At the end of a battle without borders, the yellow and blues return to the victory that was missing since January 21st and move to +3 from third last place with -4 days to go.
FROSINONE-SALERNITANA – THE SCORESHEET
FROSINONE (3-4-1-2): Turati (1′ st Cerofolini); Lirola (26′ st Bonifazi), Romagnoli, Okoli (31′ st Monterisi); Zortea, Mazzitelli (41′ st Gelli), Barrenechea, Valeri; Brescianini; Soulé, Cheddira (31′ st Cuni).
Available: Frattali, Marchizza, Baez, Garritano, Ibrahimovic, Reinier, Ghedjemis, Kaio Jorge, Kvernadze, Seck.
Trainer: By Francesco.
SALERNITANA (4-4-1-1): Costil; Pierozzi (1′ st Pasalidis), Fazio, Pirola, Bradaric; Sambia (21′ st Sfait), Basic, Coulibaly, Vignato (30′ st Gomis); Tchaouna; Ikwuemesi.
Available: Fiorillo, Salvati, Martegani, Simy, Weissmann, Pellegrino, Zanoli, Manolas, Legowski.
Trainer: Colantuono.
Referee: Mr. Francesco Fourneau of Rome 1; assistants Alessio Tolfo from Pordenone and Domenico Fontemurato from Roma2. Fourth Man Manuel Volpi of Arezzo; Var Francesco Meraviglia from Pistoia, Avar Daniele Chiffi from Padua.
Marker: 10′ pt Soule (r), 25′ pt Brescianini (F), 40′ st Zortea (F).
Note: total spectators: 13,728; subscribers: 10,684; tickets: 3,042 (including 2 guests); Total collection including season ticket accrual: €281,661.57; corners: 7-3 for Frosinone; yellow cards: 9′ pt Sambia (S), 36′ pt Pierozzi (S), 40′ pt Zortea (F), 5′ st Mazzitelli (F); recoveries: 2′ pt; 3rd st
The most awaited victory in the most delicate moment of the season. The victory that had been missing for 12 days, since the 3-1 against Cagliari on January 21st. It’s the victory of the +3 lead over third-last place with -4 days to go. The first 3-0 victory in the history of Frosinone in Serie A. With the one-two between the 10th and 25th minute – Soulé’s penalty and Brescianini’s diagonal – and the 3-0 set by Zortea at 5′ from 90′, Di Francesco’s team chases away nightmares and celebrates.
First half entirely yellow-blue brand, in the second half Salernitana cast off their moorings and came close to scoring repeatedly but the yellow-blues know how to suffer before placing the safety shot.
THE DEPLOYMENTS
Frosinone on the pitch with the same team as Turin. Change something only in the layout of the advanced package. He’s in goal Turatiat the center of the defense Romagnoli with Okoli And Lirola in the positions of central left and right respectively. On the high lanes Valeri on the left e Zortea To the right, Mazzitelli And Barrenechea they dictate the times in the middle of the field, Brescianini close to the couple Soulé-Cheddira arranged more horizontally than the match against the grenades. In Frosinone there are no unavailable Harroui and Oyono as well as Caso, Kalaj and Bidaoui.
Colantuono sets up with a 4-4-1-1 which can also become a 3-4-2-1 if necessary. With Costil on goal (Ochoa’s defection on the eve), from right to left Pierozzi, Fazio, Pirola And Bradaric in defense, Coulibaly And Basic in median with Sambia And E. Vignato therefore wide Tchaouna behind Ikwuemesi. Unavailable for Campania players Kastanos, Dia, Maggiore, Boateng, Gyomber and Ochoa. Candreva disqualified.
Among the keys to the match were the hybrid positions of Brescianini on one side and Tchaouna on the other, the duels on the lanes and Soulé’s ability to shorten the range as much as possible towards the Granata penalty area.
SOULE’ UNBLOCKS THE PENALTY
Frosinone got off to a flying start and took the field and space on the left but the Granata defense kept a good watch on Soulé. There is immediately a lot of intensity on the pitch and in the 4th minute Frosinone comes close to taking the lead through Soulé who collects a cross from the left from Valeri, dribbles on the substitute, leaves Bradaric in place, enters the area and rightly looks for the opposite corner to the one shot but Costil stretches out and deflects the ball just enough to avoid the yellow-blue advantage. In the 6th minute Fourneau stopped an attacking duet between Brescianini and Cheddira due to an alleged touch of the midfielder’s arm.
At 9′ Mr Fourneau has no doubts when Sambia sinks Valeri ready to collect a ball from Zortea’s kiss from the right for the classic movement of the ball from outside to outside. Soulé goes from the spot and shakes off Napoli’s mistake, he doesn’t forgive and realizes, displacing Costilfor him a return to scoring after a penalty against Milan 10 days ago (on 3 February), then for the provisional 1-1.
Salernitana seems bitten by the tarantulaTchaouna frees himself at 30 meters and unleashes a central whip that Turati blocks in the center of the goal.
