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Italian Soccer Serie A

73% Ball Possession SPEZIA and 27% Ball Possession BENEVENTO

Spezia 1 – 1 Benevento

71′ Daniele Verde                     24′ Adolfo Gaich

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Benevento, 16th position with 25 points and a negative goal difference of 22
Spezia, 15th position with 25 points and a negative goal difference of -14

The game towards salvation ends with a draw.    Spezia fail to win the Serie A Week 26 game at the Alberto Picco Stadium in Spezia, Italy.  Spezia 15th in the table ahead of Benevento in 16th.    The draw not helping any and both teams remain with same points reaching now 26 points.  The relegation zone is still a danger if losing more games.

Highlight of the match is Benevento defender Kamil Glik  making his  300th appearance in the five major European leagues.  Glik is the fourth Polish player to reach this milestone among footballers who made their debut in the 2000s, after Robert Lewandowski, Lukasz Piszczek and Ludovic Obraniak.

Benevento opening the score in the 24th minute. Adolfo Gaich has scored with his first shot on target defeating Spezia goalkeeper Jeroen Zoet with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Nicolas Viola.

VAMOS TANQUE !
7️⃣❤️🇦🇷

📸 @ottopagine #Insieme #BeneventoCalcio #ForzaStrega pic.twitter.com/59evKZ0zN3

— Benevento Calcio (@bncalcio) March 6, 2021

⚽️ GOOOOOOL
🇦🇷 0-1 EL TAAAANQUE GAICH
🆚 #SpeziaBenevento
🧙🏻‍♀️ #ForzaStrega pic.twitter.com/xyopYgPv2J

— Benevento Calcio (@bncalcio) March 6, 2021

Spezia equalizing in the 71st minute. It is Daniele Verde to defeat Benevento goalkeeper Lorenzo Montipò with a left footed shot to the center.

📸📸#SpeziaBenevento pic.twitter.com/Dqdc9LiOlh

— Spezia Calcio (@acspezia) March 6, 2021

• Stats before the game.  Benevento have won 5 of the last 8 games between the two teams and Spezia with 3 wins.   This is the second time Spezia and Benevento challenge each other in Serie A after their promotion from Serie B.  The first game in favor of Spezia with a 3-0 away win from home. Spezia striker M’Bala Nzola’s first two goals in Serie A came in the first leg against Benevento: double in the 3-0 win.

✅ Here is SPEZIA official starting lineup – formation by Coach Vincenzo Italiano:

Spezia (4-3-3): Zoet Ferrer, Terzi, Ismajli, S. Bastoni; Sena, M. Ricci, Estevez; Verdi, Nzola, Gyasi.

✅ Here is BENEVENTO official starting lineup – formation by Coach Filippo Inzaghi:

Benevento (3-5-2): Montipò; Tuia, Barba, Glik; Tello, Viola, Ionita, Hetemaj, Improta; Caprari, Gaich.

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👉  Click the video to watch Spezia vs Benevento highlights on Saturday 6 March 2021

Referee Francesco Forneau from the section of Roma 1 will be assisted by Stefano Liberti from the section of Pisa and Luigi Lanotte from the section of Barletta. The fourth official will be Matteo Gariglio from the section of Pinerolo. The VAR will be Gianluca Aureliano from the section of Bologna and the AVAR will be Alessandro Costanzo from the section of Orvieto.

⚽️ STARTING XI
🆚 #SpeziaBenevento
🏆 #SerieATIM

🧙🏻‍♀️ #ForzaStrega pic.twitter.com/ByZ1StgpIF

— Benevento Calcio (@bncalcio) March 6, 2021

OUR STARTING XI! 🦅#SpeziaBenevento pic.twitter.com/tbml8kZFty

— Spezia Calcio English (@acspezia_en) March 6, 2021

ON THE PITCH 🔥#SpeziaBenevento pic.twitter.com/UKTjYFqyy8

— Spezia Calcio English (@acspezia_en) March 6, 2021

SPEZIA – BENEVENTO Match Officials
🗓️Saturday 6 March
🏟️Alberto Picco Stadium
⏲️15:00

🙍‍♂️Referee: FOURNEAU
🚩Assistants: LIBERTI – LANOTTE
4⃣Fourth Official: GARIGLIO
🥅VAR: AURELIANO
AVAR: COSTANZO pic.twitter.com/R02HOIbnQP

— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) March 4, 2021

👉Result: Spezia 1 – 1 Benevento

⚽️ Goals: 24' Adolfo Gaich (B), 71' Daniele Verde (S)

✍️Ball Possession: 73% @bncalcio and 27% @acspezia_en

Benevento and Spezia reaching 26 points each.

✅ https://t.co/fkk6JdK1Tn@bncalcio_en @acspezia https://t.co/5okBcFOnZR

— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) March 7, 2021

2020 – 2021 Italian Serie A Week 25

Spezia 1 – 1 Benevento
Saturday 6 March 2021
Alberto Picco Stadium
Spezia, Italy

15:00

Referee: FOURNEAU
Assistants: LIBERTI – LANOTTE
Fourth Official: GARIGLIO
VAR: AURELIANO
AVAR: COSTANZO

Goals:  24′ Adolfo Gaich (B), 71′ Daniele Verde (S)

Official lineups – formations – tabellino:

Spezia (4-3-3):  Zoet; M. Ricci, Gyasi, Nzola (58′ Farias), Terzi (K) (46′ Marchizza), Bastoni (46′ Erlic), Ferrer, Estevez (64′ Maggiore), Verde (85′ Galabinov), Ismajli, De Souza.

Subs: Kaprikas, Acampora, Chabot, Pobega, Vignali, Agudelo, Piccoli.

Coach: Vincenzo Italiano

Benevento (3-5-2):  Montipò; Gaich (59′ Moncini), Tello, Viola (K), Tuia (85′ Caldirola), Glik, Improta, Caprari (77′ Sau), Ionita (85′ Dabo), Hetemaj, Barba.
A disp.: Manfredini, Lucatelli, Lapadula, Foulon, Di Serio, Pastina, Diambo.

Coach: Filippo Inzaghi

Booked: 25′ Bastoni (S), 43′ Improta (B), 72′ Barba (B), 79′ Sau (B), 80′ Erlic (S), 91′ Dabo (B)