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Serie B Current Table (After 3 weeks)

1. Frosinone 9
2. Ascoli 7
3. Bresca 7
4. Torino 6
5. Cesena 6
6. Ancona 6
7. Empoli 6
8. Sassuolo 4*
9. Padova 4*
10. Regina 4*
11. Triestina 4*
12. Lecce 3
13. Piacena 3*
14. Modena 3
15. Cittadella 3
16. Vicenza 2*
17. Gallipoli 2
18. Mantova 1
19. AlbinoLeffe 1
20. Grosseto 1
21. Crotone 1
22. Salernitana 0

*Teams have one game in hand

Blue - Champions (Automatic Promotion)
Green - Automatic Promotion
Purple - Promotion Playoff
Orange - Relegation Playoff
Red - Automatic Relegation


Upcoming Fixtures

~Saturday, 12 September
Modena - Lecce

~Sunday, 13 September
Cittadella - Grosseto
Crotone - Cesena
Frosinone - Padova
Gallipoli - Sassuolo
Mantova - Reggina
Piacena - Bresca
Torino - AlbinoLeffe
Triestina - Salernitana
Vicenza - Ascoli

[J_746]

I hope to see Torino promoted back to Serie A. They're my favourite Italian team :) .

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J_746, on 07 September 2009 - 11:55 PM, said:

I hope to see Torino promoted back to Serie A. They're my favourite Italian team :) .

Good to have some support.

Funny though, they're my favorite Italian team as well!

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I want Brescia and Reggina to come back up, been waiting for Brescia to return for ages. As for Torino, i hope they go down to the Lega Pro and rot there forever.

[J_746]

mass debates, on 09 September 2009 - 05:04 PM, said:

I want Brescia and Reggina to come back up, been waiting for Brescia to return for ages. As for Torino, i hope they go down to the Lega Pro and rot there forever.

...not going to happen though, is it? :P

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J_746, on 09 September 2009 - 05:05 PM, said:

mass debates, on 09 September 2009 - 05:04 PM, said:

I want Brescia and Reggina to come back up, been waiting for Brescia to return for ages. As for Torino, i hope they go down to the Lega Pro and rot there forever.

...not going to happen though, is it? :P

I can dream.....so long as they don't come back up for a while. Actually fuck it, what do i care, they're not going to do anything anyway. At least Juve will get to batter them twice a year if they do come back up.

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Albinoleffe 0-1 Piacenza
Albinoleffe fell to a disappointing home defeat, although Piacenza did not actually have to get on the scoresheet. Rupolo accidentally nodded a free kick into his own net 25 minutes in and his team never recovered, even though Avogadri saw red late on.
Scorers: Serafini og 25 (P)
Sent off: Avogadri 86 (P)

Ascoli 2-0 Brescia
Antenucci was the hero for the home side with a brace that sent leaders Brescia tumbling. Within the opening quarter of an hour the points were sealed up. Ascoli broke through 120 seconds in with Antenucci’s right-foot shot from the edge of the box, then he got on the end of a free kick. It would’ve been 3-0 had Arcari not saved Lupoli’s penalty in the second half, but the fact remains Ascoli leapfrog the Rondinelle in the table.
Scorers: Antenucci 2, 14 (A)
Missed penalty: Lupoli 63 (A)
Ascoli: Frezzolini; Gazzola, Portin, Silvestri, Micolucci; Sommese (Di Donato 77), Amoroso, Luci, Giorgi (Aloe 81); Antenucci, Lupoli (Potenza 70)
Brescia: Arcari; Martinez (Zambelli 46), Bega, Mareco, Dallamano; Baiocco, Barusso, Lopez; Possanzini (Rispoli 68), Caracciolo, Flachi (Kozak 53)
Ref: Romeo
Attendance: To follow

Cesena 4-1 Triestina
Cesena thumped Triestina to go joint third, a crucial result as these two sides were level pegging going into the game. By the ninth minute both teams were already on target with Do Prado knocking it down for Sinigaglia and Testini's header for the visitors. De Feudis fired in from the edge of the box, Do Prado netted with a blockbuster from distance and Schelotto completed the rout with a right-foot curler.
Scorers: Sinigaglia 3 ©, Testini 9 (T), De Feudis 31 ©, Do Prado 61 ©, Schelotto 78 ©

Empoli 2-0 Frosinone
Leaders Frosinone crumbled at the Stadio Castellani and slipped down to third place. Empoli needed a confidence boost after their recent defeat at Ancona, so they came flying out of the blocks with Marianini turning in Coralli's assist. The provider turned scorer soon after thanks to an Eder dummy on Antonazzi's through ball. The Tuscans had more chances throughout the match, dooming Frosinone to their first defeat of the campaign.
Scorers: Marianini 8 (E), Coralli 18 (E)

Grosseto 3-1 Modena
Modena were without star striker Bruno and it showed, also losing Pinardi early on to injury. Turati made it 2-0 for Grosseto before half-time when he twice made the most of Carobbio assists. Joelson also hit the woodwork before Joelson was brought down for Joelson's penalty. Late on Conteh hauled down Troiano for Luisi to convert little more than a consolation spot-kick.
Scorers: Turati 14, 36 (G), Pinilla pen 73 (G), Luisi pen 83 (M)
Sent off: Giampà 90 (M)

Lecce 0-0 Crotone
Lecce continue to disappoint and failed to get past a stalemate with Crotone. It could have easily been worse, as the visitors had the best chances when they hit the woodwork twice with a deflected Gabionetta effort from a corner and Bonvissuto's angled drive. Crotone ended the match with 10 men, as Bonvissuto saw red for sarcastically applauding the referee.
Sent off: Bonvissuto 94 ©

Padova 2-1 Ancona
Match report to follow.
Scorers: Soncin 8 (P), Colacone 20 (A), Di Nardo 25 (P)

Reggina 1-1 Cittadella
Reggina simply can't get into gear so far this season and are falling further off the promotion pace. Capelli had given them the lead when redirecting Bonazzoli's wayward header with his chest from point-blank range. Cittadella fought back and eventually grabbed their point through Pesoli nodding in a free kick.
Scorers: Capelli 18 ®, Pesoli 70 ©

Salernitana 0-3 Torino
Torino temporarily top the Serie B table after this Friday night triumph, but Salernitana could take drastic measures as they are still without a single point. Former Stadio Arechi hero Di Michele was inspirational, creating the first goal when he dribbled past Polito and narrowed the angle too much, flicking it back to Diana. Sereni needed two fine saves to deny Caputo and Montervino an equaliser, but the second half was one-way traffic. Bastrini’s goalline clearance kept out Diana before Di Michele netted with a solo effort. Gasbarroni hit the woodwork and Bianchi consolidated his Capocannoniere status.
Scorers: Diana 15 (T), Di Michele 63 (T), Bianchi 80 (T)
Sent off: Pestrin 82 (S)
Salernitana: Polito; Galasso (Ferraro 55), Kyriazis, Stendardo, Bastrini, Russo (Millesi 72); Pestrin, Montervino (Carcuro 76), Soligo; Cozza; Caputo
Torino: Sereni; Rivalta, Ogbonna, Loria (Zoboli 48), Rubin, Diana, Vailatti (Zanetti 46), Coppola; Gasbarroni (Vantaggiato 80); Bianchi, Di Michele
Ref: Mazzoleni
Attendance: 10,629

Sassuolo 1-1 Mantova
The points were divided between the two teams and the result was overall fair. Martinetti acrobatically volleyed in a Gorzegno cross to the back post to give Sassuolo the lead, but with 17 minutes left on the clock Nassi bagged his third goal of the season.
Scorers: Martinetti 30 (S), Nassi 73 (M)

Vicenza 2-2 Gallipoli
Vicenza bravely completed a comeback from 2-0 down despite playing with 10 men for an hour. Towards the middle of the first half two events put Gallipoli on the apparent road to success, as Sosa nodded in Mounard's corner and Minieri saw red for a second bookable offence. Di Gennaro thought he'd sealed it with a left-foot drive, but he didn't count on Paonessa. The youngster first blasted in a rocket of a free kick from 35 metres, then created the equaliser for Brivio on the counter.
Scorers: Sosa 25 (G), Di Gennaro 56 (G), Paonessa 78 (V), Brivio 81 (V)
Sent off: Minieri 36 (V)

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Not particularly pleased Toro are top but it'd be nice to see Brescia finally return to the top flight. Also nice to see Padova doing well. Salernitana have sacked Fabio Brini after 5 consecutive defeats.

