Week 38 - Reports
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Ascoli 2-0 Bari
Guberti was the undoubted Man of the Match as he scored two fairly similar
goals at the start of the second half, cutting in from the left flank to hit a
right-foot drive into the corner. It could have been 3-0, but Gillet did well
to parry Soncin's penalty.
Scorers: Guberti 47, 63 (A)
Missed penalty: Soncin 86 (A)
Ascoli: Taibi; Nastos, Siniscalchi, Melucci, Aquilanti; Di Donato (Belingheri
80), Luci, Somese (Pesce 71), Guberti; Soncin, Bernacci (Raffaello 88)
Bari: Gillet; Esposito, Galasso, Marchese, Masiello; Gazzi, Rajcic, Bonanni,
Strambelli (Statella 52), Lanzafame (Santoruvo 67), Ganci (Kamata 64)
Ref: Cavarretta
Attendance: 5,743
Avellino 3-1 Pisa
Pisa's promotion hopes took a massive blow with this surprisingly heavy defeat
at relegation strugglers Avellino. Cipriani nodded in Sestu's cross to open the
scoring and Juliano surprised the goalkeeper off his line, but the home side
took control. Pellicori's brilliant overhead kick and a Corallo header sank the
Tuscans.
Scorers: Cipriani 8 (A), Juliano 24 (P), Pellicori 27 (A), Corallo 84 (A)
Avellino: Pantanelli; Carbone, Corallo, De Angelis, Sirignano; Anastasi; Sestu,
Di Cecco, Porcari (Conticchio 70); Pellicori (Salgado 82), Cipriani (Nardini 75)
Pisa: Morello; Feussi, Raimondi, Lorenzi, Zavagno (Rajczi 65); D'Anna, Genevier
(Luisi 46), Braiati (Ciotola 79), Juliano; Colombo, Castillo
Ref: Mazzoleni
Attendance: 4,435
Bologna 1-0 Vicenza
Bologna get back into the hunt for an automatic promotion place, but their form
is waning as this was another fairly sluggish performance. Moras got the win
with a precise finish after combining with Bellucci, though Vicenza hit the
post in the second half.
Scorers: Moras 42 (B)
Bologna: Antonioli; Daino (Castellini 70), Terzi, Moras, Bonetto (Amoroso 64);
Lavecchia (Giubilato 67), Mingazzini, Carrus, Valiani; Bucchi, Marazzina
Vicenza: Fortin; Brivio (Perrulli 61), Terranova, Cudini, Scardina; Morosini,
Helguera; Raimondi, Capone (Pastiglia 80), Matteini (Schwoch 70); Zampagna
Ref: Ciampi
Attendance: 20,799
Chievo 5-0 Spezia
Rarely has such a one-sided match been seen in Serie B, as Spezia seemed to
have all but given up on achieving safety. The leaders carved up the defence
with embarrassing ease to score with Pellissier's brace, a Marcolini free kick
that incredibly squirmed through goalkeeper Dazzi's gloves, Obinna converting a
penalty and Bentivoglio meeting Cossato's assist. Ceccarelli also saw red for
the foul that led to the spot-kick.
Scorers: Pellissier 4, 8 (C), Marcolini 40 (C), Obinna pen 53 (C), Bentivoglio
79 (C)
Sent off: Ceccarelli 52 (S)
Chievo: Squizzi; Malago`, Cesar (Rickler 46), Mandelli, Mantovani; Bentivoglio,
Italiano, Marcolini; Luciano, Pellissier (Ciaramitaro 56), Obinna (Cossato 71)
Spezia: Dazzi; Tedeschi, Camorani, Ceccarelli, Gorzegno; Herzan (Buda 83),
Romondini, Millesi, Fernandez; Eliakwu (Iovine 56), Guidetti (Zizzari 64)
Ref: Gervasoni
Attendance: 9,207
Frosinone 5-2 Cesena
Frosinone needed an hour to get going, but when they hit top gear there was
little Cesena could do about it. Evacuo and Lodi bagged a brace apiece around
Paponi's strike from distance. The visitors at least made the scoreline a
little less painful with Djuric, but Eder completed the rout in stoppages.
