The matches of the 37th and penultimate day of the Serie B championship formalize Feralpisalò’s relegation to Serie C and the qualification for the playoffs of Palermo, Sampdoria and Brescia. Como did not go beyond the 0-0 draw in Modena and will have to wait until the last round for direct promotion to Serie A following Venezia’s 2-1 home success against Feralpisalò. Lastly, a fundamental 1-0 victory for Ternana against Catanzaro. Now the Umbrians are at +2 on Bari and Ascoli.
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Parma-Cremonese 1-1
The euphoria for the promotion to Serie A was immediately felt at the Tardini. In the 4th minute Mihaila scores the lead but VAR cancels everything due to a handball from the Romanian. There is a lot of competitive spirit on the pitch and in the 14th minute Parma are left with ten men: a red card directed at Balogh for a last-man foul. Cremonese takes advantage of this and in the 24th minute goes ahead with a masterpiece from the former Vazquez, much booed: the Argentine, from the right, lets loose a left-footed shot that goes out at the top corner. Second half in which Parma is more square and convinced: in the 56th minute Mihaila, served by Man, cuts to the near post and equalizes. The grey-reds didn’t take advantage of their numerical superiority properly, on the contrary, in the 70th minute they too were left with 10 men due to the double yellow given to Pickel. It therefore ends in a draw. Cremonese certain of fourth place.
Modena-Como 0-0
Como wins the game and crushes Modena in their own half, forced to play on the counterattack. However, it is the hosts who are the most dangerous. Battistella sees Verdi save the possible 1-0 on the line, while Zaro, in the 24th minute, scores but is offside. The guests lead in possession but don’t create any real chances in the first half. Battistella is the most dangerous man for Bisoli, but also the most unlucky when in the 63rd minute he grazes the post with a shot from distance. Como has few ideas, the gialloblù are still close to taking the lead on the counterattack but Gliozzi shoots weakly. With Venezia’s victory in injury time, the draw is not enough for Como to start the promotion party: it will be decided at the last minute against Cosenza. Modena, on the other hand, rejoices, arithmetically safe.
Venezia-Feralpisalò 2-1
The first chance of the match belongs to the guests. In the 13th minute Kourfalidis came close to scoring with a right-footed shot. The response from Vanoli’s team only came in the 39th minute with Gytkjaer, Pizzignacco rejected. Before the break, Pohjanpalo’s right-foot shot deflected by the goalkeeper hits the crossbar. In the end Venezia broke the deadlock in the 60th minute. The Finnish attacker receives it in the area and hits a volley: Pizzignacco can’t do anything. But in the 83rd minute Compagnon equalized and seemed to definitively interrupt Vanoli’s men’s bid for direct promotion. Venezia never gives up and in the 93rd minute Pohjanpalo doubles their lead, postponing the verdict until the last day. Now second Como is at +2.
Ternana-Catanzaro 1-0
The two teams start strong. In the 5th minute Vandeputte forces Vitali to save a free kick, on the other side Carboni heads it past Fulignati. Thirty minutes pass and Breda’s men become dangerous again with a left-footed shot from Pereiro. In the 61st minute Distefano hits a header, Fulignati saves with his foot in the corner. Ternana doesn’t give up, first with Luperini and then with Raimondo they come very close to taking the lead. In the 78th minute the 1-0 goal came with a right-footed shot from Distefano. The Breda team wins and rises to 40 points in the playout zone.
Sampdoria-Reggiana 1-0
Before the kick-off, Ferraris greeted Sven Goran Eriksson with a long round of applause. The former coach thanked the fans in the middle of the pitch together with some of the players he coached in Genoa, such as Roberto Mancini. The match begins, 15 minutes pass and the hosts find the advantage with a perfect free kick from Sebastiano Esposito: the attacker hadn’t scored since December 26th. In the middle of the first half Darboe tries from distance, but nothing happens. At the beginning of the second half De Luca turns with the left foot which ends up high. In the 63rd minute Reggiana starts again quickly with Verghara, the 2003 class player passes the goalkeeper but it’s all in vain because he started offside. The Blucerchiati manage the advantage and take the three points which are worth the certainty of the playoffs.