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Salernitana have appointed Marco Cari as their new Coach after firing Fabio Brini in the wake of five consecutive defeats.

The Arechi club officially sacked Brini on Saturday morning following a 3-0 home loss to Torino, leaving the side propping up the table without a single point.

The new man in charge is Cari, who spent last season on the Arezzo bench, and he has signed a contract until June 2010.

He will make his Serie B debut with Salernitana away to Piacenza on Tuesday, as there is a midweek round.

The 53-year-old tactician started his Coaching career in the amateur Serie D at Ferentino in 2000-01, moving on to Serie C2 outfit Giuliano and C1 sides Fermana, Teramo, Perugia, Taranto and Arezzo.

This will be Cari’s first ever Serie B experience as a Coach.

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Ascoli 1-1 Cesena
The points were split at the Del Duca between two of the surprise packages of the season so far. Ascoli had the better first half chances and two penalty appeals, but Portin ruined all that hard work by turning Lauro’s cross into his own net. Schelotto shaved the post and almost put the result under lock and key, but in the final minutes Bernacci was hauled back by Volta and converted the penalty himself.
Scorers: Portin og 57 ©, Bernacci pen 84 (A)
Ascoli: Frezzolini, Gazzola, Portin, Silvestri, Giallombardo (Di Donato 82), Sommese (Potenza 71), Amoroso, Luci, Giorgi (Lupoli 75), Antenucci, Bernacci
Cesena: Antonioli, Petras, Biasi, Volta, Lauro, Pedrelli (Piangerelli 47), De Feudis, Parolo (Matute Ewome 75), Schelotto, Do Prado, Djuric
Ref: Mazzoleni
Attendance: To follow.

Brescia 3-1 Sassuolo
Brescia fought back to go top alongside Frosinone with Caracciolo taking centre stage. It had been a dismal start with Zampagna springing the offside trap to put Sassuolo ahead just five minutes in. He had got a second soon after, but that was disallowed. It sparked the Rondinelle’s reaction and Flachi was brought down for Caracciolo’s penalty, then in the second half ‘The Heron’ rose above the crowd to nod in. Possanzini pounced on a poor clearance to seal the scoreline.
Scorers: Zampagna 5 (S), Caracciolo pen 35, 60 (B), Possanzini 67 (B)
Sent off: Piccioni 91 (S)
Brescia: Arcari, Rispoli, De Maio, Bega, Dallamano, Baiocco, Vass (Lopez 67), Zambelli (Salamon 83), Possanzini, Caracciolo, Flachi (Kozac 77)
Sassuolo: Bressan, Rossini, Minelli, Piccioni, Gorzegno, Quadrini, Magnanelli (Titone 72), Riccio, Filkor, Zampagna (Martinetti 61), Noselli (Masucci 46)
Ref: Gava
Attendance: To follow.

Cittadella 2-1 Vicenza
Cittadella completed an impressive comeback to leapfrog Vicenza in the standings. Botta had given the visitors the lead with a splendid volley, but Iunco’s header and an Ardemagni close-range finish turned the game around completely.
Scorers: Botta 48 (V), Iunco 64 ©, Ardemagni 89 ©
Cittadella: Villanova, Pisani, Pesoli, Cherubin, Manucci, Carteri (Volpe 77), Castiglia, Dalla Bona, De Gasperi (Pettinari 59), Ardemagni, Iunco (Bellazzini 69)
Vicenza: Fortin, Urbano, Zanchi, Di Cesare, Brivio, Rigoni, Braiati (Litteri 90), Botta, Gavazzi, Bjelanovic (Margiotta 76), Fabiano (Paonessa 72)
Ref: Pinzani
Attendance: To follow.

Crotone 0-0 Grosseto
It was very difficult for the two teams to play any decent football on a pitch that was drenched from the thunderstorm around Crotone.
Crotone: Concetti, Abruzzese, Grillo, Galeoto, Legati, Coresi (Daud 53), Galardo, Beati, Zito, Cutolo (Petrilli 82), Gabionetta
Grosseto: Acerbis, Freddi, Turati, Conteh, Mora, Valeri, Carobbio, Job (Vitiello 79), Consonni, Joelson (Alfageme 86), Pinilla (Pichlmann 76)
Ref: Guida
Attendance: To follow.

Frosinone 2-0 Reggina
Frosinone made up for last week’s stumble to recapture the leadership alongside Brescia, but plunge Reggina into undeniable crisis. This was a high-risk game and there was crowd trouble before kick-off when Reggina ultras escaped the police cordon outside the stadium, damaging passing cars. Walter Novellino’s men have been in disastrous form with three draws and a defeat going into this game, while Frosinone were unbeaten until the weekend. Pagano and Bonazzoli aimed weak efforts at Sicignano in the first half, while Gucher finally tested the Reggina goalkeeper from distance. It was Troianiello who gave Frosinone the lead with one of their first real chances, pouncing on a Valdez defensive error. Matters deteriorated for Reggina, as six minutes later Lanzaro received his second yellow card and Cassano only parried a Tavares snapshot into the path of Basha.
Scorers: Troianiello 57 (F), Basha 80 (F)
Sent off: Lanzaro 63 ®
Frosinone: Sicignano; Del Prete, Maietta, Scarlato, Bocchetti; Gucher (Bolzoni 88), Basha; Basso, Calil, Troianiello (Aurelio 71); Jefferson (Tavares 52)
Reggina: Cassano; Lanzaro, Valdez, Dos Santos, Rizzato (Costa 78); Busce, Carmona, Volpi, Pagano (Missiroli 64); Bonazzoli (Viola 87), Cacia
Ref: Romeo
Attendance: To follow.

Gallipoli 1-0 Ancona
Abbate’s header from a corner kick will go into the history books as the goal that gave Gallipoli their first ever Serie B victory. It was overall a deserved result, as the home side had the best chances against Ancona.
Scorers: Abbate 56 (G)
Gallipoli: Garavano, Sosa, Abbate, Scaglia, Grandoni, Viana, Pedersoli, Mancini, Mounard (Franchini 88), Ginestra (Smit 71), Di Gennaro (Tarantino 94)
Ancona: Da Costa, Milani, Cosenza, Pisacane, Zavagno, Surraco, Camillucci, Catinali, Schiattarella (De Falco 85), Mastronunzio, Colacone
Ref: Gallione
Attendance: To follow.

Mantova 1-2 Albinoleffe
Albinoleffe caused an upset with this away victory. Ruopolo continued his promising form by bursting into the box and netting at the near post, then after the break Previtali’s diving header doubled Leffe’s lead. Mantova managed a late consolation goal through Nassi, but little more.
Scorers: Ruopolo 18 (A), Previtali 55 (A), Nassi 78 (M)
Sent off: Fissore 90 (M)
Mantova: Handanovic, Esposito, Spinale, Notari (Salviato 33), Nicco (Tarana 58), Caridi, Malatesta (Locatelli 68), Carrus, Fissore, Lambrughi, Nassi
Albinoleffe: Pelizzoli, Foglio, Previtali, Bergamelli, Serafini, Laner (Cia 78), Perico, Ruopolo (Torri 89), Passoni, Piccinni, Grossi (Geroni 70)
Ref: Baracani
Attendance: To follow.

