Italian Serie B

FT Saturday, February 24, 2018
Empoli WWWWW 1
–
Cittadella WLWLW 1
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EMP011
CIT101
Pier Cesare Tombolato · 3,510 att.

Head to Head

CIT leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

CIT · 4-3-1-2

  1. 12Alberto PaleariG
  2. 6Filippo ScagliaCD-L
  3. 24Davide AdorniCD-R
  4. 3Amedeo BenedettiLB
  5. 19Carlo PelagattiRB
  6. 11Christian KouaméM
  7. 4Manuel IoriCM
  8. 10Lucas ChiarettiAM
  9. 27Andrea SettembriniLM
  10. 7Andrea SchenettiRM
  11. 29Luca VidoCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 17Luca Strizzolo
  2. 5Filippo Lora
  3. 20Simone Pasa
  4. 14Enrico Pezzi
  5. 25Luca Maniero
  6. 1Enrico Alfonso
  7. 15Giacomo Caccin
  8. 18Andrea Arrighini
  9. 22Thomas Vettorel
  10. 16Paolo Bartolomei

EMP · 4-3-1-2

  1. 25GabrielG
  2. 5Frederic VeseliCD-L
  3. 3Domenico MaiettaCD-R
  4. 23Manuel PasqualLB
  5. 28Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 11Francesco CaputoM
  7. 19Michele CastagnettiCM
  8. 6Miha ZajcAM
  9. 4Matteo BrighiLM
  10. 10Ismaël BennacerRM
  11. 9Alfredo DonnarummaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 27Nikola Ninkovic
  2. 17Alejandro Rodriguez
  3. 26Andrea De Carlo
  4. 13Sebastiano Luperto
  5. 20Lorenzo Lollo
  6. 15Hamed Traoré
  7. 34Marco Imperiale
  8. 18Luca Polvani
  9. 8Rade Krunic

Timeline

  1. 37' Goal! Cittadella 1, Empoli 0. Cristian Kouame (Cittadella) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  2. 50' Francesco Caputo (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  3. 56' Manuel Pasqual (Empoli) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 57' Substitution, Cittadella. Paolo Bartolomei replaces Lucas Chiaretti because of an injury.
  5. 69' Substitution, Empoli. Sebastiano Luperto replaces Domenico Maietta.
  6. 73' Substitution, Empoli. Nikola Ninkovic replaces Matteo Brighi.
  7. 75' Substitution, Cittadella. Luca Strizzolo replaces Luca Vido.
  8. 79' Substitution, Empoli. Alejandro Rodriguez replaces Alfredo Donnarumma.
  9. 81' Substitution, Cittadella. Andrea Arrighini replaces Cristian Kouame.
  10. 90'+4' Goal! Cittadella 1, Empoli 1. Ismael Bennacer (Empoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Frederic Veseli following a corner.

Italian Serie B News

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News ESPN News Services USMNT's Gianluca Busio helps Venezia return to Serie A Venezia will be back in Italy's Serie A next season, after a 2-2 draw at Spezia on Friday secured promotion back to the top tier with a game to spare. News ESPN Ashley Cole 'discouraged' by coaching opportunities in England Former Chelsea defender Ashley Cole has said he felt "discouraged" by the lack of managerial opportunities in England and is grateful for Serie B side Cesena for the "massive leap of faith" in appointing him. News Tom Masters Ashley Cole wins first match in management as Cesena defeat Catanzaro Ashley Cole has won his first match as a senior professional football manager as Serie B side Cesena defeated Catanzaro 3-1. News ESPN Ashley Cole named head coach of Italian Serie B side Cesena Former England and Chelsea defender Ashley Cole has been appointed head coach of Serie B club Cesena.