Catanzaro-Mantua 1-3
Scorers: 30′ pt Tomasevic, 34′ Ruocco; 10′ st Bragantini, 46′ Antonini
Catanzaro (3-4-2-1): Pigliacelli 5.5; Ruggero 5, Antonini 6, Imperiale 5.5; Frosinini 4.5 (1st st Di Francesco 5.5), Mosti 4.5 (1st st Franky Tchaouna 5), Petriccione 5.5, Dorval 5 (19th st D’Alessandro 5.5); Pafundi 5, Alesi 5 (33′ st Arditi sv); Iemmello 5 (19′ st Pecorino 6). Annex Gorgon 4.5
Mantua (3-4-2-1): Bardi 6; Tomasevic 7 (26′ st Del Lungo 6), Cella 6.5, Castellini 7; Silva 6.5, Ignacchiti 7, Kouda 7 (36′ st Keita sv), Benaissa 6.5; Bragantini 7 (20′ st Cajazzo 6), Ilie 7 (20′ st Longonda 6); Ruocco 7.5 (26′ st Gliozzi 6). All. Modesto 7.5
Referee: Mucera from Palermo 6.5
Notes: 5,216 spectators (of which 900 season ticket holders), takings of 72,046 euros. Cella, Ruggero, Benaissa, Di Francesco are booked. Corners 5-6. Rec. 2′; 4′
The result of three weeks of work are the boos of the “Ceravolo” and a defeat that has all the traits of a terrible impression. Mantova wins 3-1, Tomasevic, Ruocco and Bragantini trample on a disastrous and ruined Catanzaro, without ideas and determination, fragile as never in the four seasons since their return to Serie B. In short, a soulless team that lightens the deficit only in the final with Antonini, but has to thank the tenderness of the opponents if the defeat does not have a darker tone. Gorgone was unable to correct anything, making an already complicated situation worse, but now even more difficult.