Scorers: Evacuo 61, 68 (F), Paponi 78 (C), Lodi pen 80, 83 (F), Djuric 85 (C),
Eder 92 (F)
Frosinone: Sicignano (Chiodini 46); Bognar (Ischia 64), Scarlato, S Bocchetti,
A Bocchetti; Lodi, Biso (Carlini 82), Cariello, Lucenti; Eder, Evacuo
Cesena: Artur; Doudou, Biasi (Cusaro 46), Tonucci, Lauro (Paponi 69); Biserni,
De Feudis, Salvetti; Croce; Moscardelli, Ferretti (Djuric 75)
Ref: Salati
Attendance: 3,474
Lecce 1-1 Mantova
Lecce fall off the promotion pace with this ill-tempered draw, but it could
have been even worse save for a super sub goalkeeper. Boudianski and Tiribocchi
combined to create the opener for Angelo and Godeas confirmed his
Capocannoniere status straight after the restart by meeting Cristante's cross.
After Cottafava thumped the bar for the Salentini, Mantova started to take
control, especially after Diamoutene's second booking and a straight red for
goalkeeper Benussi's foul. Substitute Rosati came on and with his first touch
the youngster saved Godeas' penalty.
Scorers: Angelo 20 (L), Godeas 49 (M)
Sent off: Diamoutene 82 (L), Benussi 85 (L)
Missed penalty: Godeas 87 (M)
Lecce: Benussi; Fabiano, Diamoutene, Cottafava; Angelo (Munari 64), Boudianski
(Rosati 85), Zanchetta, Ardito (Abbruscato 55), Ariatti; Valdes, Tiribocchi
Mantova: Handanovic; Cristante, Notari, Di Cesare (Balestri 78), Franchini;
Tarana, Grauso (Amodio 75), Passoni, Spinale, Fiore (Caridi 64); Godeas
Ref: Palanca
Attendance: 10,511
Modena 0-3 Brescia
Serse Cosmi's side dominated the Canarini to keep up with the top teams. It
took until the second half for Possanzini to break through with a left-foot
strike closely followed by a right-foot finish. Zoboli's diving header from a
corner kick finished Modena off.
Scorers: Possanzini 46, 53 (B), Zoboli 65 (B)
Modena: Frezzolini; Antonazzo, Frey, Ungari, Bastrini; Fantini (Koffi 61), Pani
(Nicoletti 78), Gatti, Gilioli (Okaka 56); Biabiany; Bruno
Brescia: Arcari; Stankevicius, Tacchinardi, Zoboli, Dallamano; Zambrella
(Scaglia 81), Vaas, Lima; Taddei (Salamon 73); Possanzini (Rispoli 85), Feczesin
Ref: Romeo
Attendance: 8,029
Piacenza 1-3 Albinoleffe
Albinoleffe will not stop surprising this season and maintain second place.
Cellini opened the scoring with help from a deflection off Zammuto and then set
up Carobbio's second. Piacenza woke up after the restart and closed in on a
result with Riccio, but this left space for Ruopolo's stoppage-time
counter-attack.
Scorers: Zammuto og 21 (A), Carobbio 35 (A), Riccio 75 (P), Ruopolo 92 (A)
Piacenza: Cassano; Nef, Bini, Zammuto (Rantier 85), Gemiti; Bianco (Guzman 46),
Riccio, Patrascu; Dedic, Bianchi (Nainggolan 67); Tulli
Albinoleffe: Coser; Foglio, Serafini, Gervasoni, Peluso (Perico 72); Garlini,
Del Prato, Carobbio, Cristiano (Madonna 81); Cellini (Poloni 83), Ruopolo
Ref: Stefanini
Attendance: 2,915
Ravenna 1-0 Messina
Messina are now safe from relegation and it showed, as Ravenna snatched an
important victory to keep hoping they'll join them. Sforzini came sliding on to
Succi's assist to turn the game on 51 minutes.
