Against Catanzaro: The FCS falls apart

It was an afternoon to forget for FC Südtirol. Without the important pillars Fabian Tait and James Poluzzi , both of whom have been injured in recent days, the unimaginative white-reds lacked the necessary self-confidence on Sunday against Catanzaro. The Talferstädter were completely out of their depth in Calabria, especially in the first 45 minutes, with the home team ultimately celebrating a well-deserved 3-0 win. Catanzaro thus won a league match for the first time since September 1st.

So far, the "Aquile del Sud" have been considered the kings of draws this season, but there was not much of that to be seen against the South Tyroleans - by some means. From the first minute, Catanzaro played a fluid and well-structured offensive style of football and repeatedly played their way in front of Poluzzi's Giacomo Drago, where the Calabrians shone with ice-cold efficiency. After the shocking 3-0 in the first half from FCS's point of view, the southern Italians defended their lead bravely, while FCS remained completely toothless over 90 minutes.

Dragos Schnitzer It must be mentioned that the number two in goal for FCS had a very bad day in his second game for the white-reds. The 1-year-old was let down a little by his teammates in the 0-23, but then didn't look particularly good himself, while he made a mistake in the 3-0 that you wouldn't wish on any goalkeeper in the world.

Raphael Odogwu (left) did not play. © Ufficio Stampa FCS - Photo Bordoni

Between goals, the FSC repeatedly tried to get back on their feet and played forward desperately. This mostly happened on the left side, where Simone Davi and Daniele Casiraghi played well together and repeatedly sent crosses towards Raphael Odogwu's forehead - but to no avail. The brief resurgence was then repeatedly eradicated by another goal from Catanzaro. The highlights The early shock Catanzaro quickly scores 1-0. A free kick sails into the FCS penalty area, but Masiello loses a header and Molina then loses sight of his opponent. Pontisso is there and heads the ball over the line - 5th minute. dream goal from Iemello Catanzaro plays its way into the penalty area on the left side. Captain Pietro Iemello gets the ball and, with a stroke of absolute genius, flicks it into the top right corner to make it 2-0: No chance for Drago - 24th minute. Horror mission by Drago What kind of goalkeeping error was that? Drago takes the ball with his foot just outside the penalty area, slips and clumsily trips the onrushing Coulibaly. Iemello converts the penalty safely to make it 3-0 for Catanzaro - 41st minute. VAR intervenes Scogliamillo brings down substitute Crespi in the penalty area and the referee points to the penalty spot. On closer inspection, however, it becomes clear that the Catanzaro player hits the ball first, which is exactly what VAR thinks - 68th minute. FC Südtirol will continue in Serie B on Wednesday when Frosinone travels to Bolzano.

US Catanzaro – FC Südtirol 3:0 Catanzaro (5-3-2): Pigliacelli; Bonini, Brighenti, Scognamillo; Situm (from 69. Ceresoli), Pompetti, Petriccione (from 30. Coulibaly), Pontisso (from 54. Cassandro), D'Alessandro (from 55. Pagano); Iemmello, La Mantia (from 69. Pittarello).

FCS (3-4-2-1): Drago; Kofler, Pietrangeli, Masiello; Rover, Molina (from 81st Martini), Arrigoni, Simone Davi (from 76th Vimercati); Praszelik (from 46th Merkaj), Casiraghi (from 64th Tzedadka); Odogwu (from 64. Crespi).

Goals: 1:0 Pontisso (5th), 2:0 Iemello (24th), 3:0 Iemello (41st)

The further results Carrarese – Cittadella 3:0 Goals: 1:0 Cerri (13th), 2:0 Cerri (27th), 3:0 Cherubiini (37th)

Sassuolo – Modena 2:0 Goals: Lauriente (41st), 2-0 Thorstvedt (64th)

Cesena – Brescia 2:0 Goals: 1:0 Shpendi (15th), 2:0 Shpendi (53rd)

Cosenza – Juve Stabbia 1:1 Goals: 0:1 Maistro (16th), 1:1 Ricciardi (39th)

Palermo – Reggiana 2:0 Goals: 1-0 Gomes (26th), 2-0 Henry (26th)

Cremonese – Salernitana 2:1 Goals: 1:0 Collocolo (20th), 2:0 Bonazzoli (45th), 2:1 Ferarri (55th)

Spezia – Bari 0:0

Frosinone – Pisa 0-0

Sampdoria – Mantova 1:0 Goals: 1-0 Kasami (61.)

SP G U V TV P 1. Step on 10 7 2 1 19:10 23 2. Sassuolo 10 6 3 1 21:10 21 3. Specia 10 5 5 0 14:7 20 4. Cremonese 10 5 2 3 15:11 17 5. Palermo 10 4 3 3 12:9 15 6. Juventus Stabia 10 4 3 3 11:11 15 7. Sampdoria 10 4 2 4 16:14 14 8. Cesena 10 4 2 4 18:17 14 9. Brescia 10 4 1 5 14:16 13 10. Baric 10 2 6 2 11:9 12 10. Catanzaro 10 2 6 2 11:9 12 12. Reggiana 10 3 3 4 9:10 12 13. Mantova 10 3 3 4 11:14 12 14. FC South Tyrol 10 4 0 6 13:17 12 15. Carrarese 10 3 2 5 11:13 11 16. Salernitana 10 3 2 5 11:14 11 17. Modena 10 2 4 4 14:16 10 18. Cittadella 10 2 2 6 5:17 8 19. Cosenza 10 2 5 3 8:10 7 20. Frosinone 10 1 4 5 6:16 7

Serie B Italian	SP	TV	P
1. Venice	25	50:22	53
2. Frosinone	25	46:22	52
3.Monza	25	38:20	51
4. Palermo	25	42:19	48
5. Catanzaro	25	34:26	41
6. Modena	25	33:19	40
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Against Catanzaro: The FCS falls apart

FC Südtirol suffered a bitter defeat on Sunday afternoon. The white and reds conceded three goals against Catanzaro and did not play good football over the 90 minutes.

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