Cremonese and Ascoli draw 2-2 on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

CREMONA. Cremonese finds the way to recover against Ascoli with a goal on the G. Manzari 25' and a goal on the P. Rodríguez 88'.

David Brown

September 24, 2023

CREMONA. Cremonese bounces back against Ascoli with a goal on the G. Manzari 25′ and a goal on the P. Rodríguez 88′. Cremonese was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (62%)

The match was played at the Stadio Giovanni Zini stadium in Cremona on Saturday and it started at 6:00 am local time. The referee was Manuel Volpi with the assistance of Vito Mastrodonato and Daisuke Emanuele Yoshikawa. The 4th official was Stefano Milone. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 19.33 degrees Celsius or 66.79 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 41%.

Match Statistics

Cremonese

2 - 2

Ascoli

! 62 Ball Possession 38

Shots

13 Total 17
4 On Target 8
5 Off Target 6
4 Shots blocked 3

121 Attack 68
65 Dangerous attack 42
93 Ball safe 78

0 Penalties 0
6 Corners 5
1 Off Sides 1

Fouls

10 Total 16
2 Yellow Cards 3
1 Double Yellow 1
1 Red Card 1

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Cremonese had a superior ball possession 62% while Ascoli was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Cremonese was more aggressive with 65 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Cremonese to win the match.

Cremonese shot 13 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Ascoli shot 17 times, 8 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Cremonese received 2 yellow cards (Matteo Bianchetti and Giacomo Quagliata). Regarding the opposition, Ascoli received 3 yellow cards (Giuseppe Bellusci, Fabrizio Caligara and Brian Bayeye).

Match Timeline

Matteo Bianchetti - Yellow

11'

Giuseppe Bellusci- Yellow

Massimo Coda(goal)Franco Vázquez

13'

25'

Giacomo Quagliata- Yellow

44'

Massimo Coda(goal)Franco Vázquez

60'

61'

Giacomo Quagliata(yellowredcard)

64'

65'

S. D'Uffizi- sub ->Tommaso Milanese

65'

Pablo Rodríguez- sub ->Ilija Nestorovski

Paolo Ghiglione- sub ->Luca Zanimacchia

70'

71'

Fabrizio Caligara- sub ->Samuel Giovane

71'

Nicola Falasco - sub ->Eddy Gnahoré

Charles Pickel- sub ->Franco Vázquez

71'

73'

Brian Bayeye- Yellow

Zan Majer- sub ->Michele Castagnetti

80'

Frank Tsadjout- sub ->Massimo Coda

80'

85'

Marcello Falzerano - sub ->Brian Bayeye

88'

Pablo Rodríguez(goal)

90'

Fabrizio Caligara- Yellow

90'

Giuseppe Bellusci(yellowredcard)

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this contest, Cremonese will have 7 points like Brescia, Bari 1908, Pisa and Como to sit in the 11th place. Regarding the opposition, Ascoli will have 4 points to hold in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Cremonese will play away with Bari 1908 on the 6th of April with a 5-0 head to head record in favor of Bari 1908 (1 draw).

Ascoli will host Bari 1908 on the 20th of January with a 7-7 head to head stats.

Cremonese – Formation

Cremonese

Mouhamadou Sarr 1.Senegal

7.5

Matteo Bianchetti 15.Italy

6.8

Valentin Antov 26.Bulgaria

7.1

Giacomo Quagliata 33.Italy

5.7

44'

Luka Lochoshvili 44.Georgia

6.8

Luca Zanimacchia 98.Italy

7.0

70'

Michele Collocolo 8.Italy

7.1

Cristian Buonaiuto 10.Italy

6.7

61'

Michele Castagnetti 19.Italy

7.7

80'

Franco Vázquez 20.Argentina

9.1

71'

Massimo Coda 90.Italy

8.4

80'

13', 60'

Substitutes

A. Jungdal 22.Denmark

Luca Ravanelli 5.Italy

Paolo Ghiglione 18.Italy

6.4

70'

Yuri Rocchetti 31.Italy

Charles Pickel 6.Switzerland

6.4

71'