BRESCIANINI DOUBLES
The man everywhere of Frosinone in this start is without a doubt Brescianini that Salernitana lives like a nightmare and is found everywhere, in the 15th minute with the speed of a sprinter he accelerates towards Fazio who contains him in the corner. The yellow and blues insistently look for the external chains but the defense of Colantuono’s team raises its towers and avoids the worst.
In the 21st minute an inviting ball for Soulé in the area who doesn’t think twice, opens the left plate but Pirola deflects it for a corner. A moment earlier it had been Pirola who avoided the worst with Pirola himself on the tandem attack of Soulé and Cheddira. In the 25th minute Frosinone doubled their lead with a textbook move that Brescianini scored after a speedy duet between Cheddira and Valeri. The ex from Cremonese looks for the ex from Cosenza who arrives like a train from the opposite side, relentless in control and in the diagonal that secures the 2-0.
Salernitana complained about the injury suffered by Pierozzi at the start of the match but there was no reason to stop.
THE SALERNITANA WAKES UP
Frosinone lowers their intensity and aggression for a moment, in the 28th minute Vignato passes into the area from the left, Tchaouna heads the ball and sends it wide. The Campania team is alive above all for its individuality.
In the 30th minute Costil looks for Tchaouna on the left, Lirola slips on the follow-up backheel of the Salernitana player who then exceeds and looks for the shot from 30 meters, ball out. The alarm bell doesn’t wake up Frosinone who risks again in the 32nd minute: Coulibaly with first intention for Tchaouna who serves vertically Vignato who runs shoulder to shoulder with Romagnoli but Turati’s low exit is imperious and avoids serious trouble.
However, Salernitana looks for plots in the Frosinone area and in the 38th minute they also find the goal to make it 2-1 but the offside position is clear of Vignato. On the other side, Valeri bucks to the left, the rebounded ball lands in the area but Brescianini’s header has no effect.
At the end of time, before 2′ of injury time, Mazzitelli finds Zortea in the area who, while running, does not hit the ball two steps from Costil. At the twilight of injury time Cheddira sprints behind the Granata defense, Costil rejects but the flag goes up. A problem for Turati who closes the half anyway. At the break, Frosinone took a deserved double lead but the alarm bells should not be underestimated.
TURATI OUT, CEROFOLINI IN
At the beginning of the second half two changes: in Frosinone Turati can’t cope after the cut on his wristthere is in its place Cerofolini and in the Salerno area Pasalidis notes Pierozzi who had complained about problems during the yellow-blue team’s lead. Ready and go, ball in the area for the arrival of Zortea, Coulibaly saves in the corner. The match doesn’t take off, Frosinone wants to manage the double lead and then there are also a few too many fouls and Mazzitelli loses out in the 5th minute which gets a warning.
On the left is among the most enterprising of Salernitana Bradaric who goes to take a corner on the second conclusion. On the serve from the flag there is an obvious foul against Zortea by Fazio, Ikwuemesi’s goal was rightly disallowed. Man-on-man markings, zero playable spaces on both sides.
In the 15th minute Brescianini is found in the Salernitana area, the ball goes over the entire defense but there is no teammate in the yellow shirt to collect it. Flashes of good play are seen again, in the 16th minute Soulé feeds Valeri on the run, Fazio saves for a corner in the centre. A nice low clearance from Cerofolini on a cross from the left triggers the turnaround in front, with Soulé serving Cheddira on the run, control and shot one meter wide. Di Francesco’s team plays on the counterattacks, in the 21st minute Brescianini serves Cheddira in depth who goes solo but Fazio closes the hatch towards Costil on the second check.
In the 23rd minute Colantuono complains about Tchaouna’s fall in the area but the attacker fouls Okoli who closes the pass behind him. Di Francesco takes turns Lirola with Bonifazi while Okoli has to seek medical attention after the collision caused by Tchaouna.
SO MANY THRILLS THEN ZORTEA MAKES HIS TRICAS
At the half hour mark, a thrill for Frosinone, Zanoli’s ball goes over the entire defence, arrives the newly introduced Gomis who shoots the ball out of range for a possible 2-1. Di Francesco runs for cover: inside Cuni for the exhausted Cheddira and Monterisi for the bruised Okoli.
It’s Frosinone who now has to grit their teeth, Salernitana once again fails to take advantage of Cerofolini’s indecision in the 35th minutenot perfect at the exit, then it is Pirola who raises his aim to 10 metres. Continuous dangers for the yellow-blue door, now it’s fear more than the strength of Salernitana to create problems. In the 36th minute Ikwuemesi missed his aim, then a cross from Zanoli created another danger.
But in the most complicated moment Frosinone stretches out and makes a hat-trick: Zortea goes deep on Soulé’s through ball while Mazzitelli suffers a foul in the run, the Atalanta school player reaches the limit and with a broadside passes into the corner to the right of Costil. Learnable. In the final before the 3′ of injury time Fazio comes close to making it 3-1. At the final whistle, the applause was deserved. But it’s not over.
