debut with a draw for Aglietti’s Brescia

FROSINONE-TERNANA 3-0
Frosinone is back to winning ways after a knockout and a draw in their last two games and they do it convincingly with a dry 3-0 over Ternana in their second consecutive defeat. Grosso’s men thus remain at the top of the standings with a three-point lead over Reggina. After an even start and devoid of great emotions it was Mulattieri who broke the balance in the 38th minute, Roberto Insigne doubled his lead at the start of the second half, effectively exhausting the hopes of a comeback for the Umbrians. Finally, in the 72nd minute, a wonderful goal by Garritano with a shot that frames a super day for the Ciociari. For Andreazzoli an increasingly difficult moment with only one victory in the last five.

BARI-GENOA 1-2
The golden moment of Gilardino’s Genoa continues, with three wins and a draw since the former striker has been at the helm of the rossoblu. The last feat is in Bari, with Genoa placing the external blow 2-1 and detaching the Apulians in the standings reaching the solitary third place. Grifone took the lead after just 100 seconds with the flash of Puscas, but the Apulians didn’t break down and in the 33rd minute Cheddira (fresh from the semifinal at the World Cup with Morocco) equalized. In the second half in the 58th minute the Ligurians still took the lead thanks to Gudmundsson in the fray, just enough to sign the feat with the Ligurian block that holds up to the triple whistle.

BRESCIA-PALERMO 1-1
Alfredo Aglietti’s adventure on the Brescia bench began with a 1-1 draw at Rigamonti against Palermo. After a goalless first half, the Rondinelle took the lead at the start of the second half: Ndoj flew on the counterattack and served Galazzi, who controlled and with his left foot passed the ball under Pigliacelli’s legs. The advantage of the hosts, however, lasts just two minutes, then Segre heads up and makes it 1-1 in the 52nd minute, anticipating Lezzerini, with the goal validated after a long check by the Var. In the final, neither the Lombards nor the rosanero find the winning edge: Brescia thus reaches 25 points, remaining not far from the playoff area and exactly one point above Palermo, the fifth consecutive useful result.

LISTEN-REGGINA 0-1
Reggina’s race continues, winning 1-0 at Del Duca against Ascoli, consolidating their place in the direct promotion zone with 36 points. The match was decided in the second half, precisely in the 64th minute: Rivas concluded an insistent action with a precise left foot in the box, putting the ball in the bottom corner and beating Leali. The final forcing of the landlords is useless, who remain out of the playoff area due to this defeat. After the break, Inzaghi’s amaranths will host Spal at Granillo, while Ascoli will go to Terni.

CAGLIARI 2-0 COSENZA
With Ranieri in the stands but with Pisacane on the bench instead of Muzzi (struggling with renal colic), Cagliari beat Cosenza 1-0 and raised their heads again, erasing the knockout in Palermo. The challenge was decided in the 65th minute: after a goalless first half, the Sardinians played it all by inserting Pavoletti, but Lapadula came out on top to unlock the match. Perfect goring from the Peruvian, who beats Marson. In the 86th minute the match ends: Lapadula himself works with his back to goal and serves Lella, who finds the bottom corner with her right foot, certifying Cagliari’s success. Cosenza always last with 17 points.

VENICE-PARMA 2-2
Harakiri of Parma, who went 2-0 up in the 69th minute in Venice, was recovered on 2-2 by the lagoon players. The challenge was released at the end of the first half with the penalty provoked by Tessman and scored by Vazquez, who scored both in the 45th and 50th minutes. The brace, however, was thwarted by the comeback of the hosts: in the 70th minute, Pohjanpalo scored from a few steps away, while in the 82nd minute the wrong shot from the Finn became a perfect assist for Pierini, who touched delicately but put the final goal on goal 2-2. Venezia rises to 20 but is now only +1 over Perugia and Cittadella in the playout area, while the ducals slip to sixth place at 27 points, -2 from Pisa.

BENEVENTO-PERUGIA 0-2
Colpaccio of Perugia, which imposes itself 2-0 at Vigorito against Benevento. The Umbrians unlock at the end of the first half with Lisi’s right foot in the bottom corner, who makes perfect use of Casasola’s cross, while in the 83rd minute it is Luperini, with an assist from Melchiorri, who beats Paleari to end the game. Castori’s team is now -1 from the playout area together with Cittadella, while Cannavaro loses after three consecutive useful results and is now only +2 over Spal and Venice, also reached at 22 from Como.

SPAL-PISA 0-1
Bitter Christmas for Daniele De Rossi: Spal lost 1-0 at Ferrara against Pisa. Still, the Ferrarese seemed to unlock it in the 41st minute, but Rabbi’s second consecutive goal was disallowed for offside by the 21-year-old. In the 54th minute, then, it was Sibilli who gave the Tuscans the lead. Eight minutes later, the match changes further as Murgia, already booked, gets his second yellow card, leaving the home team down to ten players. With this knockout, Spal remains at 20 in the playout area, hooked up by Venice, while Pisa is fully in the group of teams in the playoffs with 29 points: it is the third success in the last four games, with the last goal conceded dating back to 26 November last.

SÜDTIROL-MODENA 0-2
External blitz also for Modena, who won 2-0 at Südtirol. The canaries already pass in the first half with Magnino on an assist from Giovannin, but it’s only in the 81st minute that the games end, after the definitive 2-0 from Armellino, who came on from 17 minutes. Modena thus rises to 25 points, closing the gap from the playoff area: the eighth place, occupied by Südtirol, is now only one point away. Second knockout in the last four games, instead, for Bisoli’s men.

COMO-CITADEL 2-0
Salvation blow from Como, who with the second consecutive success takes himself out of the hot zone. At Sinigaglia, Moreno Longo’s team beat Cittadella 2-0, who remain among the teams that today would relegate to Serie C. Arrigoni immediately opened the game after 4 minutes with a great right foot that went into the goal after hitting the crossbar, then in the second half Mancuso takes the place of Cerri and takes a quarter of an hour to sign the 2-0 (73′) on an assist from Vignali, certifying the success of the hosts. There are now 22 points for Como, who hook Cannavaro’s Benevento and detach Cittadella, penultimate at 19 together with Perugia.