Trapani – Follonica Gavorrano 0-1
TRAPANI: Ujkaj, Guerriero (9′ st Morleo), Sabatino, Balla, Crimi (40′ st Sartore), Convitto (21′ st Bollino), Cocco, E. Pino (27′ st Pipitone), Palermo, Kragl, Bolcano. Available: Antonini, Sbrissa, Marigosu, Ba, Gelli. All.: Torrisi.
UsFG: Filippis, Pignat, Dierna, A. Pino (26′ st Mencagli), Souare (16′ st Grifoni), Nardella (32′ st Ceccanti), Mauro (32′ st Barlettani), Lo Sicco, Ampollini, Botrini, Regoli ( 22′ st Macrì). Available: Marenco, Brunetti, D’Agata, Bellini. All.: Masi.
REFEREE: Mr. Niccolò Dorillo of Turin. Ass.: Luca Granata from Viterbo, Luca Chianese, from Naples. Fourth official: Leonardo Di Mario from Ciampino.
NETWORKS: 1′ st Regoli (FG).
NOTE: Viewers: 2880. Catch-up time: pt 1′, st 7′. Booked: Sabatino, Nardella, Cocco, Pignat, Balla, Botrini, Dierna, Filippis.
The first leg of the Serie D Italian Cup final between Trapani and Follonica Gavorrano was beautiful and intense, with the red and white winning the first heat (0-1 final) thanks to the goal scored by Regoli at the beginning of the second half.
A first half mainly colored in red and white. Starting at a high pace, the two teams know what’s at stake well and the two teams immediately take to the field aggressively.
In the first minutes, however, the game remained mainly in midfield, with the first opportunity arriving only in the 18th minute following a free kick and it was for Follonica Gavorrano, with Souare’s shot from the center of the area being blocked by the defence.
The red and whites take the field and in the 20th minute comes another nice maneuver from Masi’s boys: Souare goes to the cross and finds Regoli lurking in the area who heads it off, but the ball ends up docilely in the arms of the goalkeeper.
At the half hour mark, Follonica Gavorrano comes forward again with the third chance of the match, with the double conclusion coming first with Regoli – countered – and then with Pino, deflected for a corner.
Again the red and whites are insidious with a corner kick in the 35th minute: the corner taken by Lo Sicco reaches Regoli after a deflection, with the number 30’s shot missing the target.
In the 40th minute, a free kick from Lo Sicco’s midfield, Pino hits a header from the edge but the distance is too much to worry Ujkaj, who blocks the ball.
In the 43rd minute the referee annulled a goal against Trapani scored by Palermo, for offside following a set piece.
At the end of the only minute of injury time granted by the referee, a first half well conducted by Follonica Gavorrano ended, with the red and white creating the best chances of the match, while Trapani was only dangerous when the goal was disallowed.
Ready to go and in the second half Follonica Gavorrano found the goal after just a minute: Pino fed Regoli, who kicked but had the first shot saved. On the rebound he surpasses Ujkaj and takes the lead in red and white.
In the 4th minute Nardella serves Mauro with a cross, the winger shoots with his left foot from a tight angle but misses the target.
On the other side, Trapani shows up in the 7th minute with Cocco, who controls and shoots from outside, finding the response with a dive from Filippis.
Two minutes later Cocco once again jumps with his head on Kragl’s cross, managing only to graze the ball which ends its run at the bottom.
After the goal, Trapani tries to raise the center of gravity.
In the 15th minute there was a great reflex from Filippis on Convitto, who fired a sure shot onto Pino’s cross.
In the 18th minute of a heated episode in the Follonica Gavorrano area, the referee warns Cocco for protesting and Balla and Pignat for an argument on the pitch.
Trapani pushes and tries again in the 20th minute with another header, this time from Kragl, which ends high over the crossbar.
Authentic miracle from Filippis in the 23rd minute on Kragl’s shot from outside, the goalkeeper deflects the shot from the edge of the box into a corner. On the corner, Palermo’s header ends up high over the crossbar.
In the 29th minute Balla attempts a long-range shot, the ball goes wide which doesn’t worry Filippis.
In the 31st minute Kragl’s free kick from distance ends high over the crossbar.
In the 39th minute an offensive flurry from Follonica Gavorrano which ends with Ceccanti’s shot blocked by the goalkeeper.
In the 41st minute Macrì catches Pignat’s head from a corner, which hits but misses the target.
The referee allowed 7 minutes of injury time, during which Filippis was once again decisive with a good save on Sartore in the 46th minute.
In the 48th minute Palermo tries with a wide shot from outside, but kicks centrally.
A minute later Cocco controls the area and shoots the ball high over the crossbar.
It’s the last chance, Follonica Gavorrano beats Trapani 0-1 and everything will be played out in the return match
Source: www.usfg.it
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