Everything postponed to the return match. The first leg of the national playoffs of the Eccellenza championship between Bisceglie and Costa d’Amalfi ends 1-1 took the field at “Ventura” this afternoon at 4pm. With the initial lead of Monk for the Nerazzurri the answer was a header from the expert Pepper starting to shoot.
Usual form for Mr. Di Meo with the trident made up of Kone, Bonicelli and Pignataro while Di Rito goes to the bench, probably not at his best after the physical problem suffered seven days ago in the semi-final against Vigor Lamezia. The guests arrive in Puglia without their captain, Francesco Proto, due to disqualification but regularly field top scorer Cappiello, who has so far scored twenty-one goals. Costa d’Amalfi more enterprising in the first part of the match. At 10′ Matrone enters the Bisceglie area from the right, escapes his direct opponent but at the moment of the shot he prefers to serve a teammate, frustrating a very good opportunity. Three turns of the clock pass and out of nowhere Bisceglie finds themselves in the lead thanks to a harmless cross from the right by Monaco which takes a poisonous trajectory for the guest goalkeeper and enters the net. For the star midfielder it was the first goal in the league, a seal in the most important moment of the season. The advantage unlocked the hosts who in the 16th minute tried to exploit the favorable phase with Bonicelli whose long-range shot did not cause any problems for Manzi. As the minutes passed, the Campania team reacted and in the middle of the half they showed up in Suma’s area on more than one occasion, first with Cappiello and in the 25th minute with the young Caputo who headed the shot from a good position, favoring the goal. intervention from the Bisceglie goalkeeper. In the 33rd minute, however, the Nerazzurri took a big risk due to a misunderstanding between Lucero and Suma but the ball ended in a corner kick. The end of the first half was decidedly Bisceglie-style with two big chances to double the lead that were narrowly missed. In the 39th minute Bonicelli slalomed into the Campania area but his shot was imprecise and went wide while one hundred and twenty seconds later Pignataro’s beautiful header on an assist from Mangialardi went high.
The second half opens with Cappiello’s dangerous turn after just forty seconds but the ball ends up wide. On this occasion it rained in the wet for the Campania team who lost their striker due to injury and Infante came on in his place. The pace is very low at the start of the second half but in the 55th minute Costa d’Amalfi rebalanced the game thanks to the gore by Pepe, left completely alone by the immobile Bisceglie rearguard. Di Meo immediately takes action by making a triple substitution with Avvantaggio, Di Rito and Fucci replacing Monaco, Bonicelli and Mangialardi. The move does not have great effects with the exception of an unrealistic left foot from Morisco on the development of a corner. The pace of the match did not take off, also due to the numerous interruptions in play due to the speculative attitude of the guests. A quarter of an hour from the final whistle Bisceglie protests vehemently, demanding a penalty kick for an intervention against Fucci. In the final, the hosts raise the center of gravity but do not create problems in the Campania goal. The only thrill for the guests came sixty seconds from the ninetieth minute when Pignataro hit the outside post following a free kick. In the fifth and final minute of injury time granted by the match director, Dembele, who had just come on, tried to come into his own but his shot was lost high over the crossbar, causing the credits to roll on the match.
Therefore, the Nerazzurri will need a win or a draw with the score at 2-2 in Campania to move up to the next category. in the return match scheduled in Maiori on Sunday 16 June with kick-off scheduled for 4pm. (PHOTO: EMMANUELE MASTRODONATO)