Scorers: Sforzini 51 (R)
Ravenna: Marruocco; Nicola, Pecorari, Anzalone, Ingrosso; Toledo, Pizzolla
(Fasano 77), Rossetti, Barilla`; Sforzini (Aloe 76), Succi
Messina: Manitta; Rea (Surraco 78), Zanchi, Stendardo, Parisi (Moro 78);
Cordova, D'Aversa; Galeotto, Schetter, Lazzari (Degano 53); Biancolino
Ref: Lops
Attendance: 2,868
Rimini 4-3 Triestina
Rimini are making a habit of pyrotechnic encounters in these final weeks of the
campaign and this seven-goal thriller was no exception. Neither side
particularly needed the points and the home team had the brighter start with a
series of chances before Vantaggiato's header finally broke through. Triestina
fought back with Minelli's tap-in and Pagano restored the advantage, but the
final nine minutes were extraordinary. Testini's equaliser was cancelled out
within 60 seconds by Milani accidentally turning into his own net, while
Sgrigna thought he'd snatched a point only for Ricchiuti to round out the
scoreline!
Scorers: Vantaggiato 33 (R), Minelli 49 (T), Pagano 61 (R), Testini 78 (T),
Milani og 79 (R), Sgrigna 81 (T), Ricchiuti 86 (R)
Sent off: Testini 91 (T)
Rimini: Consigli; Catacchini (Peccarisi 90), Milone, Porchia, Regonesi; Pagano
(Bravo 72), Cardinale, Lunardini, La Camera (Greco 85); Ricchiuti; Vantaggiato
Triestina: Dei; Kyriazis, Petras, Minelli (Milani 77), Rizzi; Sgrigna,
Allegretti, Gorgone, Tabbiani (Sedivec 70); Della Rocca (Testini 46), Granoche
Ref: Squillace
Attendance: 4,791
Treviso P-P Grosseto
The game was abandoned after 20 minutes.
2007-08 Overall Home Away
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Pts P W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A
Chievo 80 38 23 11 4 72 38 12 5 2 43 17 11 6 2 29 21
Albinoleffe 77 38 23 8 7 63 35 12 4 3 36 18 11 4 4 27 17
Bologna 75 38 21 12 5 53 26 14 4 1 34 12 7 8 4 19 14
Lecce 74 38 20 14 4 61 26 11 7 1 32 9 9 7 3 29 17
Brescia 70 38 20 10 8 55 31 13 3 3 32 11 7 7 5 23 20
Pisa 65 38 17 14 7 56 40 7 10 2 23 15 10 4 5 33 25
Rimini 57 38 16 9 13 57 45 9 6 4 38 24 7 3 9 19 21
Frosinone 54 38 15 9 14 56 57 10 5 4 39 26 5 4 10 17 31
Ascoli 53 38 13 14 11 53 44 11 4 4 37 21 2 10 7 16 23
Mantova 53 38 14 11 13 51 45 10 4 5 30 17 4 7 8 21 28
Triestina 49 38 13 10 15 51 60 8 7 4 32 23 5 3 11 19 37
Bari 48 38 11 15 12 45 51 7 7 5 24 20 4 8 7 21 31
Messina 48 38 13 9 16 37 53 11 3 5 26 19 2 6 11 11 34
Grosseto 43 37 9 16 12 39 48 7 9 3 25 19 2 7 9 14 29
Piacenza 43 38 13 4 21 36 52 8 3 8 22 22 5 1 13 14 30
Modena 39 38 8 15 15 49 59 5 7 7 25 25 3 8 8 24 34
Vicenza 39 38 8 15 15 39 56 4 8 7 20 25 4 7 8 19 31
Avellino 34 38 8 10 20 39 59 7 5 7 24 24 1 5 13 15 35
Treviso 32 37 7 11 19 34 49 7 4 7 25 22 0 7 12 9 27
Spezia (-1) 31 38 6 14 18 43 62 6 6 7 23 22 0 8 11 20 40
Ravenna 31 38 7 10 21 45 69 6 6 7 21 23 1 4 14 24 46
Cesena 27 38 4 15 19 33 62 4 11 4 22 20 0 4 15 11 42
Week 39 10/5/08
Albinoleffe - Lecce
Bari - Treviso
Brescia - Ascoli
Cesena - Avellino
Grosseto - Bologna
Mantova - Chievo
Messina - Spezia
Modena - Ravenna
Pisa - Rimini T
riestina - Piacenza
Vicenza - Frosinone
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