Cremonese-Pisa 3-0
GOALS: 31′ pt Vardy, 6′ st Bonazzoli, 41′ st Okereke
CREMONESE (4-4-2): Audero 6; Terracciano 6, Luperto 6 (40′ st Folino sv), Bianchetti 6, Pezzella 6 (14′ st Zerbin 6); Barbieri 6 (14′ st Thorsby 6), Maleh 5.5, Grassi 5.5, Vandeputte 6.5 (27′ st Okereke 7); Vardy 7 (27′ st Sanabria 6), Bonazzoli 7. On the bench: Silvestri, Nava, Djuric, Collocolo, Ceccherini, Faye, Bondo. Coach: Giampaolo 7.
PISA (3-5-2): Always 5; Canestrelli 5.5, Caracciolo 5.5, Bozhinov 4.5; Touré 5.5, Akinsanmiro 5 (27′ st Piccinini 6), Loyola 4, Vural 5.5 (20′ st Hojholt 5), Leris 5.5 (37′ pt Angori 5); Stojilkovic 5.5 (20′ pt Meister 6), Moreo 5 (37′ pt Calabresi 5.5). On the bench: Nicolas, Scuffet, Marin, Cuadrado, Durosinmi, Iling-Junior, Aebischer, Albiol, Lorran. Coach: Hiljemark 5.
REFEREE: Ayroldi di Molfetta 6.5
NOTES: cloudy afternoon, pitch in excellent condition. Bozhinov (Pisa) was sent off in the 24th minute of the first half for a yellow card following a foul on Bonazzoli (Cremonese). Direct expulsion in the 12th minute of the second half for Loyola (Pisa) following a dangerous challenge on Pezzella (Cremonese). Booked cards: Calabresi, Hojholt. Corners: 7-1. Recovery: 1′; 0′.
Cremonese beat Pisa 3-0 and closed the gap on Lecce in the standings, despite remaining in third-last place. Victory decided by goals, one in each half, from Vardy and Bonazzoli, decisive in beating a Pisa team who ended the match with nine men due to the expulsions of Bozhinov and Loyola. Balanced start to the match, with Cremonese trying to move forward and besiege an orderly Pisa in its defensive deployment. The turning point of the match came in the 24th minute, when Bozhinov recklessly entered Bonazzoli and, after having already received the first yellow card in the 14th minute, left Pisa with ten men. Numerical superiority that Cremonese exploited seven minutes later, with the dirty ball received on the edge of the area by Vardy who crossed to the far post with his first left foot, beating Semper. Advantage of Cremonese, which is finding more and more space and initiatives. In the 41st minute, following a corner, Grassi volleys a sloping ball, narrowly missing the corner to Semper’s left.
Giampaolo’s team remained in control of the match and in the 51st minute they doubled their lead, on the lethal counterattack by Vandeputte who led centrally and then dumped the ball at the feet of Bonazzoli, who was cool with the winger to seal the 2-0. Pisa completely exits the match, even from a mental point of view, when in the 57th minute Loyola comes in late and dangerously on Pezzella and Ayroldi decides for the direct expulsion. Pisa with nine men and a downhill match for Cremonese, who did nothing but manage the final part of the match, sealing the 3-0 in the 86th minute with the substitute Okereke, who slipped past Hojholt from the left and found the winning corner with his right foot to beat Semper again and definitively close the game at Zini.
Fiorentina-Genoa 0-0
FIORENTINA (4-1-4-1): De Gea 6.5; Dodò 5.5, Pongracic 6, Ranieri 6, Gosens 6; Beans 6; Parisi 6 (41′ st Gudmundsson sv), Mandragora 5 (27′ st Brescianini 5.5), Ndour 5.5 (27′ st Fabbian 6), Solomon 5.5; Braschi 6 (16′ st Piccoli sv). On the bench: Christensens, Lezzerini, Comuzzo, Rugani, Fortini, Balbo, Kospo, Harrison, Fazzini. Coach: Vanoli 6.
GENOA (3-4-3): Bijlow sv; Marcandalli 6 (36′ st Doucourè sv.), Ostigard 6.5, Zatterstrom 6; Ellertsson 6, Frendrup 6.5, Amorim 6 (36′ st Masini sv), Martin 5.5 (26′ st Ouedraogo 6); Colombo 5.5 (13′ st Ekuban 6), Ekhator 6 (26′ st Malinovskyi 6), Vitinha 6.5. On the bench: Leali, Sommariva, Sabelli, Onana, Vasquez, Grossi. Coach: De Rossi 6.
REFEREE: Massimi di Termoli 5.5
NOTES: cloudy afternoon, pitch in excellent condition. Coupons issued: 19,009. Proceeds: 416,465 euros. Corners: 4-3 for Fiorentina. Recovery: 1′; 4′.
In the other afternoon match there was a goalless draw between Fiorentina and Genoa, with the Viola now mathematically safe.