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54% Ball Possession SASSUOLO and 46% Ball Possession MONZA
Sassuolo 1 – 2 Monza 
45+5′ Domenico Berardi (pen) 60′ Patrick Ciurria
🟥 68′ Ruan 92′ Matteo Pessina
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Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Sassuolo, 13th position with 44 points and a negative goal difference of -11
Monza, 9th position with 41 points and a negative goal difference of -1
Monza caused an upset and win the Serie A Week 36 game against Sassuolo on Friday 19 May 2023 at the Mapei Stadium in Sassuolo, Italy. Monza’s comeback victory, after Domenico Berardi’s penalty lead, the guests find a draw with Ciurria and the winning goal with Pessina. Sassuolo remained with 10 players since the 68th minute after Ruan got a second yellow card for the automatic red card.
Sassuolo were unbeaten in the two previous matches between Serie A, Serie B and Coppa Italia against Monza: 3-1 victory on 15 August 2010 in the Coppa Italia and 1-1 draw in the first leg of this championship.
Referee Alberto Santoro gave a penalty to Sassuolo before ending the first half in the 45+5′ minute. It is forward Domenico Berardi to convert the penalty defeating Monza goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio with a left-footed shot to the bottom right corner. The penalty is conceded by Armando Izzo following a handball inside the penalty area.
👉 Sassuolo 1 – 0 Monza 45+5′ minute, ⚽️ goal by Domenico Berardi converted a penalty for @SassuoloENG with a left-footed shot to the bottom right corner. The penalty is conceded by Armando Izzo. https://t.co/JlIWXW8czV
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) May 19, 2023
Monza equalized in the 60th minute. Patrick Ciurria defeated Sassuolo goalkeeper Andrea Consigli with a right-footed shot to the high center.
👉 Sassuolo 1 – 1 Monza 60th minute, ⚽️ goal by Patrick Ciurria equalized for @ACMonza with a right-footed shot to the high center. https://t.co/9fv3Mr3W7X
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) May 19, 2023
Matteo Pessina scored the winner goal in the 92nd minute with a left-footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Samuele Vignato.
👉 Sassuolo 1 – 2 Monza, 92nd minute, ⚽️ goal by Matteo Pessina for @ACMonza with a left-footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Samuele Vignato. https://t.co/jkduKgnQX9
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) May 19, 2023
Photo via twitter.com/sassuolous
✅ Stats before the game: Sassuolo have remained unbeaten in their last eight matches against newly promoted teams in Serie A (W5, D3), winning both of the most recent ones (against Lecce and Cremonese). In the second leg of this championship, Monza and Sassuolo have earned the same points (27 in 16 days), only Napoli (33), Juventus (31), Inter (29) and Lazio (28) have obtained more points in the same period in A league. Sassuolo have remained unbeaten in their last six home games in the league (W4, D2), the last time they recorded a longer streak without defeat at the MAPEI Stadium dates back to the period between February-May 2021 (seven). Monza have earned 49 points in this championship, in the last 70 years only two teams have obtained at least 50 points in their first ever season in Serie A (considering three points for a win since ever): Chievo in 2001/02 (54) and Parma in 1990/91 (51). Monza are unbeaten in seven league matches (W4, D3), only once in Serie A have they recorded eight matches in a row without defeat (between last November and February).
👉 Lineup SASSUOLO (4-3-3): Consigli – Toljan, Erlic, Tressoldi, Rogerio – Frattesi, Lopez, Henrique – Berardi, Pinamonti, Bajrami.
👉 Lineup MONZA (3-4-2-1): Di Gregorio – Izzo, Marì, Caldirola – Ciurria, Pessina, Sensi, Carlos Augusto – Mota, Caprari – Petagna.
Raffaele Palladino 🤝 Alessio Dionisi
Putting on a show 🔝 pic.twitter.com/9cuJz3oqfQ
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🇮🇹 Referee Alberto Santoro from the section of Messina will be assisted by Marco D’Ascanio from the section of Ancona and Federico Fontani from the section of Siena. The Fourth Official will be Gianluca Aureliano from the section of Bologna. The VAR will be Marco Di Bello from the section of Brindisi. The AVAR will be Luca Zufferli from the section of Udine.
