The adventure on the bench begins with a triumphEmpoli Of Davide Nicola, who took over from Andreazzoli. The Tuscans beat 3-0 il Monza and they find one victory that had been missing for over two months, thus rekindling the flame of hope for salvation. The star of the afternoon at “Castellani” is Zurkowski, author of the hat-trick (two goals in the first half, one in the second) which gave his team the three points. For Palladino another very heavy knockout after the defeat against Inter: the Brianza team remain in mid-table limbo.
THE MATCH
Nicola decides to launch the new signing from 1′ Cerri relying on 3-5-2While Palladino chooses to keep at rest carbon and point up again Colombo as an offensive reference point. Monza immediately begins to dictate the pace, but the first, enormous chance of the match goes to the home team: Luperto’s splendid through ball catches Gas behind the Brianza defense, the Ghanaian appears face to face Sorrentinobut it comes hypnotized by the opposing goalkeeper. A couple of minutes pass and Empoli’s spirit of initiative is rewarded: the cross by change them is rejected by the defense on the right of Zurkowski, who flies and scores. The guests react by relying on their game patterns, but struggle to find gaps against a very compact defense and produce only a long range shot by Gagliardini in the 32nd minute, which whistles near the top corner. Empoli waits and restarts with great precision and in the 38th minute the deserved second goal arrives: it is still change them to sink and cross in the middle, Cerri anticipates everyone and finds the great response from Sorrentinoma Zurkowski he is the quickest to pounce on the tap-in and score his personal double with a header.
Palladino opts for a triple change at the beginning of the second half, with the entrances of Maric, D’Ambrosio e Knee. The team begins to press in search of a goal, which they come very close to in the 55th minute following the development of a free kick: the dirty headbutt of Mota however, it was countered by a great instinctive intervention from Caprile. The Brianza maneuver remains very cumbersome and not very effective. He also comes in to flesh out the attack Valentin Carboni, ball possession reaches almost 75%, but in the 73rd minute the knockout blow also arrives. It all stems from an error by the Argentine striker, who gives the ball away to his outgoing opponents: the one who kicks towards the goal is BIRDto pounce on Caldirola’s rebound once again Zurkowskiwhich scores the personal hat-trick and locks in the result. Nicola brings back to Empoli three points that were missing from the victory over Napoli in mid-November, Palladino licks his wounds. A success in the last six and well 10 goals conceded in the last three: numbers that will force the entire environment to reflect.
REPORT CARDS
Zurkowski 8,5 – He could hardly have dreamed of a better return to Empoli. First the goal against Verona, then the hat-trick with which he defeated Monza and awakened him from the nightmare. Any comeback to salvation will also pass through him.
Exchange 7 – He starts wide on the left and sends the opposing defense into a tailspin more than once: Zurkowski’s first two goals come from his initiatives on that flank.
Luperto 7 – He also combines careful and precise work in the covering phase with expert support for the offensive manoeuvre. An all-round performance, supported greatly by his teammates.
Colpani 4.5 – He makes a lot of mistakes on a technical level, which should be his strong point. The bad period continues: without his finishing and his insertions the attack phase is very sterile.
Pereira 4,5 – He and Izzo suffer greatly from the push of Cambiaghi and Gyasi. He cannot find defensive countermeasures and offers little or nothing in terms of offensive thrust.
Colombo 5 – He returns to the starting lineup after a couple of games, but fails to make an impact. The team doesn’t turn and he never finds the right opening. In his defense it must be said that even with Maric’s entry the music doesn’t change.
THE SCORESHEET
Empoli-Monza 3-0
Empoli (3-5-2): Caprile 6.5; Ismajli 6.5, Walukiewicz 7, Luperto 7; Bereszynski 6 (16′ st Cacace 6.5), Zurkowski 8.5, Grassi 6.5, Marin 6.5 (16′ st Maleh 6.5), Gyasi 6.5; Cambiaghi 7 (41′ st Fazzini), Cerri 6.5 (24′ st Shpendi 6.5).
Trainer: Nicola 8
Monza (3-4-2-1): Sorrentino 6; Izzo 5 (1′ st D’Ambrosio 5.5), Mari 5.5, Caldirola 5.5; Pereira 4.5 (22′ st V. Carboni 5), Gagliardini 5.5 (1′ st Bondo 5.5), Pessina 5.5, Kyriakopoulos 5; Colpani 4.5 (30′ st Maldini 5.5), Mota 5; Colombo 5 (1′ st Maric 5).
Trainer: Palladino 4
Referee: Giua
Markers: 13′, 38′ and 28′ st Zurkowski (E)
Warned: Bereszynski (E), Caldirola (M), Mota Carvalho (M), Mari (M)
Expelled:
THE STATISTICS
– Szymon Zurkowski is the first Polish player to score at least three goals in a single Serie A match.
– The last Empoli player capable of scoring at least three goals in a single Serie A match before Szymon Zurkowski was Nicola Pozzi against Cagliari on 9 December 2007 (four goals vs Cagliari).
– Empoli have never lost in the last seven games played at home against Monza in Serie A, B and C: six wins and a draw, with five clean sheets in the partial, including the three most recent.
– Monza have lost four of their last six championship matches (W1, D1): as many defeats as they had recorded in the previous 15 top-flight matches (W5, D6).
– Empoli returned to win a Serie A match for the first time since last November 12th against Napoli (0-1 at Maradona); more generally the Tuscans found victory in a home match in the competition after 116 days (1-0 vs Salernitana).
– Monza have never won a match when they finished the first half behind in this Serie A (1N, 7P).
– Despite today’s success, Empoli have collected just 16 points after the first 21 games played in this Serie A and have never done worse at this point in the tournament (16 also in 2003/04 and 2007/08).
– For the first time in this championship, Empoli won a match at the Castellani with at least a three-goal margin; the last time in the competition was last May 22nd against Juventus (4-1).
– Despite today’s defeat, Monza have lost only three of their last nine away games in Serie A (W3, D3), after the red and whites had been defeated in all three previous games.
– First assist in Serie A for Stiven Shpendi in his 11th appearance in the top flight.
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