Cerretti on the gong, the Imolese sends the Pistoiese to D
At the Galli the clock runs fast el‘Imolese is getting closer and closer to the D, until, at the end of the 86th, Cerretti must decide to head and sign the salvation. It’s 1-0 on a Pistoiese to which, after the success of the first leg, a draw was enough to avoid the second relegation in a row: the last one was canceled from readmission, this time we will see and in any case, for now, it’s goodbye to C after 8 consecutive seasons.
A very sweet happy ending instead for the more than troubled season of the rossoblu, for a long time at risk of direct relegation and rewarded by the best ranking. Advantage obtained on the gong, with the two points returned by the court with the championship closed that have rewritten the playoff combinations.
And to think that the start promises badly: Rossi risks – without consequences – on Bocic’s shot, Bocic who then, at 24 °, flies towards the door on Portanova’s cue, with Benedetti tugging at him and getting the direct red, being clear opportunity. Pistoiese with the extra man but not too dangerous, with Di Massimo and Bocic not creating problems for Rossi. And the numerical advantage does not last long, because at 37th Folprechtalready warned for an entrataccia on Luca Lombardi, he jumps an elbow high on Padovan: more yellow and therefore red, so we play on equal terms.
Luca Lombardi tries without luck from a distance and goes to the second half, in which the Imolese seems dazed and even risks D’Antoni’s shot from outside, rejected by Rossi. Yet the only real scoring chance of the match is enough, born from the angle of Romano and capitalized from Cerretti, arrived with the arrogance of those who want and must save themselves. But it is not over yet, on the contrary: at 94 ° Portanova goes away to Padovan and falls into the area, the referee does not blow the whistle but the Imola defenders stops and Pertica can conclude, slamming on Rossi. Rossi who, in the all up of the consequent corner, is perfect in the high exit, decreeing the rossoblu salvation and the fall of the Pistoiese.