The Mapei Stadium ready for Sassuolo vs AC Monza
Photo via twitter.com/sassuolous
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Photo via https://twitter.com/ACMonza
👉 Sassuolo vs Monza, Match Officials
Serie A Week 36🗓️ Friday 19 May 2023
🏟️ Mapei Stadium
⏲️ 20:45🙍♂️Referee: SANTORO
🚩Assistants: D’ASCANIO – FONTANI
4⃣ Fourth Official: AURELIANO
🥅VAR: DI BELLO
AVAR: ZUFFERLI@SerieA_EN✅ https://t.co/sTze02PlVH pic.twitter.com/gu65ySRL2n
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) May 19, 2023
👉First half is over. Sassuolo 1 – 0 Monza
⚽️ Goals: 45+5′ Domenico Berardi (pen)
🟨 Yellows: 12′ P. Marí (M), 13′ Caprari (M) , 36′ Ruan (S), 40′ Caldirola (M)
✍ Ball Possession: 48% @SassuoloENG and 52% @ACMonza
✅ https://t.co/bRzQLhOVGT
@TheCalcioGuys @SerieASitdown https://t.co/7nlaaKHYcQ— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) May 19, 2023
Photo via https://twitter.com/ACMonza
Que pase la siguiente cola juguetona ❤️🤍 Forza Monza https://t.co/JoqUrrbWMn pic.twitter.com/Fmq2N0C4IC
— Monza Hispano ⚪🔴🇮🇹 (@MonzaHispano) May 19, 2023
👉Result Sassuolo 1 – 2 Monza
⚽️ Goals: 45+5′ Domenico Berardi (pen)(S), 60′ Patrick Ciurria (M), 92′ Matteo Pessina (M)
🟥 Red Card: 68′ Ruan (S)
✍ Ball Possession: 44% @SassuoloENG and 56% @ACMonza
✅ https://t.co/bRzQLhOVGT@MonzaHispano @ArgMonza https://t.co/5rxLpNl7Ce
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) May 19, 2023
Photo via twitter.com/sassuolous
2022 – 2023 Italian Serie A Week 36
Sassuolo 1 – 2 Monza
Friday 19 May 2023
Mapei Stadium
Sassuolo, Italy
20:45
Referee: SANTORO
Assistants: D’ASCANIO – FONTANI
Fourth Official: AURELIANO
VAR: DI BELLO
AVAR: ZUFFERLI
Goals: 45+5′ Domenico Berardi (S)(pen), 60′ Patrick Ciurria (M), 92′ Matteo Pessina (M)
🟥 Red Card: 68′ Ruan (S)
🟨 Yellows: 12′ Pablo Marí (M), 13′ Gianluca Caprari (M) , 36′ Ruan (S), 40′ Luca Caldirola (M), 49′ Dany Mota (M), 72′ Marlon Santos (M)
Official lineups – formations – tabellino:
👉 Lineup SASSUOLO (4-3-3): Consigli – Toljan, Erlic, Tressoldi, Rogerio – Frattesi, Lopez, Henrique – Berardi, Pinamonti, Bajrami.
Subs: Pegolo, Russo, Marchizza, Ferrari, Muldur, Romagna, Zortea, Harroui, Obiang, Thorstvsdt, Celde, Defrel.
Coach: Alessio Dionisi
👉 Lineup MONZA (3-4-2-1): Di Gregorio – Izzo, Marì, Caldirola – Ciurria, Pessina, Sensi, Carlos Augusto – Mota, Caprari – Petagna.
Subs: Cragno, Sorentino, Donati, Marlon, Carboni, Birindelli, Antov, D’Alessandro, Rovella, Machin, Barberis, Valoti, Ranocchia, Gytkjear, Vignato.
Coach: Raffaele Palladino
