There Triestina misses the last small goal of the regular season, loses 3-2 Padua and it won’t be the best fourth, a position that would have given some advantage in terms of the play-offs.
Bordin he designs the lineup with an eye to the play-offs, which Oddo does even more so. In front of Matosevic there are Ciofani, Rizzo and Anzolin, in midfield Fofana supported by Vallocchia and Celeghin, with Germano and Pavlev on the outside, Minesso and Vertainen in front. Bortlussi is the first to try after 9′, with a right-footed shot not too far wide. Bortolussi and Faedo again fail to hit the target, but in the 23rd minute the home team takes the deserved lead: the ball wanders into the area after a corner, the defense is guiltily immobile and Bortolussi header lands on the net. The Union reacts and at least worries Padova with a few balls in the area. The equalizer arrives in the 40th minute: Minesso takes advantage of Bianchi’s distraction and serves Vertainenwhose right foot leaves Zanellati no chance.
Vertainen was also a protagonist at the start of the second half but his left foot, after a couple of dribbles, ended up just wide. He ends the Finn’s race here, replaced by Redan who scores immediately: it’s the 10th minute when a shot from Celeghin finds Minesso (in a regular position) who settles for the Dutchman: sharp right-footed shot and 2-1 for Triestina. But the advantage does not last long, because in the 17th minute Faedo he is inexplicably left alone on a corner and it makes it 2-2. In the last quarter of an hour inside Jonsson and Gunduz for Celeghin and Minesso to try to give more freshness between midfield and attacking midfield, but at 10′ it was Padova who scored with Dezi who finds the winning diagonal, amid the halberd protests for a foul on the away team’s exit from the defensive phase, resulting in a lost ball. Lescano for Fofana it was the move to try to get back into the game at the end, but the Union had no more left and couldn’t even organize an effort. Padova’s 3-2 is no longer in danger.
PADUA – TRIESTINA 3-2
(first half 1-1)
GOAL: 23′ pt Bortolussi, 40′ pt Vertainen, 10′ st Redan, 17′ st Faedo, 35′ st Dezi
PADUA: Zanellati, Belli, Faedo, Perrotta, Villa, Cretella (13′ st Dezi), Crisetig, Bianchi (13′ st Varas, 32′ st Radrezza), Capelli, Palombi (13′ st Tordini), Bortolussi (32′ st Zamparo ). (Donnarumma, Mangiaracina, Targa, Crescenzi). All. Oddo
TRIESTINA: Matosevic, Ciofani, Rizzo, Anzolin, Germano, Vallocchia, Fofana (39′ st Lescano), Celeghin (31′ st Gunduz), Pavlev, Minesso (31′ st Jonsson), Vertainen (9′ st Redan). (Available Diakite, Agostino, El Azrak, Correia, D’Urso, Ballarini, Petrasso, Crosara, Moretti). All. Bordin
REFEREE: Giuseppe Maria Manzo from Torre Annunziata (assistants Davide Merciari from Rimini and Emanuele Fumarulo from Barletta, fourth official Alessandro Pizzi from Bergamo)
NOTE: ammonites Varas, Bordin; corners: 5-2; injury time: 0′ and 4′
