Everything will be decided in Padua, starting from 0-0. The first leg between Massimo Oddo’s team and Catanzaro ends without a goal, in the splendid setting of a Ceravolo filled with 12 thousand spectators.
Lively game right from the start, with Padova revolutionized compared to the starting line-up delivered: outside Chiricò for a muscle discomfort in the warm-up, inside Pelagatti to compose an unexpected three-man defense. Vivarini relies on the tested (for him) 3-5-2 and starts better: immediately an opportunity for Iemmello, who does not find the door in the context of a very proactive start for the Giallorossi. Padova grits its teeth but, in the half hour, triggers the first historical Var control in Serie C: punishment of the returning Ronaldo, Valentini scores on the deviation but the offside is signaled. The (laborious) verification in front of the screens of Aleandro Di Paolo and Francesca Di Monte confirms the decision taken on the pitch by the first assistant.
Before the interval it was Gasbarro – forced change in place of Pelagatti, a calf problem – to save on Fazio’s air deflection. At the exit from the locker rooms, Padova changes its structure again and raises the center of gravity, with the returning Ronaldo leaving room for Chiricò. In the first ten minutes of the second half, two super saves follow one another, on both sides: Branduani says no to a detour from Santini, then it is Antonio Donnarumma who takes a big left out of the door from outside Vandeputte. The rhythms gradually lower, also thanks to the many changes, and the balance is consolidated. It will be the return to Euganeo on Sunday 29 May at 7 pm that will determine who between Vivarini and Oddo will go to the final.
In the field Feralpisalò and Palermo
25 maggio – 22:09
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