Modena 2-0 Empoli
Empoli remain infuriatingly inconsistent for their fans, as they drop off the promotion pace. Catellani scored both goals for the Canarini, curling in a cross-shot that flashed into the top corner, then getting in front of the ‘keeper to tap in. Empoli had penalty appeals waved away for a shot that struck Troiano’s arm, as it was considered involuntary. Modena managed this victory despite missing stars Bruno and Pinardi.
Scorers: Catellani 20, 66 (M)
Modena: Narciso, Ricchi, Rickler, Diagouraga, Perna, Tamburini, Bianco (Cortellini 24), Luisi, Troiano, Girardi, Catellani (Napoli 82)
Empoli: Bassi, Antonazzo, Angella, Tosto, Gulan, Marianini (Valdifiori 75), Musacci, Mancosu (Pasquato 62), Vannucchi (Fabbrini 69), Coralli, Eder
Ref: Peruzzo
Attendance: To follow.

Piacenza 0-0 Salernitana
Days after sacking Coach Fabio Brini, Salernitana finally picked up their first point of the campaign. Marco Cari got off to a strong start with a precious stalemate at the Stadio Garilli.
Piacenza: Puggioni, Capogrosso, Rincon, Iorio, Zammuto, Wolf (Bianchi 65), Sambugaro, Nainggolan, Guzman (Moscardelli 70), Tulli, Graffiedi
Salernitana: Polito, Kyriazis, Fusco, Pepe, Bastrini, Galasso (Russo 48), Soligo (Tricarico 73), Montervino, Millesi, Caputo (Ferraro 90), Cozza
Ref: Tagliavento
Attendance: To follow.

Torino 0-1 Padova
The Serie B leaders tumbled down the table after this shock home defeat to minnows Padova, who incredibly catch Toro in second place. Diana wasted the best chance of the first half by turning a free header wide and straight after the restart Di Nardo put the visitors in front with a screamer from the edge of the box. Vantaggiato and Zoboli went close to equalising, but it all got more complicated when star striker Di Michele received a second booking in a controversial incident. He felt he had been brought down for a penalty, but the referee waved the yellow for simulation.
Scorers: Di Nardo 50 (P)
Sent off: Di Michele 71 (T)
Torino: Sereni; Rivalta, Zoboli, Ogbonna, Rubin; Loviso (Coppola 60), Diana (Leon 66), Zanetti; Gasbarroni; Di Michele, Vantaggiato (Bianchi 59)
Padova: Agliardi; Cesar, Faisca, Trevisan, Renzetti; Patrascu (Jidayi 65), Italiano, Cuffa (Rabito 87), Bovo; Cani, Di Nardo (Soncin 77)
Ref: Damato
Attendance: To follow.

Triestina 1-4 Lecce
Lecce have been in dismal form recently with two points from their last four games, but stepped on the accelerator to get a crucial result in Trieste. Within three minutes Defendi had run on to a Giacomazzi assist to put the angled drive past Agazzi, then it got worse for Triestina as Gissi picked up a second yellow card. The visitors took full advantage and extended their lead with Giacomazzi meeting Angelo’s cross from the right with a downward header. It could’ve been more, but in first half stoppages both Fabiano and Baclet hit the bar during the same move. Late on Fabiano grabbed the third with a twisting header from Angelo’s ball into the box and, after a Godeas consolation penalty for Schiavi’s foul, Corvia held off a tackle to net Lecce’s fourth.
Scorers: Defendi 3 (L), Giacomazzi 37 (L), Fabiano 74 (L), Godeas pen 84 (T), Corvia 87 (L)
Sent off: Gissi 23 (T)
Triestina: Agazzi, Tabbiani, Scurto (Brosco 56), Cottafava, Sabato (Crovetto 46), Cossu (Pani 69), Gissi, Princivalli, Testini, Godeas, Volpe
Lecce: Rosati, Belleri, Schiavi, Fabiano, Mesbah, Angelo (Bergougnoux 79), Giacomazzi, Edinho, Vives (Lepore 72), Defendi, Baclet (Corvia 46)
Ref: Gervasoni
Attendance: To follow.


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Brilliant reesult for Padova to bring them level with Toro in the table. Reggina and Empoli continue to falter but Frosinone have got bakc to winning ways. Would be really interesting to see Frosinone in Serie A as their quite a small club, hopefully they won't self destruct like some other small teams that ahve gone up have, Messina, Como and Ancona for example.

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Week 8 - Reports

Ascoli 1-5 Sassuolo
Leadership challengers Ascoli lost their unbeaten record in spectacular fashion, as they were thumped 5-1 in front of their home fans on Friday night. It took just over 60 seconds to break the deadlock with Polenghi’s free header. The home side equalised through Bernacci’s toe-poke, but Sassuolo took control. Noselli sprung the offside trap to make it 2-1, then lobbed the goalkeeper and completed his hat-trick on the counter. Martinetti concluded the rout with a similar move, as Ascoli were repeatedly caught out at the back.
Scorers: Polenghi 1 (S), Bernacci 9 (A), Noselli 22, 42, 50 (S), Martinetti 64 (S)
Ascoli: Frezzolini; Gazzola (Jaager 89), Portin, Silvestri, Giallombardo; Sommese (Potenza 77), Amoroso, Luci, Giorgi (Lupoli 60); Bernacci, Antenucci
Sassuolo: Bressan; Polenghi (Rossini 58), Piccioni, Minelli, Gorzegno; Salvetti, Magnanelli, Riccio; Quadrini (Fusani 81), Martinetti, Noselli (Titone 73)
Ref: Nasca
Attendance: 4,923

Brescia 0-1 Vicenza
Brescia were stunned at the Rigamonti to fall four points off the leadership pace. Sgrigna scored the decider with a classic counter-attack and Caracciolo had the chance to equalise when he was brought down for a penalty. However, Fortin did very well to save the spot-kick and Vicenza held on to the end for a shock victory.
Scorers: Sgrigna 52 (V)
Missed penalty: Caracciolo 74 (B)
Brescia: Arcari, Zambelli (Rispoli 62), De Maio, Mareco, Lopez, Vass (Kozac 57), Baiocco, Barusso (Salamon 79), Possanzini, Flachi, Caracciolo
Vicenza: Fortin, Ferri (Minieri 69), Di Cesare, Zanchi, Brivio, Gavazzi, Braiati, Signori, Botta, Bjelanovic, Sgrigna (Rigoni 80)
Ref: Tagliavento
Attendance: 4,000

Cesena 3-0 Salernitana
Schelotto was the star of the show to send Cesena into second place. Do Prado created both goals for Schelotto to tap in comfortably, then Matute sealed the scoreline with a splendid angled drive from 20 yards. Salernitana are rock bottom, but also unlucky, as they hit the woodwork twice.
Scorers: Schelotto 7, 58 ©, Matute 76 ©
Cesena: Antonioli, Petras, Volta, Biasi, Lauro (Pedrelli 81), Piangerelli (Matute Ewome 71), De Feudis, Schelotto, Do Prado, Parolo, Djuric (Bucchi 60)
Salernitana: Polito, Soligo, Kyriazis, Fusco (Stendardo 20), Bastrini (Statella 67), Carcuro, Pestrin, Pepe, Cozza (Fava 56), Millesi, Caputo
Ref: Pinzani
Attendance: 10,465

Cittadella 3-0 Lecce
Lecce's crisis continues with this humiliating demolition job at little Cittadella, a result that allows the home side to leapfrog their more illustrious opponents. Oliveira used his strength to nod in the opener, then Ardemagni's angled drive slipped in for a second. Iunco created the stoppage-time strike for Pettinari.
Scorers: Oliveira 23 ©, Ardemagni 63 ©, Pettinari 90 ©
Cittadella: Villanova, Manucci, Pesoli, Cherubin, Teoldi (Pisani 76), Oliveira (Bellazzini 73), Carteri (Volpe 51), Musso, Pettinari, Iunco, Ardemagni
Lecce: Rosati, Belleri, Schiavi, Fabiano, Mesbah, Angelo (Lepore 60), Bergougnoux (Baclet 53), Edinho, Giacomazzi, Defendi, Marilungo (Corvia 53)
Ref: Ciampi
Attendance: 2,816

