Serie B: Reggina and Cagliari rise again, equal for Genoa and Ternana. Bari smiles

COMO-REGGINA 0-1
Filippo Inzaghi’s Reggina forgets the bad knockout with Frosinone and wins 1-0 at Como: it ends 1-0 at Sinigaglia, with the amaranths confirming their second place in the standings. The match was decided in the 78th minute: Bellemo intercepted Bellomo’s shot from outside the box with one arm and caused the guests to take the penalty. From the penalty spot, Hernani made no mistake by displacing Ghidotti. The final forcing for the Lombards was useless: Reggina rose to 32 points and remained in the direct promotion area, repelling the assaults of Genoa and Ternana.

LISTENING-GENOA 0-0
Just the Grifone did not break through in Ascoli’s home: first draw for Gilardino on the bench of the rossoblù, who however confirmed themselves to be impenetrable in defense with the new coach. The guests had the first chances: Guarna was good at the end of the first half on Coda, then in the second half the goalkeeper of the Marches dismissed Sabelli’s header. The most sensational, however, was the post hit by Dionisi in the 74th minute, with Sabelli saving on the line after Gondo’s rebound. The 0-0 is more useful to the black and whites, who remain close to the playoff area, while Genoa is unable to keep up with Reggina.

SÜDTIROL-TERNANA 0-0
Even Ternana is unable to overcome the resistance of Südtirol: a 0-0 that cannot satisfy Andreazzoli, who dreams of third place until the end. The red-greens become dangerous with Falletti, while Mazzocchi scares Iannarilli in the final. The Umbrians, however, fail to win the three points and remain at an altitude of 26, -1 from Genoa and now -6 from second place Reggina.

SPAL-PALERMO 1-1
It ends 1-1 between De Rossi’s Spal and Palermo, with the rosanero starting strong with Di Mariano and Bettella, but Alonso and imprecision don’t lead to the advantage. Then it was the Ferrara players who passed with Meccariello, who volleyed off Esposito’s corner. Already in the 32nd minute, however, the usual Brunori’s goal arrived, good with his right foot to beat Alfonso. Goalless second half: the 1-1 draw held up to the end and was worth one point each. Certainly Palermo is more satisfied, at 20 points against Spal’s 17 points.

BENEVENTO-CITADEL 1-0
Cannavaro smiles and beats Cittadella 1-0, not without shivers. Game that unlocks in the first half thanks to Tello who takes advantage of Farias’ assist, but two minutes later Koutsoupias is forced to leave the field. In the second half, in the 63rd minute, Forte missed a penalty, but the guests were unable to equalize. Benevento moves away from the relegation zone, while Cittadella is currently in full fight for the playout.

VENICE-COSENZA 2-0
The rise of Venice continues: 10 points in the last 4 games thanks to the 2-0 win against Cosenza. Crnigoj scored again, who in the 18th minute took advantage of Johnsen’s assist and scored. The lagoon players suffer, but close it in the 75th minute thanks to Tessman. The Wolves try to fight until the end, but collect their first defeat after three consecutive draws and remain third from bottom at 17 together with Spal. Venezia, on the other hand, have made more than half of their points in the last 360 minutes and, at the moment, are at 19 together with the Cittadella.

CAGLIARI 3-2 PERUGIA
After seven games without a win (five draws and two defeats) the victory finally arrives for Cagliari, which has been missing since 15 October. Sardinians close to the playoff area, Perugia ko 3-2 and always very last in the standings. Sparkling first half with Cagliari immediately dangerous with Lapadula after ten minutes and Olivieri responding for Perugia three minutes later. In the 20th minute Pavoletti took care of breaking the deadlock and carrying on the Sardinians, with an imperious header on Nandez’s cross. Cagliari on the wings of enthusiasm and in the 27th minute the doubling of Lapadula arrives, solver of a scrum in the opposing area. Not even the time to rejoice, however, and the guests immediately shorten the distance thanks to Strizzolo but above all because of Nandez, who loses a bad ball allowing the opponent to fly towards the goal. In the first half finale Nandez tries to make up for it but Gori is careful, in the second half again Gori closes the door on Lapadula in the 50th minute. On the reversal in front, Perugia wins a penalty for a clear foul by Zappa on Strizzolo, Casasola converts from 11 meters and restores parity completing the comeback from 2-0 to 2-2. The landlords are not there and they start the final assault, the efforts materialize in the 81st minute again with Pavoletti, with a header, for the personal brace.

BARI-MODENA 4-1
Bari dominated against Modena and won 4-1 despite more than an hour outnumbered. The Apulians first take a 2-0 lead with Botta (6′) and Folorunsho (20′), then between 26′ and 29′ Maiello gets two yellow cards, leaving the hosts down to ten. Mignani’s team not only resisted the canaries’ comeback attempt, on the contrary: in the 54th minute they found the 3-0 thanks to Cittadini’s own goal which closed the game, then at the start of the recovery came poker with Di Cesare. In the 95th minute, the flag goal for Diaw’s guests was useless. Bari takes third place alone and remains -3 from the second of Reggina with 29 points: Modena, on the other hand, remains at 21 and falls after five consecutive useful results.

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