CAVESE-CROTONE 2-1
MARKERS: 39’pt Vitale, 45’Piana (own goal), 7’st Sorrentino,
CAVESE (3-5-2): Boffelli 6.5; Saio 6.5, Piana 6, Loreto 6.5; Rizzo 6.5, Pezzella 6.5 (40’st Citarella n/a), Vitale 7, Konate 6.5, Maffei 6.5 (35’st Tropea n/a); Fella 7.5, Sorrentino 7 (25’st Diop 6). Coach Di Napoli
CROTONE (4-2-3-1): Sala 5; Rispoli 5.5 (26’st Kostadinov 5), Cargnelutti 6, Di Pasquale 5, Giron 5.5; Vinicius 5.5 (26’st Schiro’ 5), Gallo 5; Spina 6, Rojas 5 (13’st Oviszach 5.5), Vitale 5 (13’st Kolaj 6); Tumminello 4. Coach Longo
REFEREE: Zanotti of Rimini 5
NOTE: total spectators 3500. Corners: 3-2. Yellow cards: Vitale (Cr), Maffei, Sorrentino, Lamberti from the bench, Di Pasquale, Boffelli, Fella, Loreto. Red card: Tumminello at 34’st. Injuries: 3’pt, 6’st.
First defeat in the first away game of the season for Crotone, led by Longo, who against a Cavese team that was much more aggressive and proactive was unable to think or find ideal solutions to get back in the game. The Campanians took the lead in the 39th minute with a goal by Vitale, but 6 minutes later the Calabrians equalized with an own goal by Piana. In the second half, in the 7th minute Sorrentino overtook the team, while in the 34th minute the Pythagoreans were also reduced to ten men due to the expulsion of Tumminello, who, very imprudently, got himself sent off. In the final minutes, a lob by Kolaj could have fooled Cavese, but the ball ended up out.