Serie B, Genoa passes in extremis to Benevento. Reggina keeps pace in second place

Genoa conquered their fourth consecutive victory by overcoming Benevento 2-1 away. Reggina keeps up and beats Ternana at home 2-1. Slowdown by Pisa reached in the final by Como on 2-2 while Parma relaunches and beats Perugia 2-0 at the Tardini. Modena beats Cosenza 2-0, the match between Spal and Ascoli ends in a draw 1-1, Sudtirol goes 1-0 in Venice.

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BENEVENTO-GENOA 1-2
In extremis, Genoa conquered three precious points and remained in second place together with Reggina. A goal in the 94th minute from the former Puscas condemned Benevento to a bitter defeat which further tightened the relegation zone. Genoa go through at the start thanks to a goal by the former Giallorossi Coda who with a precise diagonal hole Paleari. Gilardino’s team legitimizes the advantage and in the half hour they almost double with Gudmundsson who kicks with a sure shot: the ball hits the inside post. In the second half Cannavaro inserts Simy and Tello and the latter gives the equalizer in the 58th minute with an elusive finish from outside the box. In full recovery, when the game was about to end, Puscas headed over six hundred fans from Liguria to explode with joy.

REGGINA-TERNANA 2-1
At the Granillo, Reggina beat Ternana 2-1 in a comeback and remained together with Genoa in second place. Double by Fabbian, for the Umbrian Pettinari. In the first half the amaranths immediately create some chances with Rivas and Majer, but Iannarilli saves. Reggina attacks again but it is Ternana who unlocks the result with Pettinari who in the 30th minute sends his header into the net following a corner kick. Shortly after, the red-green player tries again but Contini saves. After a post by Canotto, in the 36th minute the Calabrians re-establish the draw thanks to a goal by Fabbian who scores with his right foot from two steps away. In the 25th minute of the second half Canotto scores but the goal is canceled due to offside position after the Var control. Eight minutes later Reggina doubles: corner, ball in the area and Fabbian scores again.

SPAL-LISTEN 1-1
1-1 draw between Spal and Ascoli. Balanced match, and final minutes of fire with a chance for each side to win the match: Lingoyi stopped by the post, Rauti by the crossbar. Spal scored on his first shot on goal with Dickmann whose shot from a decentralized position clearly surprised Leali. Ascoli creates no dangers while Spal in the 31st minute devours the goal of doubling with Moncini, who sends incredibly high from a meter. From the possible doubling of the shoulder to the draw of the Marches with Adjapong who wedges himself between Meccariello and Celia and slips Alfonso. Before the break red for Giovane who leaves the Marches in ten. In the second half, despite the numerical superiority, Spal struggled to create scoring chances, while the Ascoli people defended themselves. The only important occasion for the hosts in the 73rd minute with Celia, but her shot was rejected by Leali.

PARMA-PERUGIA 2-0
Parma finds its smile again at the Tardini after three consecutive home defeats and the heavy knockout of Bari by settling Perugia with one goal in half, which stops the series at three. The score was immediately unlocked in the 12th minute by Benedyczak, who sent his header into the far corner collecting a precise cross from Valenti from the left. At the start of the second half, the former Chichizola denied Olivieri the equalizer then at game time Vazquez closed the match thanks to an amazing left-footed rebound that slipped into the top corner. In the final Gori denies the trio to the newcomer Coulibaly.

VENICE-SUDTIROL 0-1
Suditrol dreams big, defeating Venice 1-0 at home and projecting themselves to fifth place in the standings. We start 32 minutes late due to a hole formed near one of the hydrants of the Penzo water system. First half with little action from both sides. In the second half the race livens up a bit. Venezia attacks, Crnigoj finds a block while beating on goal. The substitutions are decisive for Bisoli and Sudtirol takes the lead: from a cross from the left by Siega, the ex Marconi touches for Tait who diagonally leaves no way out for Joronen. In the final, Vanoli bet on a 3-4-3 to try to undermine the host defence, Pohjanpalo tries to surprise Poluzzi but the result doesn’t change.

COMO-PISA 2-2
Spectacular match, decided in the last minutes by two players who have recently joined, Riva and Masucci: Como-Pisa ends 2-2. The Lombards went through after ten minutes with a goal from Cutrone to close a good team action that started from an idea from Fabregas, in the middle of the field, and closed by Parigini with a cross for the attacker who was able to take advantage of the first opportunity. The Tuscans hit the post with Beruatto in the 24th minute, then Como squandered the chance to double when Cerri had a penalty saved in the 38th minute. And Pisa doesn’t forgive: Tramoni exploits a mistake by Ghidotti, rejected too short, and finds the goal to make it 1-1. Balanced recovery, decided in the final: it seems made for Pisa when Masucci beats Ghidotti with a great shot from the edge, but Como believes it until the last minute and a few seconds before the final whistle Da Riva heads Andrade.

MODENA-COSENZA 2-0
Three months later, Modena regained home success and scuttled an impalpable and increasingly last Cosenza. For a zero game time and opportunities. In the second half Tesser removes his three apathetic offensive players and puts Giovannini behind Strizzolo and Bonfanti. But it is Gagno with a double miracle who saves on Meroni. Then in the final, with the first shot on goal, Modena went through with Gerli who wedged into the area following a touch by Renzetti. After two minutes Giovannini steals the ball and kicks from inside the area, deflection by Vaisanen and Micai beaten. Modena ugly but effective, at -1 from the playoff area.