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Italian Soccer Serie A
45% Ball Possession SPEZIA and 55% Ball Possession MONZA
Spezia 0 – 2 Monza
. 20′ Patrick Ciurria
. 93′ Carlos Augusto
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Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Spezia, 17th position with 27 points and a negative goal difference of -23
Monza, 12th position with 41 points and a negative goal difference of -5
Spezia with a wake up call to earn points for salvation after losing the Serie A Week 32 game against Monza on Friday 28 April 2023 at the Alberto Picco Stadium in Spezia, Italy. Monza conquered the peak with a goal in time: Ciurria in the 21st minute and Carlos Augusto in the 93rd-minute decree the third consecutive victory for Monza. In the second half, there was no shortage of opportunities on both sides but the hosts lacked the concreteness to find an equalizer and were punished in the final by the sixth league goal from the Brazilian winger.
Spezia, in a crisis of results and slipped dangerously close to the relegation zone.
Monza opened the score in the 20th minute. Patrick Ciurria defeated Spezia goalkeeper Bartłomiej Drągowski with a left-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Andrea Colpani.
👉 Spezia 0 – 1 Monza, 20th minute, ⚽️ goal by Patrick Ciurria for @ACMonza with a left-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Andrea Colpani. https://t.co/ul2qVv4BZC
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) April 28, 2023
Patrick Ciurria gives Monza the lead in style. 💥 pic.twitter.com/RDB28FIBAL
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) April 28, 2023
Carlos Augusto sealed the victory in the 93rd minute scoring with a left-footed to the bottom left corner. The assist is by José Machín.
👉 Spezia 0 – 2 Monza, 93rd minute, ⚽️ goal by Carlos Augusto for @ACMonza with a left-footed to the bottom left corner. The assist is by José Machín. https://t.co/diqyi18Kj4
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) April 28, 2023
✅ Stats before the game: Spezia have drawn five of their last seven Serie A matches against newly promoted sides (W1, L1), having only split the stakes once in the previous six (W4, L1). Spezia are still unbeaten in their seven home matches against newly promoted sides in Serie A, thanks to three wins and four draws. Since the beginning of 2023 no team has scored fewer goals in Serie A than Spezia (12, like Lecce) – in the new calendar year, moreover, in the five major European championships only Ajaccio (11) has more games without any goals of the bianconeri (eight). Spezia have failed to score in six of their last eight Serie A home games, as many times as in their previous 42 home games in the top flight. Monza earned 41 points in their first 31 Serie A matches; the last team to do better after its first 32 games ever played in the top flight was Chievo in 2001/02 (51 points).
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Photo via twitter.com/acspezia
Photo via https://twitter.com/ACMonza
👉First half is over. Spezia 0 – 1 Monza
⚽️ Goals: 20′ Patrick Ciurria
🟨 Yellows: 34′ Emmanuel Gyasi (S)
Corners: Spezia 2, Monza 2
✍ Ball Possession: 41% @acspezia_en and 59% @ACMonza
✅ https://t.co/ziSGVjbnWo@TheCalcioGuys @SerieASitdown @acspezia_br https://t.co/PbnLrrqlB2
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) April 28, 2023
👉Result Spezia 0 – 2 Monza
⚽️ Goals: 20′ Patrick Ciurria, 93′ Carlos Augusto
🟨 Yellows: 34′ Emmanuel Gyasi (S), 68′ Samuele Birindelli (M), 92′ Stefano Sensi (M)
✍ Ball Possession: 45% @acspezia_en and 55% @ACMonza
✅ https://t.co/ziSGVjbnWo@TheCalcioGuys @SerieASitdown https://t.co/J7OmfGH6Ml
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) April 28, 2023
Photo via https://twitter.com/ACMonza
2022 – 2023 Italian Serie A Week 32
Spezia 0 – 2 Monza
Friday 28 April 2023
Alberto Picco Stadium
Spezia, Italy
20:45
Referee: RAPUANO
Assistants: LO CICERO – VIVENZI
Fourth Official: SANTORO
VAR: MARINI
AVAR: DI PAOLO
Goals: 20′ Patrick Ciurria (M), 93′ Carlos Augusto (M)
Official lineups – formations – tabellino:
👉 Lineup SPEZIA (4-2-3-1): Dragowski – Amian, Ampadu, Wisniewski, Bastoni – Ekdal, Esposito – Verde, Kovalenko, Gyasi – Shomurodov.
Subs: Zoet, Marchetti, Bourabia, Sala, Reca, Krollis, Ferrer, Caldara, Agudelo, Nikolaou, Cipot.
Coach: Leonardo Semplici
👉 Lineup MONZA (3-4-2-1): Di Gregorio – Izzo, Pablo Marì, Caldirola – Ciurria, Rovella, Pessina, Carlos Augusto, Colpani, Caprari – Dany Mota.
Subs: Cragno, Sorrentino, Donati, Marlon, Machin, Barberis, Gytkjaer, Valoti, Carboni, Sensi, Birindelli, Ranocchia, Antov, Petagna, Vignato
Coach: Raffaele Palladino