Five goals in the first challenge of the thirty-fourth round: the Palermo wins the direct match on the field of Caserta. In the first half an unleashed Lorenzo Lucca directs the match with a double header in the first quarter of an hour. In the final of the first 45 ‘Luigi Cuppone shortens, but in the recovery Lucca himself signs his own hat-trick, restoring the distance. Few emotions in the second half except in the last minutes: at 88 ‘the substitute striker rosanero Kanoute earns a penalty which he himself sends to the post and shortly after Alberto Almici gets a direct expulsion for a bad foul, leaving the Philippi team in ten men. In the recovery Fabrizio Buschiazzo, having entered the game in progress, reopens the accounts, but by now it is too late for the comeback. With this important victory the Sicilians bypass the Caserta team, gaining the ninth place alone.
Even the Bari wins away at the Luigi Razza Stadium in Vibo Valentia. The decisive goal bears the signature of Mirko Antenucci, who at 34 ‘transforms a penalty kick, scoring the thirteenth goal in the league and gives the three points to the cockerels. There Vibonese fails to get behind the play-out area, while the red and white manage to stay ahead of Catanzaro.
The Teramo interrupts the three-game losing streak by defeating the Turris. Little to report in the first half, while Pedro Costa Ferreira uncorked the match with a precise diagonal on an assist from Bombagi at the start of the second half. At 78 ‘, however, Giuliano Alma responds with a tap-in from a few steps, restoring parity. In the final, in the 87th minute, Francesco Bombagi climbs into the sky and heads off, scoring the three-point goal. So the Abruzzo team tries to confirm its position among the top ten, while the Torresi find themselves just four points from the last four.
The Catania continues to ride the wave of the Baldini effect and achieves the third success in a row, outstripping the Viterbo within the walls of the Angelo Massimino Stadium. The match winner is Jacopo Dall’Oglio who beautifully transforms a free-kick at game time, stamping his second consecutive goal and dragging the Etna team to victory. The rossazzurri, in this way, manage to hold onto fifth position, while the yellow and blue lose another train for the play-off area.
The Virtus Francavilla is cynical in the home match against the Cavese, winning 1-0 against the rear of Group C. In the first half Federico Vazquez wasted the opportunity to give the hosts the lead, getting a penalty kick saved by the opposing goalkeeper Kucich. In the second 45 ‘, however, Federico Gerardi leaves his team outnumbered, getting two yellow cards within one hundred and twenty seconds. So in the 69th minute Leonardo Nunzella scores the three-point goal with a left-handed shot that slips into the corner hole. The biancazzurri, in pursuit of the play-off zone, slip into the second consecutive success and return to victory at the Giovanni Paolo II Stadium after five negative results. The blufoncé, on the other hand, remain inexorably last.
In the clash at the top between first and second, the cyclone Terni breaks down without making discounts onAvellino and definitively closes the practice for direct promotion. The hosts already have the three points in their pockets at the end of the first half: after just twenty seconds the top scorer Cesar Falletti punches the opposing defense and opens the accounts and between 18 ‘and 24’ Fabrizio Paghera and Federico Furlan double and triple the partial. In the second half Anthony Partipilo joins the party by signing the 4-0, reaching his teammate Falletti at the top of the tournament scorers and at 87 Alberto Dossena scores the classic goal of the flag. Lucarelli’s team, after a fantastic year, flies directly to Serie B three days early.
By beating away the Power, the Juve Stabia wins the fifth consecutive game and never stops. Alessandro Marotta does not stop either, who on 22 ‘marks his eighth consecutive goal in the last five matches and unlocks the match. Ten minutes later Francesco Orlando doubles and puts the result on ice with a magic. In the second half of the second half, Allan Baclet wastes the opportunity to reopen the challenge by missing a penalty shot, saved by Alessandro Farroni. The team from Castellammare di Stabia keeps pace with Catania and maintains the sixth place in the standings.
The Catanzaro does not give up and beats 1-0 on Bisceglie with the decisive goal by Davis Curiale. So the Giallorossi keep Catania at a distance and do not stray further from Avellino and Bari, one and five points away respectively. The star-studded Nerazzurri, in their fourth defeat in a row, see the possibility of direct salvation increasingly distant.
The match between Foggia e Monopoly, which should have closed the thirty-four shift at 20.30 on April 3, has been postponed due to positivity to covid-19 in both formations.