Matchday 26. Playoffs at two points. Sudtirol and Carrarese strikes

The draw with Spezia allows Modena to remain more or less equidistant between the playoffs (-2) and playouts (+3) in a round of B that will be completed today with the last 4 postponed matches: at 15 Palermo-Mantova, Juve Stabia-Cosenza and Frosinone-Reggiana and at 17,15 Cesena-Pisa. In the other matches yesterday, after the 1-0 success of Catanzaro on Friday over Cittadella, the big hit was that of Sudtirol who under the care of Castori continues to climb the rankings and is now part of the group at 28 points that also includes Samp, Mantova and Reggiana. The Alto Adige team beat Sampdoria, reduced to 9 men, 2-1 with Merkaj taking the lead at the start, immediately equalised by Sibilli, then before the break came the second yellow for Ferrari and in the 75th minute also the second expulsion of De Paolo which was the prelude to the decisive goal by Cambiaghi for a penalty awarded in the 88th minute on a VAR call for a handball by Yepes. At the bottom also makes a big step forward Carrarese who risks a lot but in the end beats Salernitana 3-2 and by rising to 30 points they leave the fight for salvation for a moment. Calabro's team seemed to have secured the match with goals from Zanon in the 31st minute, Finotto in the 41st minute and Zuelli at the start of the second half, but after the hour mark the Campanians got back into the game thanks to Reine-Adelaide and Soriano's shot 5 minutes from the end that made the final minutes fiery, but the Granata were unable to find the 3-3 and so remain third from bottom, ahead only of Frosinone and Cosenza who are playing today. In the other match, Bari and Cremonese ended 1-1 with great regrets for the Grigiorossi who only saw themselves caught up in the 93rd minute by Bianchetti's own goal after Valoti's lead in the 69th minute. A match also characterised by strong controversy at the end of the match due to the episode of racism reported by Bari: the Apulian player Dorval, already the victim of alleged racist comments in the match in Reggio, was allegedly addressed by the Argentine Vazquez (who was sitting on the bench) of Cremonese and then left the pitch in tears.

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