Serie B: Parma stretches out the lead

Serie B: Parma stretches in the lead

Parma, already the winter champion of the Serie Cadetta, increased its lead over Venice by winning in Brescia 2-0 on the 19th day of the Serie B championship with goals by Bernabé on 18’ and Man on 24’.

The Laggunarians, on the other hand, were stopped in Piacenza by Feralpisalò at 2-2; hosts twice leading at 38’ and 54’ with a Compagnon double but twice reached in the first half recovery with a Pohjanpalo penalty and at 75’ with Altare.

The Venetians are joined in second place by Como, which won in Cosenza 2-1. There were two home wins, that of Lecco 2-1 over Südtrol and Reggiana 1-0 over Catanzaro. Other draws are the 0-0 between Ascoli and Cittadella and the 1-1 between Spezia and Modena and between Ternana and Pisa.

Palermo, in today’s penultimate match, resoundingly came back against Cremonese, beating the Biancorossi, who had twice gone ahead, 3-2, and denying them the hooking of the secondaries and nabbing them among others in fifth place.

In the last match of the day, 1-1 at the Ferraris between Sampdoria and Bari with back-and-forth in the finale: guests took the lead at 79' with Sibilli, equalizing at 92' Sebastiano Esposito, then Menez got himself expelled for double admonition first for protests and then for ironic applause to the referee, leaving the Pugliesi in ten.

This is the standings at the end of the first round: Parma 41 Venezia and Como 35 Cittadella 33 Cremonese and Palermo 32 Catanzaro 30 Modena 28 Brescia 25 Bari Sampdoria (2 penalty points) and Reggiana 23 Pisa 22 Cosenza 21 Lecco and Südtirol 20 Ternana 18 Spezia and Ascoli 17 Feralpisalò 14.