Crotone 2-1 Padova
Padova hit the brakes and slide down the standings, as they were punished deep into stoppages. Di Nardo's looping header had given them the lead, fairly quickly cancelled out by Bonvissuto finalising a well-worked team move. The game looked set to end with a share of the spoils before Bonvissuto completed his brace at the last gasp.
Scorers: Di Nardo 8 (P), Bonvissuto 19, 92 ©
Crotone: Concetti, Morleo (Grillo 61), Galardo, Beati, Gabionetta, Legati, Cutolo (Petrilli 70), Daud (De Martino 83), Galeoto, Abruzzese, Bonvissuto
Padova: Agliardi, Trevisan, Bovo, Di Nardo (Lazzari 89), Cotroneo, Renzetti, Cesar, Italiano, Patrascu (Jidayi 65), Cuffa, Soncin (Cani 65)
Ref: Russo
Attendance: 3,487

Gallipoli 0-0 Empoli
Empoli waste the opportunity to catch up on the top spots, faltering to a goalless draw at Giuseppe Giannini's Gallipoli. There were precious few chances for either side.
Gallipoli: Garavano, Grandoni, Abbate, Franchini, Sosa, Scaglia, D'Aversa, Pedersoli, Mounard, Di Gennaro (Eliakwu 60), Ginestra (Depetris 90)
Empoli: Bassi, Vinci, Kokoszka, Angella, Antonazzo, Musacci (De Giorgio 84), Valdifiori, Gulan, Marianini, Fabbrini (Vannucchi 66), Eder (Pasquato 90)
Ref: Gava
Attendance: 1,082

Mantova 2-0 Grosseto
Mantova picked up a much-needed victory after biding their time. Grosseto had the better of the first half, but were denied by the woodwork and some poor finishing. When Nassi was hauled back in the box, Caridi converted the penalty and 10 minutes later Nassi sealed it with a wonderful solo effort. He controlled the ball on the edge of the area with his thigh and spun round to smash the half-volley in at the far post.
Scorers: Caridi pen 52 (M), Nassi 62 (M)
Mantova: Handanovic, Spinale, Cavalli, Caridi (Cuneaz 84), Mondini, Locatelli (Tarana 61), Fissore, Lambrughi (Rizzi 85), Gervasoni, Salviato, Nassi
Grosseto: Acerbis, Conteh, Valeri (Papini 60), Freddi, Vitiello (Job 63), Joelson, Carobbio, Pichlmann (Alfageme 84), Turati, Mora, D'Alessandro
Ref: De Marco
Attendance: 4,995

Modena 1-0 Reggina
Reggina's crisis gets even deeper with this surprise defeat in dramatic circumstances, as Bruno netted with the last kick of the game. The Amaranto had a strong start with Pagano's free kick and Bonazzoli's goal was ruled offside, but Modena also threatened when Rickler's header thumped the crossbar. Bruno also hit the frame of the goal in the second half, but got his winner deep into stoppages, redirecting Cortellini's free kick.
Scorers: Bruno 97 (M)
Modena: Narciso, Rickler, Diagouraga, Gozzi, Ricchi, Troiano, Luisi (Cortellini 29), Colucci, Tamburini, Bruno, Catellani (Gilioli 94)
Reggina: Cassano, Rizzato, Santos, Valdez Suarez, Pagano (Capelli 75), Buscè, Carmona, Morosini, Missiroli (Barillà 68), Bonazzoli, Cacia (Viola 84)
Ref: Velotto
Attendance: 5,817

Piacenza 0-2 Frosinone
Frosinone break away at the top of the table after conquering the Garilli and hearing of helpful results from elsewhere. Piacenza were unlucky, as they dominated the first half and peppered the box with efforts, but paid the price for failing to take advantage of that pressure. After the restart Caetano's splendid chip opened the scoring and Basso was brought down for Mazzeo to convert the penalty.
Scorers: Caetano 50 (F), Mazzeo pen 72 (F)
Piacenza: Puggioni, Iorio, Zammuto, Capogrosso (Anaclerio 67), De Castro, Wolf, Bianchi, Sambugaro, Guzman, Nainggolan, Moscardelli (Tulli 47)
Frosinone: Sicignano, Del Prete, Scarlato, Maietta, Bocchetti, Basha, Gucher (Bolzoni 79), Basso, Calil, Aurelio (Mazzeo 54), Santoruvo
Ref: Morganti
Attendance: 2,637

Torino 1-1 Ancona
Torino salvaged a point with the very last touch of the ball – just as it seemed that an Ancona wonder goal had consigned them to defeat. The Granata were looking for a victory which would see them move into second, a point behind leaders Frosinone. However, Ancona frustrated the home side in the first half where Sereni was forced to make three fine saves. But the latter was left embarrassed in minute 88 as a volley from 45 metres out by Schiattarella temporarily saw Ancona leapfrog them in the table. Yet with the clock ticking down, Rolando Bianchi headed in an Andrea Gasbarroni cross to avoid a second successive home defeat.
Scorers: Schiattarella (A) 88, Bianchi (T) 94
Torino: Sereni; Rivalta (Belingheri 84), Loria, Pratali, Ogbonna (Pisano 39); Zanetti, Coppola, Diana; Leon (Gasbarroni 52), Di Michele; Bianchi
Ancona: Da Costa; Milani, Cristante, Cosenza, Pisacane (Thackray 78); Surraco (Gerbo 88), Catinali, De Falco, Miramontes (Schiattarella 73); Gerardi, Mastronunzio
Ref: Calvarese
Attendance: 10,000

Triestina 2-3 Albinoleffe
Albinoleffe pipped Triestina to a five-goal thriller in which Sala had the curious experience of scoring for both teams. He accidentally deflected a cross into his own net, but made up for it 10 minutes later by tapping into the correct goalmouth. Laner turned the game around completely at full stretch on a cross from the left, but Godeas equalised by meeting a smart ball over the top. Just two minutes later, Cellini won it thanks to a crucial through ball by Ruopolo.
Scorers: Sala og 11 (T), Sala 21 (A), Laner 33 (A), Godeas 51 (T), Cellini 53 (A)
Triestina: Agazzi, Nef, Cottafava, Brosco, Sabato (Magliocchetti 79), Tabbiani (Volpe 79), Gissi, Princivalli, Testini, Godeas, Della Rocca
Albinoleffe: Layeni, Perico (Garlini 81), Sala, Serafini, Piccinni, Laner, Previtali, Passoni, Foglio, Ruopolo, Cellini (Grossi 57)
Ref: Doveri
Attendance: 6,100

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What a strange week! All the big teams are slipping up which is allowing Frosinone and Cesena to pull away a little bit at the top. I expected a lot more from Reggina and had hoped they'd bounce back up but that is looking less likely every week. Unfortunately Toro look like they will take over leaderhsip of the league when they sort themselves out a bit and they will in likelihood get promoted this year.

