Cesena 1
Arezzo 0
CESENA (3-4-1-2): Pisseri; Pieraccini, Prestia, Piacentini (30′ st Silvestri); Adamo (37′ st Pierozzi), Francesconi (10′ st Varone), Saber, Donnarumma (30′ st David); Berti; Ogunseye (11′ st Shpendi), Corazza. Available: Siano, Klinsmann, Pitti, Chiarello, Kargbo, Chiarello, Ciofi, De Rose, Giovannini, Coveri. All.: Toscano
AREZZO (4-2-3-1): Trombini; Donati, Chiosa (27′ st Pattarello), Risaliti, Montini (38′ st Coccia); Foglia (27′ st Catanese), Mawuli (38′ st Settembrini); Lazzarini, Guccione, Gaddini; Ekuban (1st Gucci). Available: Borra, Ermini, Bianchi, Damiani, Castiglia, Masetti, Sebastiani. All.: Indians
REFEREE: Giorgio Vergaro from Bari. Assistants: Franck Loic Nana Tchato from Aprilia and Matteo Cardona from Catania. Fourth official: Davide Cerea from Bergamo.
GOALS: 20′ pt Close auto. (C)
NOTES: Booked Francesconi (C), Piacentini (C), Prestia (C), Gaddini (A), Berti (C)
Nothing significant happens in the second half until the last moment, when the shot fired by Gaddini without finding any deviations grazes the crossbar and is lost on the bottom.
Subpar performance for the Bianconeri, but this depends on the high standards to which they have accustomed us. Overall, the performance is largely sufficient and gives Cavalluccio another three very precious points.
50′ st Gaddini fires a torpedo which hits the crossbar without deviation and the referee blows his whistle. Cesena-Arezzo 1-0
49′ st Cross by Pattarello, Prestia clears the area
48′ st Juventus restart: Shpendi wins a free kick from the edge of the area
47′ Berti loses a bloody ball, however Arezzo makes a mistake in setting up the counterattack
45′ st Five minutes of injury time awarded
45′ st Pierozzi scores a splendid assist from Varone
45′ st David wins the first corner of the second half
41′ st David concedes a free kick by committing a foul on Pattarello
38′ st Double substitution among the amaranth ranks: Settembrini and Coccia come on for Mawuli and Montini
37′ st Toscano replaces Adamo with Pierozzi
34′ st Card festival: Berti also receives a yellow card for a foul on Mawuli
31′ First yellow for the guests too, waved in Gaddini’s face for a dangerous intervention against Pieraccini
30′ st For Cesena, Donnarumma and Piacentini are out, David and the injured Silvestri are in
28′ st Prestia commits a foul on Guccione: free kick from twenty-five meters for the Tuscans and yellow for the defender
27′ st Arezzo introduces Catanese and Pattarello for Foglia and Chiosa
25′ st Piacentini is booked for committing a foul in an aerial challenge in midfield with Gucci
24′ st Mawuli kicks, the shot is deflected by Varone and Adamo is providential to close on Montini
20′ st Montini receives the ball with his back to the goal, harpoons the ball, turns and kicks: ball out
14′ st Cesena counterattack: Shpendi serves Corazza when the Joker is already offside
12′ st Cross by Montini, Gucci’s header is intercepted by Prestia’s shin and Pisseri takes the ball with a low grip
10′ st Double substitution in Cesena: Francesconi and Ogunseye out, Varone and Shpendi in
8′ st Saber remains on the ground after an aerial tackle: the game stops
6′ st Saber opens for Adamo who reaches the back and crosses, the Arezzo defense clears out
2′ st Francesconi is cautioned for illegally stopping a restart
1′ st The games resume. Among the guests, Gucci takes over from Ekuban. Cesena-Arezzo 1-0
A much reworked Cavalluccio arrives at half-time ahead of Arezzo. Toscano’s team had to give up Silvestri, who suffered a fracture of the nasal septum, and Shpendi, who was not at his best. We see Ogunseye again from the first minute who takes a few minutes to get going and always turns out to be too foul. Behind Prestia he struggles more than usual in containing the Arezzo centre-forward, Ekuban, who is truly a good player. Saber did well in giving collective order to the eleven. Donnarumma pushes, Adam less so.
In the second half it will be necessary to contain the invectives of the guests who, if the match ended like this, would find themselves outside the play-off grid.
46′ pt The first half ends without shocks. Cesena-Arezzo 1-0
45′ pt One minute of injury time awarded
45′ pt Foul by Ogunseye near the sideline in the defensive midfield. Arezzo will try from a set piece
39′ pt Donnarumma himself takes the corner kick but the ball goes out the back
39′ pt Donnarumma wins a corner
34′ pt Harmless cross from the Tuscan wingers, Pisseri blocks
31′ pt Saber on velvet: duets with Ogunseye, enters the area and serves in the middle. The visiting defense releases
28′ pt Misunderstanding of the Juventus defense, Gaddini takes off and shoots at the near post: a shot that crashes into the outside of the net
23′ pt Cross by Mawuli, blocks Pisseri in a high hold
The goal. Excellent ball recovery by Saber who launches Berti, wide on the right, deep. The playmaker crosses, Chiosa intercepts clumsily and a trajectory emerges that mocks the innocent Trombini
20′ pt GOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLL!! Chiosa passes his goalkeeper! Cesena-Arezzo 1-0
18′ pt Donnarumma steals the ball from the amaranth shirts, reaches the back and puts it in the middle. Ogunseye falls to the ground in the area in the duel with Risaliti but the referee lets it go
13′ pt Arezzo tries to restart quickly, Prestia keeps good guard on Ekuban
8′ pt Free kick for Cesena, Adamo puts the ball in the middle and Chiosa heads the area free with a lateral foul
5′ pt Unrealistic long-range shot shot by Mawuli who gets lost at the bottom
2′ pt Cross from Adamo which is lost directly on the bottom
1′ pt The seventh match of the second round now begins. Cesena-Arezzo 0-0
“Ein vergnügen erwarten ist auch ein vergnügen”. Not even. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing doesn’t mind if here on Tuttocesena.it we don’t agree with the aphorism that made him famous: the expectation of pleasure is not itself a pleasure. Waiting is waiting and pleasure is pleasure.
Now that the road that Cavalluccio has to travel to return to Serie B is becoming increasingly clearer, paradoxically the wait for the cadetteria is becoming more and more excruciating and the impatience grows out of all proportion until it engulfs every thought. The gap from their rivals in the standings has become exorbitant, the progress of the Bianconeri has been sumptuous so far. What to be afraid of? Rationally, of absolutely nothing: the numbers put together by Toscano and his boys speak for themselves. But football is first and foremost passion, emotion, something that cannot be governed by rationality alone. So Cavalluccio is asked to act as soon as possible, not to rest on his laurels, to obtain this much desired promotion in the shortest time, to achieve pleasure by leaving the wait behind.
Today’s match could be a good test to see if the concentration level of the Bianconeri has remained intact. Arezzo is intent on climbing the rankings and gaining more comfortable positions in the play-off grid, as well as redeeming its last precedent at Manuzzi (dated May 2021) which saw the amaranths sadly relegated to the amateur ranks after seven consecutive seasons in third series.