COSENZA 4
CASARANO 1
Scorers: 45′ pt auto. D’Alena, 5′ st Ricciardi, 18′ st Chiricò, 42′ st Cannavò, 46′ st Achour.
Cosenza (4-3-2-1): Vettorel 6.5; Cimino 6.5 (45′ st D’Orazio sv), Dametto 6.5, Caporale 6, Ferrara 6; Kouan 7.5, Langella 6, Garritano 6.5 (22′ st Contiliano 6); Ricciardi 7.5 (22′ st Dalle Mura 6), Florenzi 6.5 (30′ st Cannavò 6.5); Mazzocchi 6.5 (23′ st Achour 6). All.: Buscè.
Casarano (3-4-2-1): Bacchin 7; Celiento 6 (32′ pt Barone 6), Lulic 6.5, Gega 6 (15′ pt Cajazzo 6); Gyamfi 6.5, Logoluso 6, D’Alena 6 (15′ st Guastamacchia 6), Pinto 6.5; Chiricò 7, Ferrara 6.5 (30′ st Zanaboni sv); Malcore 5.5 (15′ st Perez 5.5). All.: From Bari.
Referee: Vingo di Pisa 5.5.
Notes: spectators approximately 1100. Booked: Pinto. Corners: 7-4. Recovery time: 2′ time, 5′ time.
While waiting for the big teams, Cosenza temporarily catches Benevento in third place, -3 from the top. To get closer to the top, Buscè’s men also ask a favor from Crotone, who will be playing tomorrow in Salerno. At the “Marulla” the Sila players score a poker but the 4-1 is a false result because Casarano stays in the game for a long time.
The first two rossoblù attempts come from outside. Bacchin first blocks Ricciardi’s shot laterally, then sends Mazzocchi’s shot into the corner. On the other side, Vettorel defuses the threats of Chiricò (from a few meters away, after a defensive gap following a cross) and Ferrara. The match is open. The Sila team became dangerous again in the 15th minute when the Salento goalkeeper saved on Ricciardi but above all on Florenzi’s split following the first clearance. Bacchin shields his goal from the Sardinian also in the 36th minute. Buscè’s team gets the joker just before half-time. Garritano serves Florenzi who closes the triangle towards Mazzocchi, the ball hits D’Alena’s feet and slowly ends up in the net. Luck kisses the rossoblù and is the reward for obstinate research.
The Bruzia team also took advantage of the first chance of the second half. This time luck has nothing to do with it. The 2-0 is a whip from Ricciardi from inside the area.
It seems to be the prelude to an easy victory but Casarano has no intention of definitively exiting the match. Di Bari’s rossoazzurri halved the deficit with a clever piece from Chiricò following a short corner.
Buscè, shortly after, runs for cover and switches to a three-man defense with the entry of Dalle Mura. The rossoblù increase their presence in their penalty area. In the non-possession phase they settle at five without paying too much attention to subtlety. The Apulians maintain a high center of gravity and send shivers with a diagonal shot from Cajazzo. Cosenza’s defense, however, holds and on the counterattack, in the final minutes, the opportunity presents itself to spread. Kouan first recovers the ball which Achour passes to Cannavò, cold in front of Bacchin, then opens for the French-Algerian who scores his second goal of the season with a left-footed shot.