PRECEDENTS – With Monza from the show of the three tenors of Baroni to that of Pairetto

Second Serie A edition of the match between Lecce And Monza, who after the cadet duels once again find themselves facing each other in a match which, although with the field factor reversed, evokes particular memories for the Giallorossi fans. And this year too, concrete chances of early salvation could pass from face to face. The two teams faced each other 17 vmany in their history in Salento between Serie A, Serie B and Coppa Italia.

The budget smiles on the Giallorossi: 6 wins at 2, plus 9 draws. The very first was a match of Serie C Italian Cup 1975/76which ended with the Salento victory for 1-0 with Fortunato Loddi scoring. During that season the two teams will both be promoted among the cadets, and the following year it will be 0-0 in the first of B. The following two matches are also goalless, but in the first championship match there is no draw, that of 1979/80it will be the guests who will excel 1-2.

For the Lecce twelve months will be enough to make up for it thanks to a victory signed by Pasquale Bruno against a team, Monza, fresh from relegation to Serie C. The Giallorossi will win once again before the match in the year of their first leap to Serie A, in 1984/85 when it was Ezio who decided it Rossi.

Lecce also had a success against Monza in the Italian Cup 1986/87: the eleven from Salento beat what at the time was a third-series team for 2-0 with centers from Nobile and Tacchi. On 6 December 1998, however, it was the future Giallorossi who decided it Massimo Oddo. Over twenty years later (January 2021) the two teams will compete again in a match with a high technical-tactical level in which the defenses prevailed: 0-0 and very few thrills for the goalkeepers, with Dermaku coming closest of all to the net in the final.

The Lecce will smile again after an eternity in the face-to-face promotion of 2021. In a Via del Mare packed despite the restrictions it will be 3-0 with the three tenors scoring Strefezza, Di Mariano and Codathe latter scoring after a sensational ride by captain Fabio Lucioni remained in history. As unfortunately in history, for other reasons, the precedent of the following year remained. Sensi scores 0-1 from a free kick, Gonzalez equalizes with his first professional goal and then there’s the referee Luca’s show Pairettowho does not see two sensational handballs deserving of penalties for Lecce which, equally sensationally, are not corrected by VAR.