Italian Serie B

FT Thursday, June 8, 2017
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Benevento WWWDD 1
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2nd Leg - Benevento win 1-0 on aggregate · Ciro Vigorito · 13,987 att.

Match Report

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Benevento win playoff final to earn first promotion to Serie A

Benevento won promotion to Serie A for the first time in their history on Monday after beating Carpi 1-0 in the second leg of their playoff final.

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Head to Head

BEN leads series 1-0-2

Lineups

BEN · 3-5-2

  1. 1Alessio CragnoG
  2. 5Fabio LucioniCD
  3. 2Enrico PezziCD-L
  4. 15Michele CamporeseCD-R
  5. 35Nicolas ViolaCM-L
  6. 34Mirko EramoCM-R
  7. 13Raman ChibsahAM
  8. 6Walter LopezLM
  9. 23Lorenzo VenutiRM
  10. 24George PuscasCF-L
  11. 9Fabio CeravoloCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Emanuele PadellaSUB
  2. 12Pier Graziano GoriSUB
  3. 21Andrea De FalcoSUB
  4. 18Bright GyamfiSUB
  5. 19Karamoko CisséSUB
  6. 36Antonio MateraSUB
  7. 10Amato CicirettiSUB
  8. 30Daniele BuzzegoliSUB
  9. 4Lorenzo Del PintoSUB

CAR · 4-4-2

  1. 12Vid BelecG
  2. 13Fabrizio PoliCD-L
  3. 21Simone RomagnoliCD-R
  4. 3Gaetano LetiziaLB
  5. 5Aljaz StrunaRB
  6. 8Raffaele BiancoCM-L
  7. 24Maodo MbayeCM-R
  8. 11Antonio Di GaudioLM
  9. 20Lorenzo LolloRM
  10. 34Enej JelenicCF-L
  11. 10Jerry MbakoguCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Cristian CarlettiSUB
  2. 4Alessio SabbioneSUB
  3. 1Simone ColombiSUB
  4. 7Fabio ConcasSUB
  5. 15Kevin LasagnaSUB
  6. 19Lorenzo PasciutiSUB
  7. 9Giacomo BerettaSUB
  8. 6Riccardo GaglioloSUB
  9. 28Francesco FedatoSUB

Timeline

  1. 20' Substitution, Carpi. Alessio Sabbione replaces Aljaz Struna because of an injury.
  2. 32' Goal! Benevento 1, Carpi 0. George Puscas (Benevento) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Lorenzo Venuti.
  3. 51' Substitution, Carpi. Kevin Lasagna replaces Fabrizio Poli.
  4. 62' Mirko Eramo (Benevento) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 64' Raffaele Bianco (Carpi) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 68' Lorenzo Lollo (Carpi) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 72' Substitution, Benevento. Karamoko Cissé replaces George Puscas because of an injury.
  8. 73' Substitution, Carpi. Francesco Fedato replaces Lorenzo Lollo.
  9. 74' Maodo Mbaye (Carpi) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 79' Substitution, Benevento. Lorenzo Del Pinto replaces Wálter López.
  11. 90'+1' Substitution, Benevento. Emanuele Padella replaces Enrico Pezzi.

Italian Serie B News

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