Caputo’s goal from a penalty – Corriere.it

After the agitated pre-match, with the principle of fire in the locker room which caused the postponement of the match by an hour, Empoli after 4 defeats in a row and two months without a win beat Lecce 1-0 with a Caputo penalty in the second half.

With this result, the Tuscans rise to 31 points in the standings, moving to +12 over Verona third last. The Giallorossi were relatively serene, however at +8 on salvation. Very little happened in a very blocked and fought first half, in which the only real opportunity came right close to the interval in favor of the Tuscans: Caputo frees himself for the left-handed from the distance and calls Falcone to a big intervention to divert for a corner and save the Salentini.

At the start of the second half, the Azzurri begin to press on the accelerator and at the stroke of the hour of play they find the episode for the advantage: Parisi wedges himself in the area and goes down in contact with Hjulmand, the referee whistles the penalty and Caputo transforms it in the 1-0. A handful of minutes later Empoli would have a great double chance to double, first with a header from Piccoli then with a turn from Bandinelli, but Falcone was careful and saved. Lecce stays afloat and in the final try to bring more pressure in the opponent’s half, but in fact Perisan is never forced to make any intervention worthy of note.