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Week 15 - Reports

Albinoleffe 0-3 Modena
Modena thumped 'Leffe at the Stadio Azzurri d'Italia to climb into the play-off places. Napoli was allowed to tap in undisturbed after four minutes and, despite Rickler's red card, the Canarini still added another two to their tally with Catellani's solo effort and Bruno.
Scorers: Napoli 4 (M), Catellani 86 (M), Bruno 94 (M)
Sent off: Rickler 67 (M)
Albinoleffe: Layeni, Piccinni (Torri 69), Perico, Serafini, Sala, Hetemaj (Foglio 81), Passoni, Laner (Cristiano 61), Grossi, Ruopolo, Cellini
Modena: Narciso, Gozzi, Tamburini, Cortellini (Bianco 76), Rickler, Perna, Colucci, Giampà (Ricchi 73), Troiano, Napoli (Catellani 61), Bruno
Ref: Tommasi
Attendance: 3,024

Ascoli 1-3 Ancona
Ancona break away at the top of the table thanks to a convincing victory in the Derby delle Marche, taking advantage of Lecce's stumble. Mastronunzio already had a chance after 10 minutes and broke the deadlock with a powerful header, but Antenucci equalised almost immediately by waltzing round the goalkeeper on Giorgi's through ball. Bernacci and Antenucci went close to turning the game around completely in the second half, but wasted their opportunities and Colacone turned in Milani's assist. Ancona made the points safe with Mastronunzio's second of the game, combining with Colacone. Ascoli are in dire straits after picking up four points from their last 10 games.
Scorers: Mastronunzio 25, 73 (An), Antenucci 28 (As), Colacone 59 (An)
Ascoli: Frezzolini, Silvestri, Jaager, Micolucci, Portin, Amoroso, Giorgi (Sommese 64), Luci (Mattila 88), Di Donato (Potenza 72), Antenucci, Bernacci
Ancona: Da Costa, Milani (Pisacane 92), Cristante, Cosenza, Zavagno, Catinali, Miramontes, De Falco, Surraco (Schiattarella 69), Colacone (Mirchev 84), Mastronunzio
Ref: Mazzoleni
Attendance: 8,389

Brescia 1-0 Lecce
Lecce lose the leadership of Serie B after this slender defeat to a Brescia side that hadn't celebrated in a month. Lopez and Caracciolo went close before Caracciolo crossed for Rispoli's winning header. The visitors tried to fight back in the second half, but Defendi was denied by the crossbar at the 88th minute.
Scorers: Rispoli 33 (B)
Brescia: Arcari, Baiocco, Caracciolo, Dallamano, De Maio, Zambelli, Rispoli (Berardi 78), Bega, Lopez, Paghera (Vass 93), Possanzini (Flachi 69)
Lecce: Rosati, Giuliatto, Angelo, Terranova, Fabiano, Vives (Mesbah 84), Edinho, Giacomazzi, Corvia (Baclet 55), Bergougnoux (Marilungo 50), Defendi
Ref: Trefoloni
Attendance: 3,328

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Crotone 1-1 Reggina
Reggina are still struggling and shared the spoils in this Calabrian derby. It all happened in the opening stages, as Brienza's free kick was parried into the path of Pagano and soon after Mazzarani's angled drive drew Crotone level. Bonazzoli forced a couple of saves in the second half, but at least the Amaranto end their run of five consecutive away defeats.
Scorers: Pagano 4 ®, Mazzarani 12 ©
Crotone: Concetti, Abruzzese, Galeoto, Morleo, Legati, Mazzarani (Coresi 76), Galardo, Beati, Petrilli (Cutolo 68), Bonvissuto (Mendicino 72), Gabionetta
Reggina: Cassano, Santos, Valdez Suarez (Buscè 46), Lanzaro, Carmona, Cascione, Rizzato, Pagano (Barillà 88), Morosini, Brienza, A Viola (Bonazzoli 70)
Ref: De Marco
Attendance: 5,207

Gallipoli 0-0 Mantova
There were precious few scoring opportunities and Mantova seemed happy to take the point, even though it leaves them fourth from bottom. The best chance fell to Ginestra, whose header was cleared off the line by Bellodi's foot.
Gallipoli: Sciarrone, Pallante, Abbate, Tagliani, Sosa, Scaglia, D’Aversa (Mancini 56), Pederzoli, Mounard (Di Gennaro 68), Ginestra, Di Carmine
Mantova: Bellodi, Lanzoni, Rizzi, Notari (Lambrughi 54), Fissore, Spinale, Caridi (Malatesta 89), Grauso, Carrus, Cavalli (Nicco 69), Nassi
Ref: Tozzi
Attendance: 1,034

Grosseto 2-2 Salernitana
It was a thoroughly entertaining game that started with a bang, as in the opening 35 seconds Soligo tapped in Salernitana's opener. Pinilla completed the Grosseto comeback with a brace before half-time, earning and converting a penalty then rising to meet a corner. However, the visitors snatched a point late on with Pepe's angled drive.
Scorers: Soligo 1 (S), Pinilla pen 37, 41 (G), Pepe 83 (S)
Grosseto: Acerbis, Freddi, Turati, Conteh, Mora, Job, Consonni, Carobbio (Vitiello 48), D’Alessandro (Federici 63), Pinilla (Pichlmann 86), Joelson
Salernitana: Pierpaoli, Galasso, Machado, Stendardo, Fusco, Tricarico (Merino 71), Jadid (Caputo 30), Pestrin (Pepe 65), Soligo, Statella, Ferraro
Ref: Stefanini
Attendance: 2,620

Padova 2-3 Empoli
Empoli snatched all three points in a five-goal thriller that was also a head-to-head for promotion places. The Tuscans thought they had it all sealed up in the first half already, as Trevisan accidentally turned an Eder cross-shot into his own net and Pasquato smashed in a powerful strike. Vinci picked up a second yellow card at the dawn of the second half, allowing Padova to push back into the match. Rabito's right-foot curler and Di Nardo's spin in the box completed the comeback. However, in stoppages Marianini made the most of De Giorgi's fine work down the right to win it for Empoli.
Scorers: Trevisan og 23 (E), Pasquato 41 (E), Rabito 59 (P), Di Nardo 83 (P), Marianini 91 (E)
Sent off: Vinci 48 (E), Italiano 95 (P)
Padova: Agliardi, Trevisan, Faisca, Petrassi (Italiano 58), Renzetti (Lazzari 80), Cuffa, Jidayi (Di Nardo 53), Baccolo, Rabito, Soncin, Cani
Empoli: Bassi, Vinci, Stovini, Angella, Tosto, Vannucchi, Valdifiori, Marianini, Coralli (De Giorgio 67), Eder (Fabbrini 76), Pasquato (Kokoszka 48)
Ref: Calvarese
Attendance: 5,910

Sassuolo 1-2 Piacenza
Piacenza caused an upset with this surprise victory at the Braglia. Moscardelli got a precise header on Naingollan's cross, then moments later the goal scorer turned provider for Guerra's tap-in. Although Sassuolo had plenty of chances, they wasted them and only got one back late on when Noselli pounced on Rincon's error.
Scorers: Moscardelli 11 (P), Guerra 14 (P), Noselli 87 (S)
Sassuolo: Bressan, Zampagna (Masucci 43), Piccioni, Polenghi, Consolini (Bianco 46), Minelli, Magnanelli, Filkor (Titone 67), Riccio, Quadrini, Noselli
Piacenza: Puggioni, Rincon, Tonucci, Bini, Calderoni, Bianchi, Sambugaro, Nainggolan (Zammuto 76), Guerra (Wolf 63), Simon, Moscardelli (Tulli 81)
Ref: Pinzani
Attendance: 2,551

Triestina 2-0 Cittadella
Triestina soar into the play-off places with this victory, although it took them a while to get the better of Cittadella. Testini got his head to a Sedivec cross and nine minutes later Godeas fired in from nine yards.
Scorers: Testini 73 (T), Godeas 82 (T)
Triestina: Agazzi, Sabato, Scurto, Nef, Cottafava, Cossu (Magliocchetti 85), Testini (Hottor 84), Pani, Sedivec, Stankovic (Siligardi 64), Godeas
Cittadella: Villanova, Battaglia, Gorini, Pisani, Manucci, Musso (Volpe 84), Dalla Bona, Ardemagni, Oliveira (Curiale 79), Pettinari (Bellazzini 61), Iunco
Ref: Doveri
Attendance: 6,606

