Lecce-Salernitana, Nicola regains victory after three months

The guests immediately unlock the game in the 5th minute with Dia, who takes advantage of a short clearance from Pezzella and beats Falcone with a first intention right foot from the edge of the penalty area. Two minutes later, Falcone himself thwarted a tricky free-kick by Sambia from almost 40 meters for a corner.

Shortly after the quarter of an hour, however, the Giallorossi came close to scoring, but Umtiti didn’t strike well with a header and missed the target from a few steps away. And so 4 minutes later, in the 20th minute, Salernitana punishes the Salentini and signs the 2 to 0 with Vilhena, who takes advantage of a missed intervention by Umtiti and places the ball behind Falcone, with a precise left-footed mid-height.

The goal from Campania could have broken the Giallorossi’s legsbut Baroni’s men immediately raise their heads and 3 minutes later shorten the distance with Strefezza, who controls a low cross from Pezzella and anticipates goalkeeper Ochoa with his toe, reopening the game.

Before the break, the home side had more of his chances to even the score, but both in the 33rd and 38th minutes Colombo fails to score: in the first case the intervention of Sambia is decisive, who intercepts the shot of the Giallorossi attacker directed towards the goal; in the second, however, it is the Milan school center forward who kicks high from a good position.

In the second half the rhythms are slower than in the first half of the game, Salernitana is careful not to give space to the Giallorossi, often managing to interrupt the offensive maneuver of the Lecce players, who are very inaccurate. Substitute Di Francesco tries to head in the 51st minute, but the Campania goalkeeper is attentive and blocks without problems. The Giallorossi striker himself tries to score with a shot from distance in the 66th minute, but once again Ochoa foils the threat. Too little to straighten the fate of a game that started wrong against a team that arrived in Salento hungry for points.

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