Catanzaro-Venice 3-2; TOP&FLOP of the orange-greens

In the midweek round of the 36th day, the Venice falls upon expiry in the house of Catanzaro. A result that almost extinguishes the hopes of direct promotion of the orange-green team, now four points away How victorious in extremis at home against Citadel. The never-ending game of Nicola Ceravolo it was soon conditioned by variable weather to say the least, which forced a suspension in the 20th minute of the match for about an hour: too much water, at times hail, falling on the pitch. Subsequently, the match is resumed with the sun and, in the last minutes, again with the rain.

Despite the uncomfortable conditions, there is no shortage of excitement in the first few minutes. After 5 minutes, Sounas bowl in area for Pontisso which takes advantage of the marking in delays of Idzes beating an innocent person perfectly by the head Joronen. The same Idzes However, he made amends by finding the equalizer just before the quarter of an hour: from a free kick taken to the right midfield by Venice, Pohjampalo he is skilled at putting in a counter cross whose ball is only muffled by the defense Catanzaro before being supported into the net by the Dutch defender.

The second half of the first half, restarted after the long suspension, continues with the same score: the Catanzaro he doesn’t give up his dribble despite a pitch that is even below the limits of practicability in large areas of the pitch. The Venice however, he is concentrated and ready to pounce on every ball. The protagonist in this phase is Pierini: first serving a nice ball in the middle of the area for Busio which comes off only by involuntarily serving offside Bjarkason who will score offside; then shortly after the 40th minute, recovering a ball lost by the opponents. Instead of serving Pohjanpalo, Pierini he attempts a personal shot from the edge, sending the ball well over the crossbar.

At the beginning of the second half Pierini he tries to make amends by crossing well for his teammate who heads the ball and finds the prompt response from Fulignati. He will try it later Tessmann with a nice lash from outside the area: however, it is still the orange-green comeback who finds yet another goal Idzes who, in the 55th minute, will finish off a corner-kick.

The joy of Venice However, it lasts for a very short time: in the 57th minute the referee’s match will begin Ayroldi who, with his choices, will inevitably influence the fate of the race. On a contrast between Sverko And Olivieri in mid-field, the latter gets the worst of it: a normal foul for which the match director decides to draw the yellow card for the Croatian defender, already booked, resulting in numerical inferiority to the Venice. Not even the time to be able to redraw themselves on the pitch, before the orange-greens fell from the same free kick taken in the middle of the area in which Iemmelloleft too free by the marking of Svobodasigns the immediate draw.

Despite the numerical inferiority, the orange-greens did not give up playing, inevitably leaving more initiative to their opponents without ceasing to make themselves dangerous. In the 66th minute, Busio is served well by Pohjanpalo into the area from a tight angle: his shot, however, ends up on the outside of the net. The Catanzaro responds, finding the goal in the 79th minute with the usual Iemmello who however was caught in an offside position.

At the end of the match, the home team increased the score forcingfinding a rather generous penalty, due to the intervention of Idzes on Donnarumma. For the referee, however, there are no doubts: Iemmello shows up from the diskette and Joronen para. The nightmare of Venice but it doesn’t end here: after a confrontation with the VAR, Ayroldi decides for the repetition of the same. This time Iemmello he doesn’t make a mistake despite it Joronen is able to understand and reach his conclusion. The goal of Catanzaro Thus the curtain falls on the match and probably also on the coach’s team’s claims of second place Vanoli.

TOP

2) POHJANPALO

Without Gytkjaer on the pitch since the 1st minute, he is forced to make more passes than usual to show off. He does it well, in particular on the action of the first goal of the Venicewhere at the limit of offside the winning cross is needed for Idzes. In the assist version he is also perfect in the second half, when in the 66th minute he launches into the area Busio who however will not find the goal this time. Always in the right place at the right time, he is not often served by his teammates in good situations to hit. The only chance was in the 49th minute following a cross from Pierini: the Finn angles the header well without being able to apply enough power and allowing the intervention Fulignati.

1) IDZES

The Dutch naturalized Indonesian defender is undoubtedly the protagonist of the match Venice against the Catanzaro, for better or for worse. For the better, finding a difficult to predict brace on the succession of two set pieces. Two goals that galvanize him throughout the match, after a terrible approach. In fact, in the 5th minute he was guilty of giving the Calabrian team the advantage, intervening late on the scorer of the goal Pontisso. Since then, he has played an attentive match, until the questionable penalty awarded for his intervention Donnarumma in the area and which will be worth the final overtaking of the home team.

FLOP

1) SVOBODA

The only major failure in a match played with great will and concentration by Venezia was Michael’s Svoboda. Against the Catanzaro, the Austrian defender makes some good interventions, but also serious carelessness that risks or costs dearly. In the 51st minute, Svoboda decides to let a sharp ball flow into an area full, even of opponents Sounas, surprising the entire rear guard. On this occasion the post saves the Venicebut a few minutes later, his marking soft on Iemmello it costs to break even Catanzaro just after the numerical inferiority of the orange-greens, significantly complicating the last third of the match for the coach and his teammates.