Vicenza 2-0 Frosinone
Frosinone plunged to a fourth consecutive defeat, as Vicenza finally won their first home game of the season. The former leaders are a team in crisis and it showed, as they struggled to create a single scoring opportunity in the Friday night game. Sestu crossed for the unmarked Bjelanovic to break the deadlock, although he did appear to be in an offside position. In the second half Gavazzi concluded a classic counter, picking up an injury in the process, to end Vicenza’s run of seven draws on the trot.
Scorers: Bjelanovic 30 (V), Gavazzi 77 (V)
Vicenza: Fortin, Ferri, Martinelli, Zanchi, Brivio, Sestu (Fabiano 76), Signori, Botta, Gavazzi (Rigoni 80), Bjelanovic, Sgrigna (Paonessa 22)
Frosinone: Sicignano, Bocchetti, Scarlato, Maietta, Del Prete, Basha (Tavarez 84), Caremi (Gucher 62), Troianiello, Calil (Mazzeo 66), Basso, Santoruvo
Ref: Pierpaoli
Attendance: 6,756

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Frosinone have been a disaster in the last few weeks and have dropped from 1st down to mid table. They need to sort it out quickly before thye get dragged down even further. If Ancona were to go up it'd be a huge suprise but a welcome one, they made a Serie A appearance a few years back and were then declared bankrupt so it would be a nice return for their fans. The big suprise for me is the teams that have come down, i expected Lecce would hover around mid table and that Reggina and Torino would lead the way but thats not the case at all. Reggina are in a very real danger of going down if they don't sort themselves out which would be a huge shame.

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Week 16 - Reports

Ancona 2-2 Sassuolo
Ancona are caught at the top of the table after this stalemate on home turf. Sassuolo took a surprise lead when Masucci's free kick took a deflection to beat the goalkeeper, but within six minutes Mastronunzio had equalised with a well-taken volley. The Ancona striker doubled his tally in the second half and thought his angled drive had sealed victory, especially after Fusani's dismissal, but did not count on Noselli's late goal with a suspicion of offside.
Scorers: Masucci 25 (S), Mastronunzio 31, 74 (A), Noselli 83 (S)
Sent off: Fusani 79 (S)
Ancona: Da Costa, Milani, Pisacane, Cosenza, Zavagno, Catinali, Miramontes (Gerbo 87), De Falco, Surraco (Schiattarella 58), Colacone (Piccoli 83), Mastronunzio
Sassuolo: Bressan, Bianco (Falcinelli 83), Polenghi, Gorzegno, Minelli, Rossini, Magnanelli, Riccio, Fusani, Masucci (Romano 70), Noselli
Ref: Orsato
Attendance: 5,537

Empoli 2-0 Cesena
Empoli made short work of Cesena to continue their impressive home record. Coralli smartly turned Piangerelli in the box to drill into the corner, then in the second half Valdifiori rose above the crowd to nod in Vannucchi's cross for his first Empoli goal.
Scorers: Coralli 44 (E), Valdifiori 74 (E)
Empoli: Dossena, Iacoponi, Stovini, Angella, Tosto (Antonazzo 30), Vannucchi, Valdifiori, Marianini, Coralli, Eder, Pasquato (Mancosu 63)
Cesena: Antonioli, Franceschini (Sinigaglia 75), Lauro, Petras, De Feudis (Bonura 82), Do Prado, Piangerelli, Parolo, Schelotto, Giaccherini, Malonga (Bucchi 46)
Ref: Gava
Attendance: 3,389

Frosinone 2-2 Albinoleffe
Frosinone scraped a last-gasp point against struggling Albinoleffe. The visitors had gone in front through Cellini's tap-in, but the second half was action-packed. Basha equalised with a stunning solo effort, his chest and volley into the far corner. Perico restored Leffe's lead from distance, but in stoppages Santoruvo came to the rescue by bundling a loose ball over the line.
Scorers: Cellini 29 (A), Basha 65 (F), Perico 80 (A), Santoruvo 90 (F)
Sent off: Piccinni 91 (A)
Frosinone: Sicignano, Semenzato, Giubilato, Scarlato (Guidi 28), Bocchetti, Caremi (Biso 67), Caetano (Lamantia 61), Basha, Basso, Troianello, Santoruvo
Albinoleffe: Pelizzoli, Foglio (Bergamelli 70), Piccinni, Serafini, Sala, Garlini (Perico 54), Passoni, Layeni, Previtali, Ruopolo, Cellini (Hetemaj 74)
Ref: Giancola
Attendance: 3,416

Lecce 3-2 Grosseto
Lecce completed a remarkable comeback from 2-0 down to win and catch Ancona at the top of the table. Grosseto had a very strong start with Pinilla's header, then he dribbled round the goalkeeper for a second. The home side got back into the game just shy of half-time when Fabiano's free kick took a deflection. The tide was turning and, following Giacomazzi's effort off the crossbar, Angelo volleyed in to equalise. It still wasn't over, as Giacomazzi pounced on a defensive error to turn it around completely.
Scorers: Pinilla 2, 34 (G), Fabiano 45 (L), Angelo 46 (L), Giacomazzi 74 (L)
Lecce: Rosati, Giuliatto, Angelo, Fabiano, Schiavi, Vives, Edinho (Munari 46), Giacomazzi, Marilungo (Mesbah 79), Baclet (Corvia 16), Defendi
Grosseto: Acerbis, Freddi, Federici (D’Alessandro 80), Turati, Conteh, Job (Alfageme 80), Consonni, Carobbio, Vitofrancesco, Pinilla (Pichlmann 38), Joelson
Ref: Peruzzo
Attendance: 4,330

Mantova 1-3 Cittadella
An entertaining game between Mantova and Cittadella. Both teams came forward looking for the opener and Cittadella went really close as they missed a penalty from Ardemaghi. Only two minutes later Mantova punished them and went ahead after confusion in the box. But the visitors didn't give in and equalised just before the break with Ardemagni following a corner kick. In the second half Mantova did all the could to win it but were denied firstly by the post and then by the linesman. Cittadella instead got another penalty and this time Iunco scored. Then Iunco completed his brace with a superb chip past Bellodi and put the game to sleep.
Scorers: Carrus 20 (M), Ardemagni 44 ©, Iunco 68 pen 79 ©
Missed penalty: Ardemagni 18 ©
Mantova: Bellodi, Spinale, Grauso, Carrus, Locatelli, Lanzoni, Fissore,
Tarana, Lambrughi, Gervasoni, Cavalli
Cittadella: Villanova, Manucci, Cherubin, Iunco, Musso, Pisani, Oliveira,
Dalla Bona, Marchesan, Pettinari, Ardemagni
Ref: Gallione
Attendance: To follow

Modena 2-0 Triestina
Bruno bagged a brace to send Modena into joint fourth place, leapfrogging Triestina in the table. Bianco's effort came off the crossbar and into the path of Bruno for an opener, then in the second half his angled drive secured the points.
Scorers: Bruno 17, 66 (M)
Modena: Narciso, Gozzi, Tamburini, Perna, Ricchi, Colucci, Bianco (Spezzani 86), Giampà, Gilioli (Catellani 67), Troiano, Bruno (Girardi 72)
Triestina: Agazzi (Durandi 89), Sabato, Scurto, Nef, Cottafava, Cossu, Testini, Sedivec, Gissi (Della Rocca 78), Stankovic (Siligardi 59), Godeas
Ref: Pierpaoli
Attendance: 5,691

Padova 1-2 Vicenza
Vicenza won a fiery local derby that saw two red cards and a saved penalty. The opening 20 minutes were action-packed, as Sestu made the most of a Renzetti error to put the visitors ahead, then 60 seconds later Trevisan tapped in a deflected Rabito free kick to equalise. Faisca brought down Bjelanovic for a red card and penalty, but Agliardi saved the spot-kick to keep Padova on level terms. On the stroke of half-time Bjelanovic got his revenge by pouncing on a Di Cesare header that had come off the crossbar. When Cesar picked up a second booking to leave Padova with nine men, it seemed to be all over, but they still threatened another goal with Di Nardo's header.
Scorers: Sestu 11 (V), Trevisan 12 (P), Bjelanovic 45 (V)
Missed penalty: Bjelanovic 17 (V)
Sent off: Faisca 15 (P), Cesar 65 (P)
Padova: Agliardi, Trevisan, Faisca, Renzetti, Cesar, Bovo (Cani 85), Cuffa, Jidayi (Giovannini 79), Rabito, Soncin (Darmian 36), Di Nardo
Vicenza: Fortin, Bjelanovic, Zanchi (Giosa 45), Di Cesare, Ferri (Minieri 60), Fabiano, Brivio, Signori, Sestu (Foro’ 73), Braiati, Misuraca
Ref: Saccani
Attendance: 10,900

