale and Dario Testaì from Catania
Syracuse – The long-awaited derby ends goalless “Nicola De Simone” between Syracuse Of Gaspare Pellegrino and the Ragusa Of Giovanni Ignoffo.
A fair draw between two teams that tried to achieve full success, but as happened in the first leg the defenses got the better of the opposing advanced units.
The stalemate puts the position of the Aretuseo coach in the balance who “risks” being relieved of his duties because the team has suffered a decline in play in recent days and is unable to keep up with the pace of the game. Trapani.
The draw of the Iblean “eagles”, however, keeps the Azzurri in a good position in the standings with the play off zone only three points away.
The Iblei started better and came very close to taking the lead in the first half of the game and only three miraculous saves from Lumia prevented the home team from capitulating.
However, the first noteworthy action came from the hosts who scored in the 8th minute Fat with a placed shot from a distance of Alma.
Answers Ragusa at 17′ when Cess he comes face to face with the Aretusean goalkeeper who is very good at averting the threat.
At 19′ Alma he tries again for the hosts, but his shot ends up just wide.
At 27′ Lumia he is still the protagonist and manages a dangerous shot in the corner Roman.
In the 30th minute he tries again Cess, but his conclusion is deviated once again by Lumia.
So we go to half-time with the score locked at 0 – 0.
In the second half the Syracuse enters the field with a more decisive attitude and in the 1st minute Alma he tries with a dangerous shot that just misses the target.
Alma he tries again shortly after after an exchange with Senabut his shot chipped the crossbar and ended up at the bottom.
Syracuse very dangerous in the 28th minute with two consecutive shots before Alma and then say Russotto, but Fat defuses the conclusions in both cases.
In the final minutes the hosts try to undermine the Ragusan rearguard, which closes every gap well and at the final whistle deservedly earns a point which boosts morale and improves the standings.
“We are happy with today’s performance – declared the coach at the end of the match Ragusa, Giovanni Ignoffo – it’s not easy to come to Syracuse and create what we created especially in the first half, but our inaccuracy and the skill of their goalkeeper did not allow us to break the balance. I’m very happy for the boys who gave a resounding and happy performance because I saw people who couldn’t even speak, this is synonymous with that they gave everything and therefore reached their maximum regardless of the result. My compliments – he continues – not only go to my team but also to Syracuse because it allowed us to play an important match, because when a team plays well you also need teams that approach it in the same way. Today there were the first heats and in the second half the pace slowed down, but I think the boys went further because the first heats are the most problematic ones to deal with and the boys reacted well, thanks to a good condition and the result of good work done in training. Our regret lies not in the fact that we are not in the play-off zone, but in the fact that some matches took place in a subtle way as with the Castrovillari and the New Hygieia Virtus which cost us four points, which would have been very important in the economy of the ranking, but the path taken by the team is over the top because we started with the objective of salvation and with work we managed to achieve positive results, the boys have once they became aware they all made themselves available and this allowed us to be who we are today. Today’s result – he concludes Ignoffo – leaves a bit of a bad taste in the mouth, not peri demerits of Syracusebut because we did something wrong in terms of decisions in front of goal in those missed opportunities, although naturally Syracuse also had its important opportunities, where our goalkeeper made a double intervention”.
