Inter beaten away to Lecce (Lecce 2 - Inter 1)
LECCE - The Nerazzurri's fourth spot aspirations took a dent at the Via del Mare on Sunday afternoon as Lecce won the Week 32 clash 2-1 to guarantee themselves Serie A football next season. With Parma victorious at home to Ancona and Lazio held to a draw by Reggina, Inter slip to sixth place in the standings with two matches of the championship to go.
Lecce dominated the early stages of a tempestuous match, with Ernesto Javier Chevanton is particularly fine form. Twice denied by the offside flag, the Uruguayan striker rattled the crossbar in the 13th minute with a curled free kick.
Limited to counter-attacks, Inter came back and Adriano took the wind out of Lecce 's sails with a perfectly-executed penalty in the 36th minute after being brought down in the box by Konan.
The home side mustered a reaction and equalised two minutes into the second period when captain Tonetto somehow managed to find the net after Chevanton took on Cordoba then played into the six-yard box. Delio Rossi's men took the lead on 70 minutes when Bovo smashed home from a yard out after Toldo had failed to hold on to a left-wing corner kick.
Match facts:
Scorers: Adriano (pen) 36', Tonetto 47', Bovo 70'
Booked: Siviglia 28', Ledesma 37', Konan 43', Pasquale 45', Materazzi 58', Abruzzese 90'
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
LECCE: 1 Sicignano, 6 Bolano (81 Abruzzese 34'), 8 Franceschini, 11 Bovo, 14 Tonetto, 19 Chevanton (7 Bojinov 86'), 20 Siviglia, 21 Stovini, 24 Ledesma, 25 Konan (10 Giacomazzi 89'), 77 Cassetti
Subs: 23 Poleksic, 2 Billy, 13 Silvestri, 17 Dalmat,
Coach: Delio Rossi
INTER: 1 Toldo, 2 Cordoba, 4 J. Zanetti , 5 Emre, 9 Cruz (30 Martins 60'), 10 Adriano, 11 Stankovic, 18 Kily Gonzalez (32 Vieri 82'), 17 Cannavaro, 23 Materazzi, 26 Pasquale (19 Karagounis 71')
Subs: 12 Fontana, 13 Helveg, 22 Okan, 24 Gamarra
Coach: Alberto Zaccheroni
source: inter.it.
