Truly a great shame. Catanzaro returns from Pisa with just one point from the match valid for the 35th round of Serie B. In 7 minutes the Eagles regained the double advantage that had been acquired thanks to the lightning goal from Pontisso during the first half of the game and from Ambrosino in the second half. First Moreo with a header and then Marin, with the complicity of Pompetti, bring the result back into balance. The Giallorossi still remain stable in fifth place (57 points) but miss the opportunity to get within just one point of Cremonese which lost in Venice and which occupies fourth place.
First half
Ready to go, not even two minutes pass before the Eagles take the lead. Successful scheme on a corner taken from the left by Vandeputte who crosses towards the far post but the trajectory goes out, there he finds Pontisso who undisturbed with a full neck on the volley pierces Nicolas. Pisa 0, Catanzaro 1.
After the initial skid, there are signs of a reaction from Pisa. In the 12th minute D’Alessandro, launched in depth by Canestrelli, tries to mock Fulignati coming out with a touch underneath, the ball grazes the post and is lost on the bottom. In the ensuing action, however, the Giallorossi goalkeeper is attentive to Beruatto’s strong, angled conclusion and manages to deflect it for a corner.
The match continues without particular emotions until the 31st minute when Arena, for Pisa, finishes from the edge strong and central, but Fulignati is attentive again and pushes back somehow.
Catanzaro organizes itself in defense and tries to exploit the counterattacks, while Pisa tries in every way to bring the match back into balance and in the 43rd minute, following the development of a free kick taken from the left, You evaluate the header and the ball heads towards the far post but, even in this case, it is wide.
After a minute of added time the first half of Pisa-Catanzaro ends 1-0 for the Eagles.
Second half
Sensational 27 seconds into the second half. Bonfanti, for the hosts, masterfully served inside the area by Arena, shoots hard and hits the crossbar squarely.
The history of the match seems to repeat itself: Pisa attacks and Catanzaro defends by trying to exploit the counterattacks. And right from a restart, in the 64th minute, the Giallorossi doubled their lead. The action even starts in the half of the pitch occupied by the Eagles with Vandeputte who is launched low, the Belgian controls, takes two steps, raises his head and he sees Ambrosino from the other side who, from inside the area, makes no mistake. Pisa-Catanzaro 2 to 0.
But 10 minutes pass and Pisa closes the gap. Following a corner taken from the left, Moreo, left alone to head near the near post, squeezes the ball just enough to direct it into the net. At 74′ Pisa 1, Catanzaro 2.
Beautiful match. At the stroke of the 81st minute Pisa equalised. Marin concludes from outside the area, the ball is deflected by Pompetti and the strange trajectory that comes out mocks Fulignati who was slightly outside the posts. Pisa 2, Catanzaro 2.
After five minutes of injury time Pisa-Catanzaro ends 2-2.
The scoreboard
Pisa (4-2-3-1): Nicolas; Barbieri, Caracciolo, Canestrelli, Beruatto; Marin, Esteves (Tourè 80′); Arena (Tramoni 72′), Valoti (Mlakar 72”), D’Alessandro; Bonfanti (72′ Moreo). Coach: Alberto Aquilani. Available: Loria, Hermannsson, Tramoni, Torregrossa, Tramoni, Tourè, Mlakar, Masucci, De Vitis, Moreo, Calabresi, Piccinini.
Catanzaro (4-4-2): Fulignati; Situm (Oliveri 46′), Brighenti Veroli 83′), Antonini, Scognamillo; Sounas, Petriccione, Pontisso (Pompetti 59′), Vandeputte; Ambrosino (75′ Brignola), Biasci (Iemmello 59′). Coach: Vincenzo Vivarini. Available: Sala, Borrelli, Verna, Iemmello, Brignola, Pomepetti, Krajnc, Oliveri, Veroli, Donnarumma.
Referee of the match: Gualtieri; assistants: Imperiale – Ceccon; fourth officer: Unleash; Var: Gariglio; Avar: The Pen.
Warned: Caracciolo (P), Pontisso (C), Situm (C), Valoti (P), Esteves (P).