Piacenza 2-1 Ascoli
Piacenza registered their first home win in precisely three months to ruin Coach Bepi Pillon's Ascoli debut. Bernacci had given the visitors the lead by redirecting a wayward Luci effort just before half-time. However, Rincon's fierce right-foot strike and a Moscardelli poacher's goal in the space of three minutes turned it around. Micolucci confounded the crisis with a straight red card for his late tackle on Bianchi.
Scorers: Bernacci 45 (A), Rincon 58 (P), Moscardelli 61 (P)
Sent off: Micolucci 82 (A)
Piacenza: Puggioni, Rincon, Tonucci (Iorio 46), Bini, Calderoni, Capogrosso, Bianchi, Nainggolan, Tulli, Simon (Avogadri 58), Moscardelli
Ascoli: Frezzolini, Gazzola (Lupoli 89), Giallombardo, Micolucci, Portin, Sommese (Potenza 80), Amoroso, Giorgi (Silvestri 84), Luci, Antenucci, Bernacci
Ref: Romeo
Attendance: 2,505

Reggina 4-0 Brescia
Reggina steamrollered past Brescia, who were forced to play practically the entire match with 10 men. The game was inevitably transformed after 120 seconds when Bega saw red for a last man foul on Bonazzoli that also allowed Pagano to convert the opening penalty. Pagano added to his tally before Cascione and Lanzaro rounded out the scoreline. Just days after their Coppa Italia exit to Palermo, Reggina climb off penultimate place.
Scorers: Pagano pen 3, 19 ®, Cascione 73 ®, Lanzaro 89 ®
Sent off: Bega 2 (B)
Reggina: Cassano, Lanzaro (Volpi 58), Cascione, Costa, Morosini, Carmona, Barillà, Rizzato, Pagano, Missiroli (Adejo 80), Bonazzoli (Cacia 75)
Brescia: Arcari, Zambelli, Bega, De Maio, Dallamano, Rispoli (Vass 58), Baiocco (Taddei 68), Paghera, Lopez, Possanzini (Kozak 76), Caracciolo
Ref: Celi
Attendance: To follow.

Salernitana 1-3 Gallipoli
Salernitana's crisis continues with this crushing home defeat at the hands of Gallipoli. The bottom of the table club had taken the lead just five minutes in through Soligo’s counter-attack, but before half-time the visitors had equalised thanks to an acrobatic Pallante half-volley from Pederzoli’s ball over the top. Di Carmine got between the centre-backs to turn the game around completely and Di Gennaro secured the spoils with a header in stoppages.
Scorers: Soligo 5 (S), Pallante 39 (G), Di Carmine 63 (G), Di Gennaro 91 (G)
Salernitana: Polito, Galasso, Bastrini, Machado, Stendardo, Tricarico, Jadid (Merino 65), Soligo, Statella (Soddimo 63), Ferraro, Caputo (Pestrin 36)
Gallipoli: Sciarrone, Pallante, Grandoni, Abbate, Sosa, Mancini, Scaglia, Pederzoli, Mounard, Ginestra, Di Carmine (Di Gennaro 68)
Ref: Gervasoni
Attendance: 7,291

Torino 1-2 Crotone
Toro's crisis reaches new depths with this humiliating home defeat to little Crotone. A four-minute spell in the first half proved decisive, as disastrous defensive errors allowed Petrilli and Bonvissuto to score twice in quick succession. Bianchi nodded in his 12th goal of the season, but for all the pressure the Granata were unable to make a dent in the visitors' defence. Fans were furious and protested by leaving the stadium to wait for the team outside the car park. After five games without a win, Coach Colantuono is hanging by a thread.
Scorers: Petrilli 22 ©, Bonvissuto 26 ©, Bianchi 29 (T)
Torino: Calderoni, Bianchi, Gasbarroni, Rubin, Pratali, Rivalta, Zoboli (Colombo 46), Zanetti (Saumel 46), Gorobsov, Diana, Vantaggiato (Di Michele 16)
Crotone: Concetti, Abruzzese, Galeoto, Legati, Mazzarani, Galardo, De Martino, Beati, Petrilli, Bonvissuto, Gabionetta
Ref: Tommasi
Attendance: 11,483

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Toro and Brescia really are disappointing this season, i was hoping for them to both come up but that isn't looking very promising at the moment. Ancona retain the top position but are joined by Lecce who are making a nice push towards the top of the table. Reggina finally won and got themselves out of the relegation zone but Salernitana's season has just been a huige disaster.

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Week 17 - Reports

Albinoleffe 1-3 Lecce
Leaders Lecce will be on top for another week after conquering Albinoleffe 3-1 on their own turf. It was already 2-0 by the half-time break, as Corvia and a very controversial Giuliatto strike – which may or may not have crossed the line – put the visitors in a commanding position. Perico’s header brought ‘Leffe back into the game, but Corvia completed his brace. Home Coach Emiliano Mondonico was sent off for dissent.
Scorers: Corvia 31, 69 (L), Giuliatto 43 (L), Perico 55 (A)
Albinoleffe: Pelizzoli, Luoni (Foglio 60), Perico, Serafini, Sala, Passoni, Laner (Cia 74), Cristiano (Grossi 71), Previtali, Ruopolo, Cellini
Lecce: Rosati, Giuliatto, Angelo (Belleri 83), Fabiano, Schiavi, Vives (Terranova 76), Edinho, Giacomazzi, Munari, Corvia, Marilungo (Bergougnoux 90)
Ref: Russo
Attendance: 3,313

Ascoli 1-3 Reggina
Reggina earned an important victory with 10 men, but this game will go down in history for an extremely controversial incident. Valdez was trying to put the ball out of play so that he could be substituted after sustaining an injury, but Sommese pounced to spark a counter-attack and set up Antenucci’s goal for Ascoli. This absolutely infuriated Reggina to the point that Costa was sent off for striking the ‘guilty’ Sommese. Play was halted for around five minutes as the debate raged on and when it resumed Ascoli Coach Bepi Pillon – a former Reggina chief – ordered his men to ‘make up for it’ by allowing Pagano to level the scores. Despite playing with 10 men, the Amaranto went on to win at the Del Duca with late goals from Bonazzoli and Barillà.
Scorers: Antenucci 14 (A), Pagano 20 ®, Bonazzoli 73 ®, Barillà 81 ®
Sent off: Costa 15 ®
Ascoli: Frezzolini, Gazzola, Giallombardo, Silvestri, Portin, Sommese (Lupoli 76), Amoroso, Giorgi (Potenza 71), Luci, Antenucci, Bernacci
Reggina: Cassano, Bonazzoli, Costa, Valdez Suarez (Santos 20), Missiroli (Capelli 29), Carmona, Barillà, Adejo, Rizzato, Pagano (Buscè 81), Morosini
Ref: Pinzani
Attendance: 3,508

Brescia 2-2 Empoli
Empoli twice fought back to snatch a stoppage-time point at the Rigamonti in this promotion showdown. Brescia can kick themselves for wasting this opportunity, as they overall dominated the game. There was an early scare when Pasquato hit the post of an open goal, but the home side broke through with Caracciolo combining with Possanzini. Eder equalised on the counter set up by Pasquato, but three minutes later Caracciolo nodded in his second. Brescia seemed to be heading for victory, but in stoppages Eder was brought down by Rispoli and got back up to convert the penalty.
Scorers: Caracciolo 27, 43 (B), Eder 40, pen 92 (E)
Brescia: Arcari, Baiocco, Caracciolo, Mareco, Dallamano, De Maio, Zambelli (Berardi 86), Rispoli, Lopez, Paghera (Vass 69), Possanzini (Taddei 53)
Empoli: Bassi, Vinci (Antonazzo 72), Stovini, Angella, Vannucchi (Cesaretti 85), Valdifiori, Gulan, Marianini, Coralli, Eder, Pasquato (Musacci 59)
Ref: Valeri
Attendance: 2,203

