Reggiana overcomes Venezia after recovering from a 2-0 deficit. HIGHLIGHTS

VENEZIA. Reggiana had a striking comeback against Venezia.

By
Mark Hall
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Reggiana overcomes Venezia after recovering from a 2-0 deficit. HIGHLIGHTS

VENEZIA. Reggiana had a astonishing comeback against Venezia.

The match was played at the Stadio Pierluigi Penzo stadium in Venezia on Monday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Davide Di Marco with the help of Alex Cavallina and Antonio Severino. The 4th official was Mattia Ubaldi. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 13.77 degrees Celsius or 56.79 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Venezia

2 - 3

Team 1

Reggiana

  • 52 Ball Possession 48
Shots
  • 19 Total 16
  • 6 On Target 5
  • 8 Off Target 6
  • 5 Shots blocked 5
  • 90 Attack 71
  • 40 Dangerous attack 40
  • 82 Ball safe 84
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 7 Corners 6
Fouls
  • 12 Total 7
  • 0 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Venezia was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Reggiana that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Venezia was more aggressive with 40 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 6 were on target. Notwithstanding, Reggiana succeeded in find the solution to win this encounter.​

Venezia shot 18 times, 6 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Reggiana shot 16 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Venezia didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Reggiana received 3 yellow cards (Filippo Melegoni, Edoardo Pieragnolo and Onur Cinel).

Match Timeline

4'
Filippo Melegoni- Yellow
G. Busio(goal)
20'
21'
Manolo Portanova- sub ->Natan Girma
Joel Pohjanpalo(goal)Christian Gytkjaer
33'
Joel Pohjanpalo(VAR)
35'
45'
Manolo Portanova(goal)Riccardo Fiamozzi
Nicholas Pierini- sub ->Christian Gytkjaer
46'
Giorgio Altare(own-goal)
50'
55'
Onur Cinel- Yellow
65'
Edoardo Pieragnolo(goal)Manolo Portanova
70'
Janis Antiste- sub ->Manolo Portanova
Mato Jajalo- sub ->Francesco Zampano
71'
Marco Olivieri- sub ->G. Busio
71'
Denis Cheryshev- sub ->Bjarki Bjarkason
83'
86'
Lorenzo Libutti- sub ->Riccardo Fiamozzi
86'
Tobías Reinhart- sub ->Onur Cinel
Mikael Egill Ellertsson- sub ->Giorgio Altare
89'
90'
Edoardo Pieragnolo- Yellow

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Parma
74
36
Como
71
36
Venezia
67
36
Cremonese
63
36
Catanzaro
60
36
Palermo
52
36
Sampdoria
49
36
Brescia
48
36
Südtirol
46
36
Reggiana
46
36
Cosenza
45
36
Pisa
45
36
Cittadella
45
36
Modena
43
36
Spezia
40
36
Ascoli
37
36
Ternana
37
36
Bari 1908
37
36
FeralpiSalò
33
36
Lecco
26
36

After this encounter, Venezia stays with 57 points to sit in the 3rd place. On the other side, Reggiana will has 40 points like Pisa to remain in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Venezia will play away with Ascoli on the 6th of April with a 6-3 head to head statistic in favor of Venezia (3 draws).

Reggiana will host Cittadella on the 6th of April with a 3-1 head to head in favor of Cittadella (1 draw).

Venezia – Formation

Venezia
G
Jesse Joronen 1.Finland
6.8
D
Jay Idzes 4.Netherlands
6.7
D
Giorgio Altare 15.Italy
6.8
89'
D
Marin Šverko 33.Croatia
7.0
M
G. Busio 6.United States
7.3
71' Goals20'
M
Francesco Zampano 7.Italy
6.4
71'
M
T. Tessmann 8.United States
7.9
M
Bjarki Bjarkason 19.Iceland
6.7
83'
M
Antonio Candela 27.Italy
7.5
F
Christian Gytkjaer 9.Denmark
7.1
46'
F
Joel Pohjanpalo 20.Finland
7.0
Goals33'
Substitutes
G
Bruno Bertinato 12.Brazil
G
M. Grandi 23.Italy
D
Marco Modolo  13.Italy
D
Michael Svoboda 30.Austria
D
Maximilian Ullmann 31.Austria
M
Mato Jajalo 18.Bosnia and Herzegovina
6.8
71'
M
Denis Cheryshev 21.Russia
6.8
83'
M
Nunzio Lella 24.Italy
M
Magnus Kofod Andersen 38.Denmark
M
Mikael Egill Ellertsson 77.Iceland
89'
F
Nicholas Pierini 10.Italy
6.7
46'
F
Marco Olivieri 99.Italy
6.7
71'

