Benevento falls to Catania and ends the regular season with a defeat. Cianci’s goal at the end of the first half from a corner was decisive, for a realization that allowed the rossoazzurri to avoid the danger of play out, thus ensuring their passage to the promotion play-offs by virtue of their path in the Italian Cup. Auteri deploys a Benevento 2, sparing the players who are not at their best and especially those who are within a ban, testing the Karic-Agazzi pair in the middle of the field, who produced little for the new offensive trident. The only noteworthy action by the Giallorossi was at the heart of the first half with a real moving penalty devoured by Bolsius, before the hosts had hit the crossbar. The changes in the second half were of no avail, except for the crossbar hit by Ciano at the end from a free kick. Catania and Benevento will both enter the first national round with the first leg on May 11th. Auteri’s team finished the regular season in third place in the standings. Special observation was given to Christian Pastina, who came off in the first half due to pain in his right knee, apparently felt in the back, following a clash in play.
CATANIA (3-5-2): Furlan; Castellini, Monaco, Celli; Bouah, Zammarini (86′ Sturaro), Quaini, Welbeck, Cicerelli (62′ Ndoj); Di Carmine, Cianci (77′ Chiricò). Available: Albertoni, Donato, Curado, Kontek, Rapisarda, Chiarella, Tello, Haveri, Costantino. Coach: Zeoli
BENEVENTO (3-4-3): Manfredini; Berra, Terranova, Pastina (20′ Viscardi); Simonetti, Karic, Agazzi, Masciangelo (63′ Ciano); Bolsius (63′ Perlingieri), Lanini (72′ Kubica), Starita (46′ Carfora). Available: Paleari, Meccariello, Capellini, Pinato, Nardi, Talia, Benedetti, Rillo, Marotta, Ferrante. Coach: Auteri
Referee: Frascaro of Florence. Assistants:Catani of Fermo and Porcheddu of Oristano. Fourth official: Cerbasi of Arezzo
Marker: 46’pt Cianci
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