LECCE – Lecce’s positive streak ends after nine useful results, losing by 1 to 0 at Reggina’s home, undergoing the overtaking of Cremonese at the top of the standings. The grigiorossi, winning with Cosenza, reach 66 while Monza, drawing with Brescia, remained one point behind the Salento. Benevento, meanwhile, reaches 63 together with Pisa.
Baroni’s team completely misinterpreted the match (here the report cards) by letting themselves be taken where the opponent wanted: in the mire of a match broken up by too many interruptions and managed on physicality to prevent the Giallorossi from finding the necessary rhythm and space. to unfold your game. Folorunsho’s goal in the recovery of the first half is then the result of a collective error that has few extenuating circumstances, considering the fact that the action comes from a lateral foul.
In the second half Lecce seemed to start off on the right foot, Strefezza hit the inside of the crossbar but in the rest of the match the guests never had the clarity to find the concreteness of the finalization and put the game back in balance. In the next round the Salento will see it at Via del Mare with mister D’Angelo’s Pisa.
First half
Baroni chooses the green line for the midfield with Helgason, Hjulmand and Bjoerkengren and prefers Barreca to Gallo. Stellone instead opts for a back four with Di Chiara and Loiacono in charge of blocking Strefezza and Di Mariano.
For about twenty minutes the game slips away between a whistle by the referee Fourneau and a lost ball, especially by Lecce: Reggina always plays at the limit of the regulation, attacks the second balls better and with Cionek and Aimone takes away from Coda the possibility to act as a pivot for the ascent of the companions. Helgason and Bjorkengren find it hard to fit into the spaces and when they do they find themselves shoved hard, almost always succumbing to duels.
At 23 ‘Coda manages to make himself dangerous, but from the midfield circle: the attacker sees Turati out of the posts and tries to surprise him, but his long-range conclusion ends a few meters on the side of the goal. The top scorer of the tournament is still the protagonist in the 30th minute, but this time in his own penalty area: a free kick by Di Chiara and a header by the Giallorossi player who splinters the crossbar risking his own goal.
At the end of the first fraction Reggina breaks through on the left side of her own attack front: at 45 ‘she strikes her with Di Chiara who reads a cut by Lombardi, she serves him but the cross-shot almost from the bottom finds her rejected with the foot of Gabriel. In the second and last minute of recovery the amaranths pass: Di Chiara beats a lateral foul on the Lecce trocar, Lucioni is early and looks for a simple support for Strefezza who slips and possession thus returns to Reggina. Kupisz talks too easily with Crisetig who closes the triangle by sending his teammate towards the goal: the Friulian player tries the solution to turn to the far post, Gabriel deflects but Folorunsho in extension deposits on the net.
Second half
Lecce blaze at the start of the second half: at 47 ‘Strefezza, almost from a standstill, leaves a right-footed shot in the penalty area that hits the inside of the crossbar and then falls back into the field.
Ten minutes pass and the first substitutions arrive at the Giallorossi: inside Gallo for Barreca and Rodriguez for Helgason, with the team that is ready with a 4-2-3-1. In Reggina an epidemic of cramps broke out: in the 69th minute it was Lombardi who left the pitch (Montalto in his place while Adjapong entered for Kupisz), at 73 ‘white flag for Folorunsho, replaced by Ejjaki and for Amione, taken over by Giraudo .
Meanwhile, for Lecce, Asencio is on the pitch, from 70 ‘, for Di Mariano. Baroni ten from 90 ‘also inserts Gargiulo for Bjorkengren and Ragusa for Strefezza. The Giallorossi are almost steadily in the opposing half but the hosts are grim and compact, also managing to create confusion with some restarts. In the 81st minute a good opportunity for Coda: Turati’s rejection on a slope from Asencio is weak, but the first intention of the Lecce attacker touches the post.
The closer to 90 ‘the more frequent the interruptions: every occasion is good for the people of Reggio to waste time. Fourneau thus grants six minutes of recovery during which, however, the Salentines are unable to catch the game by the hair.
That of Lecce was an opaque performance, especially in terms of temperament by Lucioni and his teammates: it is possible, in fact, that the opponent, among other things without ranking worries, turns everything in the right direction but it is difficult to accept the inability to react, first on the mental level and then on the tactical one, of a team called to show personality first of all in the approach and interpretation of the various phases of the match.
Baroni: “In front of little determination”
At the end of the game, the Lecce coach commented with bitterness on the performance of his team: “We made 64 entries in the area, shooting very little on goal and therefore I believe that there was not the right determination. They are games in which the pressure builds, it will serve as a lesson. Now let’s think about the next race right away. We have to wait for the last game to know who will be promoted. It is a very difficult championship, whoever has more mental strength, more management skills will go all the way “.
The match report of Reggina-Lecce 1 to 0
REGGINA (3-5-2): Turati; Loiacono (chap.), Amione (77 ‘Giraudo), Cionek; Lombardi (69 ‘Montalto), Bianchi, Crisetig, Kupisz (69’ Adjapong), Di Chiara; Rivas, Folorunsho (73 ‘Ejjaki). Available: Micai, Bellomo, Galabinov, Denis, Aya, Hetemaj, Cortinovis, Tumminello. Coach: Stellone
LECCE (4-3-3): Gabriel; Calabresi, Lucioni (cap.), Tuia, Barreca (57 ‘Gallo); Helgason (57 ‘Rodriguez), Hjulmand, Bjorkengren (80’ Gargiulo); Strefezza (80 ‘Ragusa), Coda, Di Mariano (70’ Asencio). Available: Bleve, Simic, Gendrey, Listkowski, Faragò, Majer, Dermaku. Coach: Baroni
Scorers: 47 ‘Folorunsho
Bookings: 32 ‘Hjulmand, 37’ Bianchi, 42 ‘Amione, 58’ Crisetig, 88 ‘Rivas
Referee: Fourneau of the section of Rome 1; assistants: Capaldo of the Naples section and Fontemurato of the Rome section 2.
Fourth official: Madonia of the Palermo section
Var: Dionysus of the section of L’Aquila; assistant Var: Loaf of the Nocera Inferiore section
The 35th day
Results: Spal-Crotone 1 to 1; Reggina-Lecce 1 to 0; Vicenza-Perugia 1 to 2; Cremonese-Cosenza 3 to 1; Pordenone-Benevento 1 to 4; at 18 Parma-Ascoli 0 to 1; Ternana-Frosinone 4 to 4; Citadel-Alexandria 1 to 2; Pisa-Como 3 to 1; at 20.30 Monza-Brescia
The classification: Cremonese 66; Lecce 65; Monza 64; Benevento and Pisa 63; Brescia 62; Ascoli 58; Frosinone 55; Perugia 52; Cittadella and Ternana 48; Reggina 47; Parma 45; Como 44; Spal 35; Alexandria 32; Cosenza 28; Vicenza 25; Crotone 22; Pordenone 17