Brescia-Lecco 4-1
At Rigamonti the balance was broken in the 12th minute by Bjarnason after an initiative on the right by Dickmann. Lecco, already relegated, melted like snow in the sun and four minutes later suffered the second goal from a header from a corner by Moncini. In the 41st minute Jallow risks: he gets a red card for an alleged last-man foul, the referee pardons him at the VAR. The guests show off their pride, but they are shaky in defense: in the 52nd minute it is Moncini again who scores the hat-trick that closes the accounts. Maran’s team spreads with Bianchi signing the poker. In the 91st minute the English flag goal for Lecco. After three consecutive draws, Brescia wins the Lombard derby, rises to eighth place with 51 points and takes the last slot for the playoffs with a day to spare.
Cosenza-Spezia 2-2
At San Vito Marulla, the hosts – fresh from arithmetic salvation – approached very strongly and broke the deadlock after five minutes with a wonderful free kick from the usual Gennaro Tutino. Spezia struggled to create, but equalized in injury time in the first half with Reca’s header in the fray. Shortly before, Verde had missed a penalty. Tutino is in the deluxe version and at the beginning of the second half he repeats himself with a flying heel that makes it 2-1 and the 19th goal of the championship. The Ligurians go unbalanced, D’Angelo plays the Elia card and is repaid within ten minutes: dribble and right-foot volley from the number 7 which makes it 2-2. With time up, Vignali scores the final turnaround on a loose ball but the goal is disallowed for offside. Spezia remains fifteenth with 41 points and will seek salvation against Venezia in the next round.
Cittadella-Bari 1-1
The Cittadella, who haven’t won at home in seven games, started very strongly and broke the deadlock in the 6th minute with Pittarello’s turn. The guests suffered but equalized ten minutes later with a low shot from Nasti on the restart. Just before the break, a miracle from Kastrati who saves the Cittadella. Second half of total balance, but it’s Gorini’s team that eats their hands when in the 80th minute Rizza, all alone, makes a sensational mistake. In the final Magrassi scores but is offside. Cittadella continues not to win at home, Bari remains fourth from last with 38 points and it will all be played out on the last day against Brescia.
Pisa-South Tyrol 2-2
Few flashes at the start of the race. Tramoni tries to take measures in the 23rd minute, Poluzzi blocks without problems. Pure Arena forces the Sudtirol goalkeeper into overtime to avoid the opening goal. Before the break, however, the goal from Aquilani’s team arrives: Bonfanti takes care of it with a header from the corner taken by Tramoni. During injury time the usual Arena even came close to doubling the score. In the 53rd minute the guests equalized with Molina who headed ahead of Canestrelli. A quarter of an hour later Barbieri brings down Odogwu in the area: it’s a penalty. The attacker scores and makes it 1-2. Then in the 73rd minute Moreo re-establishes parity with a header. It ends like this, Aquilani’s team and Valente’s remain out of the playoffs.
SERIES B 37TH ROUND: PALERMO-ASCOLI 2-2, PARMA-CREMONESE 1-1, PISA-SUDTIROL 2-2, COSENZA-SPEZIA 2-2, CITTADELLA-BARI 1-1, VENICE-FERALPISALO’ 2-1, MODENA-COMO 0-0 , SAMPDORIA-REGGIANA 1-0, TERNANA-CATANZARO 1-0, BRESCIA-LECCO 4-1
CLASSIFICATION
75 PARMA
72 COMO
70 VENICE
64 CREMONESE
60 CATANZARO
53 PALERMO
52 SAMPDORIA*
51 BRESCIA
47 SOUTH TYROL
46 REGGIANA
46 COSENZA
46 PISA
46 CITADEL
44 MODENA
41 SPICE
40 TERNANA
38 BARI
38 LISTENINGS
33 FERALPISALO’
26 LECCO
* Sampdoria 2 points deducted
NEXT TURN: BARI-BRESCIA, REGGIANA-PARMA, LECCO-MODENA, ASCOLI-PISA, COMO-COSENZA, CREMONESE-CITTADELLA, SPEZIA-VENICE, CATANZARO-SAMPDORIA, FERALPISALO’-TERNANA, SUDTIROL-PALERMO
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