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Serie A | Lecce 1-1 Monza: Injury time drama

Originally posted on Football Italia  |  By Susy Campanale  |  Last updated 4/27/24

Lecce and Monza share the spoils and the hosts take another small step towards securing their Serie A safety following a dramatic two goals in stoppages.

The Salentini had surged up the standings with back-to-back victories over Empoli and Sassuolo, but the season was already over for Lameck Banda, Mohamed Kaba and Kastriot Dermaku, plus Ylber Ramadani was not fully fit either. Pontus Almqvist and Monza’s Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro returned from suspension, with Jose Machin and Dany Mota Carvalho injured.

See how it unfolded on the Liveblog.

Warren Bondo’s curler was deflected and Kyriakopoulos drilled just wide of the near post, while at the other end Antonino Gallo’s pull-back from the by-line resulted in three attempts charged down.

After the restart, Rafia robbed Matteo Pessina to set up Nikola Krstovic for an angled drive that shaved a coat of paint off the far post.

Gallo got down the left, turned Andrea Colpani inside out twice, but could only fire straight at Michele Di Gregorio, while at the other end Colpani shinned a volley wide following good work from Bondo.

It seemed to be going towards a goalless draw until Lecce broke through at the 92nd minute. A long Wladimiro Falcone ball was nodded down by Pierotti, who let it bounce on the edge of the area for Krstovic to smash into the far top corner on the half-volley. It was Krstovic’s first goal for three months.

However, the drama was not over, as moments later Monza received a penalty when Lorenzo Venuti flailed an arm clumsily while jumping and struck the ball. Matteo Pessina kept his cool and converted the spot-kick deep into stoppages.

Lecce 1-1 Monza

Krstovic 92 (L), Pessina pen 95 (M)

27-04-2024 14:00 MatchDay 34 Stadio Ettore Giardiniero - Via del Mare

Lecce
Monza 1 - 1

Player statistic

1st half
    15' Lorenzo Colombo
Rémi Oudin 25'    
2nd half
Nikola Krstovic 70'    
    70' Armando Izzo
    77'
Roberto Gagliardini Nikola Krstovic (Assist: Santiago Pierotti)

90+2'         90+6'

Matteo Pessina

Match statistic

46 Possession % 54 12 Total shots 9 4 Shots on target 1 5 Shots off target 4 3 Blocked shots 4 0 Corners 5 0 Offsides 1 13 Fouls 18 Lecce Monza

Starting lineups

30
Wladimiro Falcone Goalkeeper 25
Antonino Gallo Defender 6 Federico Baschirotto Defender 5
Marin Pongracic Defender 13 Patrick Dorgu Defender 68' 17
Valentin Gendrey Defender 82' 29
Alexis Blin Midfielder 8 Hamza Rafia Midfielder 61' 9
Nikola Krstovic Attacker 10
Rémi Oudin Attacker 82' 91
Roberto Piccoli Attacker 60' 16 Michele Di Gregorio Goalkeeper 4
Armando Izzo Defender 81' 77
Georgios Kyriakopoulos Defender 22
Pablo Marí Defender 19 Samuele Birindelli Defender 8
Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro Midfielder 69' 32
Matteo Pessina Midfielder 21 Valentín Carboni Midfielder 59' 38
Warren Bondo Midfielder 20 Alessio Zerbin Attacker 68' 9 Lorenzo Colombo Attacker

58'

Substitutes

98 Alexandru Borbei Goalkeeper 40 Jasper Samooja Goalkeeper 21
Federico Brancolini Goalkeeper 59 Ahmed Touba Defender 18 Medon Berisha Midfielder 11
Nicola Sansone Attacker 60' 16 Joan Gonzàlez Midfielder 61' 7 Pontus Almqvist Attacker 68' 12
Lorenzo Venuti Defender 82' 50 Santiago Pierotti Attacker 82' 10
Gianluca Caprari Attacker 2
Giulio Donati Defender 13
Pedro Pereira Midfielder 5
Luca Caldirola Defender 80 Samuele Vignato Midfielder 66 Stefano Gori Goalkeeper 23 Alessandro Sorrentino Goalkeeper 61 Andrea Ferraris Attacker 11
Milan Djuric Attacker 58' 28
Andrea Colpani Midfielder 59' 27
Daniel Maldini Midfielder 68' 6
Roberto Gagliardini Midfielder 69' 33
Danilo D’Ambrosio Defender

81'

This article first appeared on Football Italia and was syndicated with permission.

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