Venezia started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Paolo Vanoli decided to play with the following team: Jesse Joronen (6.8), Giorgio Altare (6.8), Jay Idzes (6.7), Marin Šverko (7.0), Antonio Candela (7.5), Bjarki Bjarkason (6.7), T. Tessmann (7.9), G. Busio (7.3), Francesco Zampano (6.4), Joel Pohjanpalo (7.0) and Christian Gytkjaer (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Nicholas Pierini (6.7), Bruno Bertinato, Marco Modolo , Mato Jajalo (6.8), Denis Cheryshev (6.8), M. Grandi, Nunzio Lella, Michael Svoboda, Maximilian Ullmann, Magnus Kofod Andersen, Mikael Egill Ellertsson and Marco Olivieri (6.7).

Substitutions

Venezia made 5 changes: G. Busio for Marco Olivieri (71′), Christian Gytkjaer for Nicholas Pierini (46′), Francesco Zampano for Mato Jajalo (71′), Bjarki Bjarkason for Denis Cheryshev (83′) and Giorgio Altare for Mikael Egill Ellertsson (89′).

Player of the match: T. Tessmann​

The player that probably impressed the most for Venezia was T. Tessmann.

His rating is 7.9 with 71 passes (87% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 4 crosses.

Reggiana – Formation

Reggiana
G
Giacomo Satalino 12.Italy
7.0
D
Paolo Rozzio  4.Italy
7.7
D
Alessandro Marcandalli 27.Italy
7.0
D
Mario Sampirisi 31.Italy
6.8
M
Edoardo Pieragnolo 3.Italy
7.5
90' Goals65'
M
Onur Cinel 8.Italy
7.0
86' 55'
M
Riccardo Fiamozzi 15.Italy
7.1
86'
M
A. Bianco 42.Italy
7.7
F
Cedric Gondo 11.Ivory Coast
7.1
F
Filippo Melegoni 72.Italy
7.1
4'
F
Natan Girma 80.Switzerland
6.6
21'
Substitutes
G
A. Sposito 1.Italy
G
Edoardo Motta 13.
D
Lorenzo Libutti 17.Italy
7.0
86'
D
Filippo Romagna 19.Italy
D
Przemyslaw Szyminski 25.Poland
D
M. Pajač 29.Croatia
M
Tobías Reinhart 16.Argentina
6.8
86'
M
Álex Blanco 20.Spain
M
Manolo Portanova 90.Italy
8.5
21' Goals45'
F
Luca Vido  9.Italy
F
Stefano Pettinari 23.Italy
F
Janis Antiste 28.France
7.0
70'

Reggiana started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Alessandro Nesta played with: Giacomo Satalino (7.0), Mario Sampirisi (6.8), Paolo Rozzio  (7.7), Alessandro Marcandalli (7.0), Riccardo Fiamozzi (7.1), Onur Cinel (7.0), A. Bianco (7.7), Edoardo Pieragnolo (7.5), Filippo Melegoni (7.1), Cedric Gondo (7.1) and Natan Girma (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: A. Sposito, Luca Vido , Edoardo Motta, Tobías Reinhart (6.8), Lorenzo Libutti (7.0), Filippo Romagna, Álex Blanco, Stefano Pettinari, Przemyslaw Szyminski, Janis Antiste (7.0), M. Pajač and Manolo Portanova (8.5).

Reggiana could not rely on the presence of Manolo Portanova (injured) and Janis Antiste (injured).

Substitutions

Reggiana made 4 changes: Natan Girma for Manolo Portanova (21′), Riccardo Fiamozzi for Lorenzo Libutti (86′), Onur Cinel for Tobías Reinhart (86′) and Manolo Portanova for Janis Antiste (70′).

Player of the match: Manolo Portanova​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Reggiana was Manolo Portanova.

His rating is 8.5 with 1 goal, 16 passes (81% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.

His performance was fantastic also because he started the match from the bench before entering in the 21′.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie B.​