Ninety minutes, the last of this Serie B regular season which give direct promotion to Serie A to Como who regain the top flight after 21 years of waiting in a heart-pounding final certainly given that Fabregas’ team risked having to pass from the playoffs. After postponing the party last weekend, the Como team fell behind against Cosenza but Verdi’s goal from the spot gave them promotion while Venezia first dreamed of overtaking but then let themselves be put back two goals in five minutes by Spezia who got direct salvation without going through the playouts. Playout in which Bari and Ternana will participate, victorious against Brescia and Feralpisalò respectively.
LISTENING TEARS – A bitter end to the season for Ascoli, not even Pablo Rodriguez’s winning goal was enough to give Del Duca success against Pisa to avoid relegation to Serie C. Massimo Carrera’s team thus ends its adventure in the second division after three changes on the bench and the third to last attack. Scuffles outside the stadium at the end of the match with fans venting their anger after the relegation.
Those who had been promoted for some time, however, were Parma who drew in the Emilian derby at the Città del Tricolore against Reggiana, thus concluding their adventure in Serie B. The playoffs have already been decided with Catanzaro who will face Brescia and Palermo instead of facing a Sampdoria in splendid form. Instead, Lecco concedes from B with their twenty-fourth defeat coming at the Rigamonti-Ceppi against Modena.
Serie B, 38th matchday
Ascoli-Pisa 2-1
13′ Box office (A), 52′ D’Alessandro (P), 68′ Rodriguez (A)
Bari-Brescia 2-0
25′ Sibilli, 57′ By Cesare
Catanzaro-Sampdoria 1-3
3′ pen, 58′, 60′ Borini (S), Oliveri (C)
Como-Cosenza 1-1
30′ Tutino (Cos), 74′ rig Verdi (Com)
Cremonese-Cittadella 3-0
17′ pen. Coda, 35′ Bianchetti, 87′ Johnsen
Feralpisalò-Ternana 0-1
26′ Distefano
Lecco-Modena 2-3
3′, 33′ Strizzolo (M), 22′ Sersanti (L), 29′ Bozhanaj (M), 59′ Buso (L)
Reggiana-Parma 1-1
26′ Portanova (R), 60′ rig Bonny (P)
Spezia-Venice 2-1
17′ Idzes (V), 57′, P. Esposito (S), 61’Reca (S)
SudTirol-Palermo 0-1
64′ Diakite
Classification
Parma 76 (promoted to Serie A)
Como 73 (promoted to Serie A)
Venice 70
Cremonese 67
Catanzaro 60
Palermo 56
Sampdoria 55
Brescia 51
Cosenza 47
South Tyrol 47
Reggiana 47
Modena 47
Pisa 46
Citadel 46
Spice 44
Ternana 43
Bari 41
Ascoli 41 (relegated to Serie C)
Feralpisalò 33 (relegated to Serie C)
Lecco 26 (relegated to Serie C)