Cittadella vs Benevento, 2016/17 Italian Serie B, 2016/2017 Italian Serie B

· Italian Serie B

Cittadella

9': Manuel Iori

FT
1 - 0

Benevento

80': Amato Ciciretti

South Africa complete comprehensive victory

Once the players woke up to sunny skies in Centurion, it was only a matter of time before South Africa took the final two wickets that stood between them and a 1-0 lead in the series

Match Timeline

9': Goal! Cittadella 1, Benevento 0. Manuel Iori (Cittadella) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luca Strizzolo with a headed pass.
15': Lorenzo Del Pinto (Benevento) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
35': Amato Ciciretti (Benevento) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+1': Gianluca Litteri (Cittadella) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Substitution, Benevento. Mirko Eramo replaces Raman Chibsah.
62': Amedeo Benedetti (Cittadella) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
64': Substitution, Benevento. Fabrizio Melara replaces Lorenzo Del Pinto.
75': Substitution, Benevento. Walter Lopez replaces Enrico Pezzi.
75': Substitution, Cittadella. Andrea Schenetti replaces Lucas Chiaretti.
77': Substitution, Cittadella. Luca Vido replaces Luca Strizzolo.
78': Ivan Pedrelli (Cittadella) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
80': Second yellow card to Amato Ciciretti (Benevento) for a bad foul.
86': Substitution, Cittadella. Paolo Bartolomei replaces Simone Pasa.
90'+3': Luca Vido (Cittadella) is shown the yellow card.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie B

Venue: Pier Cesare Tombolato
Location: Cittadella, Italy
Attendance: 2,933

Italian Serie B Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Palermo	3	+4	9
2	Sudtirol	4	+3	8
3	Mantova	3	+3	7
4	Modena	4	+3	7

Full Table

Line-Ups

Cittadella (4-3-1-2)

No.	Name
1	Enrico Alfonso (GK)
19	Carlo Pelagatti
6	Filippo Scaglia
3	Amedeo Benedetti
11	Ivan Pedrelli
17	Luca Strizzolo
4	Manuel Iori
10	Lucas Chiaretti
20	Simone Pasa
5	Luca Valzania
9	Gianluca Litteri

Cittadella Substitutes:

Andrea Paolucci, Alberto Paleari, Andrea Arrighini, Antimo Iunco, Andrea Schenetti, Paolo Bartolomei, Luca Vido, Manuel Pascali, Marco Varnier.

Benevento (4-3-3)

No.	Name
12	Pier Graziano Gori (GK)
15	Michele Camporese
5	Fabio Lucioni
2	Enrico Pezzi
23	Lorenzo Venuti
30	Daniele Buzzegoli
13	Raman Chibsah
4	Lorenzo Del Pinto
9	Fabio Ceravolo
19	Karamoko Cissé
10	Amato Ciciretti

Benevento Substitutes:

Fabrizio Alastra, Andrea De Falco, Christian Rutjens, Fabrizio Melara, Walter Lopez, Mirko Eramo, Antonio Matera, Riccardo Piscitelli, Nicolas Viola, George Puscas.

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