Lapadula suffers: Pisa’s goal to equalize the aggregate in the Serie B playoffs | VIDEO

Hard blow for Gianluca Lapadula at the start of Benevento vs. Pisa, the second leg of the semifinals for the playoffs of Serie B. Ahmad Benali, attacker of the local team, reached the large area to define and score the 1-0 just after 11 minutes. In this way, the key between both teams is equal.

The action occurred with a climb by defender Samuele Birindelli, who crossed much of the pitch with the ball at his feet. Immediately, the defender launched a service towards the point, behind Gaetano Letizia (captain of the ‘Brujos’). In that sector appeared the attacker George Puscas, who was able to control.

Puscas raised his head to launch the lob over the center of the area. In such a position, Benali put his foot in to finish off. There was a slight deviation and this was also detrimental to the intervention of goalkeeper Alberto Paleari, who could do little to prevent the goal against Benevento.

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The ‘Bruges’ come to this match with a slight advantage after winning the first leg 1-0 thanks to a goal from Gianluca Lapadula. Since he returned to the starting lineup, the ‘Bambino’ has scored three consecutive goals and is Fabio Caserta’s main offensive card.

After the victory, the DT of Benevento denied any kind of distancing with the striker of the Peruvian team. “We hugged each other like this because with everything said they were not good times. In my opinion, he was wrong in January to express his desire to leave for personal reasons in that way, “he said at a press conference.

“He made a mistake, then he argued, he spoke with the club, and everything was to return to the ranks but not being able to count on him was not a positive factor for me, or for the club, or for the player himself. Now, however, we have to think about the present,” he added.

In the same way, he expressed his analysis on the commitment. “We are happy, because winning is always good. We have obtained a very important result, but now we have to recover physical and mental energy for the return leg. I am happy because winning was vital, ”she limited.

“I didn’t want to change Lapadula before his goal. Afterwards, with the advantage, I decided to do the variation”, he added. It is worth mentioning that the ‘Bambino’ is the top scorer of his team with 13 goals.

For its part, Pisa, which finished in third place in the regular phase with 67 points, hopes to get through to the final in search of promotion. The winner of this key will face the winner of the series between Brescia vs. Monza.

The ‘Negriazules’ will have to go out with everything to get the goal. However, Gianluca Lapadula’s squad knows that a draw is enough for them.