CITADEL. The situation of Pordenone is starting to get really heavy. Fourth consecutive defeat, still zero points, zero goals scored, always last place in the standings, albeit in the company of Alessandria and Vicenza.
It is a stop that hurts, perhaps even more than Parma’s 4-0, because if against the Emilians there was the attenuating, let’s call it, an irrepressible opponent, this time the knockout arrives on the field of an almost unrecognizable Citadel for the smallness expressed, which with the minimum effort hooks Ascoli in third place.
Neroverde discreet team in defense, on this occasion, but always of a worrying and absolute offensive sterility. Even if, it must be said, the result is weighed down by the non-expulsion of Cassandro, who was already warned at the beginning of the second half and blatantly holds Misuraca but is pardoned, and in particular a penalty that seemed clear for a withholding by Perticone on Pellegrini, which neither the referee, nor the Var can see.
On the second attempt, Mr. Rastelli revolutionizes the team’s structure once again, passing from the Christmas tree to the 4-3-1-2 of memory card, putting Camporese behind, Pasa in the direction and Misuraca mezzala with Magnino, but above all by making Pinato debut in the delicate role of playmaker behind Folorunsho and Tsadjout.
The start is of good personality for the neroverdi, who push and try to close the Cittadella in their own half with great intensity. And just with the attacking duo in the 7th minute they are close to the first goal in the championship: Folorunsho uses a nice cross from the right of Tsadjout with a touch on the fly of the right winger, but almost finds the mirror.
Folorunsho has breath to spare, he returns to defense, recovers the balls and proposes himself in front, at 18 ‘creates another danger for the grenade door and at 28’ he touches the goal again with a great header, on a long cross from Falasco.
In the first half hour, the only noteworthy action for a strangely staid Citadel is a blow from Okwonkwo from outside the box, which Perisan opposes. The game is played at a slow pace, the two teams cancel each other out until the end of the first half and the music doesn’t seem to change in the second. At the first acceleration, however, in the 12 ‘the Cittadella passes: Okwonkwo from two steps pushes a more than faulty Perisan rejected on a Baldini shot into the net.
It is a very hard blow for Pordenone, which tries but fails to raise the pace, even if it pushes itself generously in search of a draw and in the half hour demands a penalty that at first glance seems sensational, due to an evident deduction (and perhaps also a five-a-side football) against Pellegrini, just entering for Tsadjout. The referee, however, lets it go and the Var-check proves him right.
It ends like this. Dark faces among the green-and-blacks, a mixture of disappointment and anger their sentiment. On Tuesday evening, in Lignano against Reggina, you really can’t go wrong.
CITADEL – PORDENONE 1-0
CITADEL (4-3-1-2): Castrates; Cassandro, Adorni, Perticone, Donnarumma; D’Urso, Pavan, Branca (35 ′ st Antonucci); Baldini (35 ′ st Mazzocco); Tounkara, Okwonkwo (18 ′ st Tavernelli). Available: Maniero, Benedetti, Cuppone, Beretta, Frare, Vita, Ciriello, Icardi, Danzi. All. Gorini.
PORDENONE (4-3-1-2): Perisan; El Kaouakibi, Camporese, Sabbione, Falasco (1 ′ st Chrzanowski); Magnino (25 ′ st Cambiaghi) Pasa (9 ′ st Petriccione), Misuraca; Pinato (30 ′ st Sylla); Folorunsho, Tsadjout (30 ′ st Pellegrini). Available: Bindi, Stefani, Barison, Ciciretti, Kupisz, Valietti, Zammarini. All. Rastelli.
Referee: Colombo of Como. Assistants: Bindoni from Venice and Avalos from Legnano. Fourth official: Zucchetti from Foligno. Var: Pairetto by Nichelino. Avar: Rossi L. from Rovigo.
Note: Cassandro, Falasco, Magnino, D’Urso, Kastrati, Antonucci and Tounkara were booked. Corners 2-4. Recovery pt 2 ‘; st 4 ′. Spectators 1,326, collection 8,705 euros.
The other matches of the fourth day
Como-Frosinone 0-2
Brescia 2-2 Crotone
Ascoli-Benevento 0-2
Lecce-Alessandria 3-2
Monza-Ternana 1-1
Perugia-Cosenza 1-1
Reggina-Spal 2-1
Vicenza-Pisa 1-3
Parma-Cremonese Sunday at 20.30
The ranking
Pisa 12 points, Brescia 10, Ascoli and Cittadella 9, Frosinone and Reggina 8, Parma and Benevento 7, Cremonese and Monza 6, Perugia and Lecce 5, Spal and Cosenza 4, Crotone 3, Como 2, Ternana 1, Alessandria, Vicenza and Pordenone 0.