Gonzalo Abrego 32.Argentina

Zan Majer 37.Slovenia

6.8

80'

Andrea Bertolacci 91.Italy

N. Sekulov 7.Italy

Daniel Ciofani 9.Italy

Frank Tsadjout 74.Italy

6.6

80'

David Okereke 77.Nigeria

7.0

61'

Cremonese started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Giovanni Stroppa decided to play with the following team: Mouhamadou Sarr (7.5), Luca Zanimacchia (7.0), Valentin Antov (7.1), Matteo Bianchetti (6.8), Luka Lochoshvili (6.8), Giacomo Quagliata (5.7), Michele Collocolo (7.1), Michele Castagnetti (7.7), Cristian Buonaiuto (6.7), Franco Vázquez (9.1) and Massimo Coda (8.4).

The home team had on the bench: Luca Ravanelli, Charles Pickel (6.4), Nikola Sekulov, Daniel Ciofani, Paolo Ghiglione (6.4), Andreas Jungdal, Yuri Rocchetti, Gonzalo Abrego, Žan Majer (6.8), Frank Tsadjout (6.6), David Okereke (7.0) and Andrea Bertolacci.

Substitutions

Cremonese made 5 changes: Cristian Buonaiuto for David Okereke (61′), Luca Zanimacchia for Paolo Ghiglione (70′), Franco Vázquez for Charles Pickel (71′), Michele Castagnetti for Žan Majer (80′) and Massimo Coda for Frank Tsadjout (80′).

Best player: Franco Vázquez

The player that probably impressed the most for Cremonese was Franco Vázquez.

His rating is (9.1) with 54 passes (91% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.

Ascoli – Formation

Ascoli

Emiliano Viviano 2.Italy

6.8

S. Giovane 8.Italy

6.7

71'

Eric Botteghin 33.Brazil

7.1

Brian Bayeye 40.France

7.0

85'

73'

Giuseppe Bellusci 55.Italy

6.4

11'

Eddy Gnahoré 5.France

6.4

71'

Francesco Di Tacchio 18.Italy

7.0

Tommaso Milanese 20.Italy

7.0

65'

G. Manzari 28.Italy

7.5

25'

Ilija Nestorovski 30.Macedonia

6.4

65'

Pedro Mendes 90.Portugal

6.7

Substitutes

D. Barosi 1.Italy

L. Bolletta 12.Italy

K. Haveri 3.Albania

Danilo Quaranta 14.Italy

Nicola Falasco 54.Italy

7.5

71'

Erdis Kraja 6.Albania

Fabrizio Caligara 10.Italy

7.0

71'

90'

Marcello Falzerano 23.Italy

6.6

85'

Patrizio Masini 73.Italy

Vincenzo Millico 7.Italy

S. D'Uffizi 15.Italy

7.1

65'

Pablo Rodríguez 99.Spain

7.3

65'

88'

Ascoli started with a christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).

William Viali played with: Emiliano Viviano (6.8), Brian Bayeye (7.0), Eric Botteghin (7.1), Giuseppe Bellusci (6.4), Samuel Giovane (6.7), Eddy Gnahoré (6.4), Francesco Di Tacchio (7.0), Tommaso Milanese (7.0), Giacomo Manzari (7.5), Pedro Mendes (6.7) and Ilija Nestorovski (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: Davide Barosi, Kevin Haveri, Erdis Kraja, Vincenzo Millico, Fabrizio Caligara (7.0), Luca Bolletta, Danilo Quaranta, Simone D’Uffizi (7.1), Marcello Falzerano (6.6), Nicola Falasco (7.5), Patrizio Masini and Pablo Rodríguez (7.3).

Substitutions

Ascoli made 5 changes: Tommaso Milanese for Simone D’Uffizi (65′), Ilija Nestorovski for Pablo Rodríguez (65′), Samuel Giovane for Fabrizio Caligara (71′), Brian Bayeye for Marcello Falzerano (85′) and Eddy Gnahoré for Nicola Falasco (71′).