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January 14, 2021 Spal's great feat that eliminates Sassuolo by winning 2-0 at the 'Mapei Stadium' and thus giving away, the only Serie B team qualified, the quarter-finals against Juve.
Large turnover for De Zerbi: Raspadori plays in front, together with Boga, Djuricic and the young talent Oddei.
Pasquale Marino's Ferraresi rely on Floccari in attack with D'Alessandro, Brignola and Di Francesco in support.
Sassuolo with 4-2-3-1: Pegolo;
Muldur, Marlon, Peluso, Rogerio;
Obiang, Lopez;
Oddei, Djuricic, Boga;
Raspadori.
Spal responds in the mirror, 4-2-3-1: Berisha;
Spaltra, Dickmann, Vicari, Sernicola;
Missiroli, Murgia;
D'Alessandro, Brignola, Di Francesco;
Floccari.
The first ring is from Sassuolo with a diagonal low shot from Raspadori who hits the post in full (23 ').
First change, Di Francesco gets hurt in Spal (inside Demba Seck at 25 ').
The neroverdi try to play the game, but the Este defend themselves with order and sting on the counterattack.
At 37 'good chance for Dickmann but he does not take advantage of it.
At the end of the 1st half Sassuolo double chance, with Berisha protagonist in rejecting the shots first of Raspadori and then of Boga (42 ').
In the interval I change in Sassuolo with Schiappacasse in place of Boga.
Then the neroverdi remain in 10 from 47 'for the red of the referee Camplone, at the recall of the Var, against Djuricic (' entrataccia 'on Sernicola).
Two minutes and Spal passes: Demba Seck's precise low cross for Missiroli's close touch that overtakes Pegolo, is the advantage (49 ').
The shoulder pads understand that the moment is propitious and sink the blow: always from the left wing D'Alessandro's precise cross, Dickmann arrives on the far post who in half-split still exceeds Pegolo, 0-2 (58 ').
Sassuolo tries to react, but Muldur is unlucky and from a good position hits the 'wood' again, an action-copy of that of Raspadori in the 1st half (65 ').
Photo of the bad day for De Zerbi's team, Spal ends 0-2.