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58% Ball Possession CREMONESE and 42% Ball Possession LECCE
         Cremonese 0 – 2 Lecce    
.                                                                        58′ Federico Baschirotto
.                                                                        69′ Gabriel Strefezza

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Lecce, 15th position with 20 points and a negative goal difference of -5
Cremonese, 20th position with 8 points and a negative goal difference of -20

This is a wake-up call for Cremonese losing the Serie A Week 21 game against Lecce on Saturday 4 February 2023 at the Giovanni Zini Stadium in Cremona, Italy.  Lecce returned to victory thanks to second-half goals from Federico Baschirotto and Gabriel Strefezza. Cremonese is still knocked out and remained in the last position with only 8 points.  Just wondering when will it be the awakening time.

In the standings, Leccei leap to 23, who temporarily put ten points above the relegation zone.   In the next round, Lecce will face Romea and  Cremonese will play the away game against Napoli at the DIego Armando Maradona Stadium.

Lecce opened the score in the 58th minute. Federico Baschirotto defeated Cremonese goalkeeper from very close range with a headed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Morten Hjulmand with a cross following a corner conceded by Vlad Chiriches.

Photo via twitter.com/OfficialUSLecce

Watch the goal, stay for the celebration! 🍿

Federico Baschirotto gives Lecce the lead and provides one of the best celebrations you’ll see all weekend. 💪 pic.twitter.com/hcZurkyOBE

— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) February 4, 2023

Cremonese unable to react. In the 69th minute, Gabriel Strefezza scored for Lecce with a left-footed shot to the top left corner. The assist is by Joan Gonzàlez.

Photo via twitter.com/OfficialUSLecce

Gabriel Strefezza said TOP BINS. 💥 pic.twitter.com/Nvw2GAIoVx

— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) February 4, 2023

✅  Stats before the game. There are five precedents in Serie A between Cremonese and Lecce: a yellow and red victory in the first-ever match in the top tournament (2-1 in Salento dated 19 November 1989), two gray and red successes and two draws, including the 1-1 in the match d ‘gone. In the two Serie A home matches, a 1-1 draw on 18 March 1990 and a 2-1 victory for Lombardy on 7 November 1993; Cremonese also won their last home match in order of time in Serie B against Lecce: 3-0 on 22 August 2021 with goals from Valzania, Buonaiuto and Valeri. Cremonese has not yet won in these first 20 rounds: only one newly promoted team in the history of Serie A has missed the appointment with victory in all the first 21 days played in a top division, Ancona in 2003/04 (six draws and 15 losses in that case). Lecce have lost their last two league games and have not collected three consecutive knockouts in the same Serie A tournament since their run of six with Liverani on the bench between February and July 2020; in fact, this season the Apulians have never lost three league games in a row.

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📺 Click the video to watch Cremonese 0 – 2 Lecce highlights on Saturday 4 February 2023

🇮🇹    Referee Daniele Orsato from the section of Schio will be assisted by Alessandro Lo Cicero from the section of Brescia and Mauro Vivenzi from the section of Brescia.  The Fourth Official will be Alberto Santoro from the section of Messina.  The VAR will be Eugenio Abbattista from the section of Molfetta.  The AVAR will be Marco Serra from the section of Torino.

Photo via twitter.com/uscremonese

Photo via twitter.com/uscremonese

Photo via twitter.com/OfficialUSLecce

Photo via twitter.com/OfficialUSLecce

Photo via twitter.com/OfficialUSLecce

👉 Cremonese vs Lecce, Match Officials
Serie A Week 21

🗓️ Saturday 4 February 2023
🏟️ Giovanni Zini Stadium
⏲️ 15:00

🙍 Referee: ORSATO
🚩 Assistants: LO CICERO – VIVENZI
4⃣ Fourth Official: SANTORO
🥅 VAR: ABBATTISTA
AVAR: SERRA@SerieA_EN @socios https://t.co/mH5EC07l7C pic.twitter.com/QXfJG6jM1p

— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) February 3, 2023

👉 Result Cremonese 0 – 2 Lecce

⚽️ Goals: 58' Federico Baschirotto , 69' Gabriel Strefezza

🟨 Yellows: 45 +3' Pickel (C), 76' Colombo (L), 89' Askildsen (L)

✍ Ball Possession: 58% @USCremonese and 42% @OfficialUSLecce

✅ https://t.co/2SBMkU8uKc @TheCalcioGuys https://t.co/2GZBS4rb1Q

— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) February 4, 2023

2022 – 2023 Italian Serie A Week 21

Cremonese 0 – 2 Lecce
Saturday 4 February 2023
Giovanni Zini Stadium
Cremona, Italy

15:00

Referee: ORSATO
Assistants: LO CICERO – VIVENZI
Fourth Official: SANTORO
VAR: ABBATTISTA
AVAR: SERRA

Goals: 58′ Federico Baschirotto , 69′ Gabriel Strefezza

Official lineups – formations – tabellino:

Cremonese (3-5-2): Carnesecchi; Ferrari, Chiriches (29′ st Aiwu), Vásquez; Sernicola, Benassi (21′ st Tsadjout), Pickel (1′ st Castagnetti), Meité, Valeri (15′ st Galdames); Dessers, Ciofani (15′ st Afena-Gyan).

Subs: Saro, Sarr, Bianchetti, Ghiglione, Okereke.

Coach: Davide Ballardini

Lecce (4-3-3): Falcone; Gendrey, Baschirotto, Umtiti, Gallo; Blin (39′ Askildsen), Hjulmand, Gonzàlez (86′ Helgason); Strefezza (73′ Oudin), Colombo (86′ Voelkerling Persson), Di Francesco (73′ Banda).

Subs: Bleve, Brancolini, Romagnoli, Tuia, Ceccaroni, Lemmens.

Coach:  Marco Baroni