Cesena 4-0 Frosinone
Frosinone's crisis drags on with a humiliating defeat, but Cesena get back on track. It was one-way traffic, as Bocchetti twice had to perform goalline clearances on Volta and Franceschini before the deadlock was broken. Giaccherini's angled drive, Bucchi pouncing on a poor Sicignano backpass and Schelotto's header put the game beyond reach. Late on, Giaccherini completed his brace with a right-foot drive.
Scorers: Giaccherini 29, 84 ©, Bucchi 46 ©, Schelotto 66 ©
Cesena: Antonioli, Franceschini, Lauro (Pedrelli 83), Petras (Schelotto 27), Volta, De Feudis, Do Prado (Bonura 76), Piangerelli, Segarelli, Bucchi, Giaccherini
Frosinone: Sicignano, Maietta, Guidi, Giubilato, Bocchetti, Gucher (Biso 49), Basha, Basso (Caetano 64), Tavares (Lamantia 46), Troianello, Mazzeo
Ref: Stefanini
Attendance: 9,973

Cittadella 1-1 Modena
Modena slip down to fifth place after this stalemate. Ardemagni had given Cittadella the lead after he earned and converted a penalty for Tamburini's foul. Catellani went close, but it was Troiano who equalised by meeting Pinardi's corner kick straight after the restart. There was controversy late on, as Teoldi's effort was cleared off the line, possibly already over it.
Scorers: Ardemagni pen 30 ©, Troiano 47 (M)
Cittadella: Villanova, Cherubin, Marchesan, Pesoli, Pisani, Volpe (Castiglia 62), Carteri (Teoldi 80), Dalla Bona, Ardemagni, De Gasperi (Curiale 83), Pettinari
Modena: Narciso, Gozzi, Tamburini, Cortellini, Rickler, Colucci (Ricchi 88), Bianco (Pinardi 46), Giampà, Troiano, Bruno, Catellani
Ref: Guida
Attendance: 2,536

Gallipoli 0-1 Torino
New Torino Coach Mario Beretta made the perfect debut - even if he wasn't actually on the bench. The tactician failed his medical and won't get the clearance until Monday, so assistant Daniele Zoratto took charge while he watched from the stands. It was a very bad start, as the Granata seemed slow, ineffective and pinned back by Gallipoli. Sereni kept them in the game with crucial saves on Di Carmine and Mounard, while Ginestra wasted one-on-one and Pisano risked giving away a penalty. In the second half both Scaglia and Sosa were denied by the frame of the goal. Against the run of play, Di Michele pounced on a loose ball for his first goal since September 18.
Scorers: Di Michele 65 (T)
Gallipoli: Sciarrone, Pallante, Grandoni, Abbate, Sosa, Mancini (Maritato 84), Scaglia (Di Gennaro 78), Pederzoli, Mounard (Viana 73), Ginestra, Di Carmine
Torino: Sereni, Bianchi, Di Michele (Vantaggiato 84), Gasbarroni, Loria, Pisano (Rubin 62), Ogbonna, Loviso, Belingheri, Zanetti (Saumel 58), Diana
Ref: Baracani
Attendance: 1,531

Grosseto 2-0 Ancona
Ancona have gone from joint leaders to three points behind Lecce this weekend thanks to this defeat. Joelson converted a penalty when Milani hauled down Job, then just before half-time Surraco picked up his second yellow card. Straight after the restart Pinilla secured the points with a smart solo effort. Ancona were disappointing and only had their first chance on the hour mark with Mora's goalline clearance denying Pisacane.
Scorers: Joelson pen 16 (G), Pinilla 46 (G)
Sent off: Surraco 42 (A)
Grosseto: Acerbis, Turati, Conteh, Melucci, Mora, Job, Consonni (Valeri 55), Carobbio, Vitofrancesco (Crescenzi 78), Pinilla (Alfageme 82), Joelson
Ancona: Da Costa, Milani, Pisacane (Thackray 79), Cosenza, Zavagno, Catinali, Miramontes (Gerbo 55), De Falco, Surraco, Colacone, Mastronunzio
Ref: Calvarese
Attendance: 2,219

Mantova 1-1 Salernitana
This result does little to boost either side. Caridi chested down Carrus' chipped pass to put Mantova in front, but Tricarico drilled in from the edge of the box. Salernitana were overall fortunate to escape with a point, as in the second half a goalline clearance on Spinale may or may not have been over.
Scorers: Caridi 8 (M), Tricarico 21 (S)
Mantova: Bellodi, Lambrughi, Gervasoni, Salviato, Notari, Spinale, Caridi, Nicco, Grauso, Carrus (Cavalli 59), Nassi
Salernitana: Polito, Galasso, Russo, Stendardo, Fusco, Tricarico, Pepe (Merino 82), Soligo, Montervino (Carcuro 89), Ferraro (Caputo 71), Fava
Ref: Mazzoleni
Attendance: 4,768

Sassuolo 2-0 Padova
Sassuolo leapfrogged Padova in the table with this victory, though everything happened in the second half. Rossini volleyed in a Salvetti cross to the back post and, after Noselli missed an open goal, Titone made it 2-0 with an absolute blockbuster from 30 metres.
Scorers: Rossini 60 (S), Titone 92 (S)
Sassuolo: Bressan, Bianco, Polenghi, Gorzegno, Minelli, Rossini, Magnanelli, Riccio, Salvetti (Piccioni 90), Masucci (Titone 76), Noselli (Quadrini 86)
Padova: Agliardi, Darmian, Trevisan, Renzetti, Giovannini, Bovo, Cuffa (Rabito 69), Italiano, Jidayi (Filippini 76), Soncin (Cani 90), Di Nardo
Ref: Doveri
Attendance: 2,632

Triestina 0-0 Crotone
Triestina had the better of the game and hit the woodwork with Testini, but Crotone held out for a point. There were also chances for Godeas, Sabato and Stankovic.
Triestina: Agazzi, Sabato (Tabbiani 93), Scurto, Nef, Cottafava, Testini, Pani (Della Rocca 85), Sedivec (Volpe 69), Gorgone, Stankovic, Godeas
Crotone: Concetti, Abruzzese, Galeoto, Morleo, Legati, Mazzarani, Galardo, De Martino, Petrilli (Cutolo 65), Bonvissuto, Gabionetta (Di Matteo 80)
Ref: Nasca
Attendance: 6,327

Vicenza 0-0 Piacenza
Ten-men Vicenza felt they deserved more than a point as Piacenza held them to a goalles draw. The locals had good chances with Bjelanovic and Misuraca in the first half while the visitors sat back and let them take the initiave. The second half started with the same rythm and Vicenza went once again close with Fabiano before seing their defender Ferri sent off. Piacenza thought they were in for a surprise as Sambugaro missed from close distance. Then in the last few minutes Vicenza appealed for a penalty, which seemed clear, but was denied by the referee.
Sent-off: Ferri 61 (V)
Vicenza: Fortin, Ferri, Zanchi, Giosa, Brivio, Signori, Botta, Sestu (Braiati 74), Fabiano (Martinelli 63), Bjelanovic, Misuraca (Carra 87)
Piacenza: Puggioni, Bini, Iorio, Rincon, Calderoni (Simon 70 (Avogadri 82)), Bianchi, Sambugaro, Barocelli (Anaclerio 60), Nainggolan, Moscardelli, Tulli
Ref: Tozzi
Attendance: To follow

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