One day from the end, Lecce ensured its maintenance in the Italian first division, thanks to a penalty converted by Lorenzo Colombo after additional time in Monza (1-0), this Sunday during the 37th day.
On the other hand, the suspense will stretch until the last weekend for Spezia and Hellas Verona, tied on points in 17th place, to find out who will accompany Cremonese (19th) and Sampdoria Genoa (20th) in Serie B. ).
Lecce went through all the states at Monza: first despair when the Lombards obtained a penalty at the end of the match, then relief when goalkeeper Wladimiro Falcone repelled Christian Gytkjaer’s attempt (84th), and immense joy to finish when this time it was the Puglia team who obtained a penalty in the dying seconds, caused by a hand from the same Gytkjaer!
We were playing the 101st minute and the Italian international hopeful Lorenzo Colombo, 21, did not tremble to transform a penalty synonymous with maintenance for Samuel Umtiti and his partners, with five points ahead of 18th place.
Everything will therefore be decided next weekend between La Spezia and Hellas.
After the rout of La Spezia at home against Torino (4-0) on Saturday, Verona missed the opportunity to take the lead by being caught in extremis by Empoli (1-1).
Hellas had done the hard part by opening the scoring by Adolfo Gaich (61st) but were joined in the dying seconds on a shot from Petar Stojanovic deflected towards his goal by the unfortunate defender Giangiacomo Magnani (90 6th).
Verona remains tied on points with Spezia and will play their header on the 38th day on the field of AS Roma (6th), while Spezia will be at San Siro against AC Milan (4th).
If the two teams are still tied at the end of this last act, they will be decided by a play-off. Cremonese (19th) and Sampdoria (20th) are already mathematically relegated.
At the other end of the standings, the champion Naples was hooked in Bologna (2-2) after leading 2-0 thanks to two goals from Victor Osimhen (14th, 54th), who took advantage of the first of a real gift from the opposing goalkeeper.
The Nigerian has arguably secured the top scorer title with now 25 goals, four more than Inter Milan striker Lautaro Martinez (21).
