Sassuolo, firm step toward return to A.

Sassuolo beats Pisa, ok also Cesena, Cittadella and Frosinone

It goes to Sassuolo the highly anticipated summit clash of the Serie B championship scheduled on Saturday at the Mapei Stadium in Reggio Emilia: in the match against Pisa, valid for the twenty-eighth round, the neroverdi win 1-0, thus bringing themselves to +8 over the Nerazzurri and especially to +14 over the third place. The return to Serie A è is getting closer, then, even if the end of the regular season is still ten games away.

Scoring the goal-victory è the class of 2001 Luca Moro, who on 23' hit the ball crossed by Berardi with his head and passed the opponent goalkeeper Semper. Pisa has the merit of at least trying to equalize until the end, but also has to reckon with bad luck: striking in fact what happens at 91', with Meister who finds himself the ball two steps away from the opponent’s goal but sends it against the crossbar, increasing the regrets of Pippo Inzaghi’s men.

On Saturday’s Serie B not è però only Sassuolo-Pisa: in fact, as many as four other matches were played, with Cesena’s successes over Salernitana 2-0 (scored by Prestia at 84'84' and Antonucci at 95' Cerri misses a penalty for the guests at 0-0), Cittadella over Juve Stabia 1-0 (Okwonkwo, in goal at 33') and by Frosinone over Mantova 2-1 (Festa’s own goal at 2' and Mateus Lusuardi’s goal at 18' for the ciociari, momentary equalizer at 10' by Radaelli for the virgilians).

The only tie was the one between Carrarese and Cremonese, which drew 2-2: Zanimacchia put the grigiorossi ahead at 12', Finotto at 26' and Cherubini at 42' signed the hosts’ comeback, Johnsen at 87' put his signature on the tie. In the standings, behind Sassuolo and Pisa are Spezia and Cremonese in third and fourth place, while Catanzaro, Cesena, Juve Stabia and Bari currently complete the playoff zone. Behind, Sampdoria and Mantova are in the playout zone while Frosinone, Salernitana and Cosenza occupy the last three positions, which lead directly to C.