Livorno 3-0 Salernitana, 3 points away from the top !

By: Marco Stucazzo | December 6th, 2008

Allright !

So Livorno have now shrugged off that nasty addiction to the nil-nil draw. After 3 straight double goose eggs the Amaranto Liberation Army smashed 3 beautiful goals on saturday while in the process of owning Salernitana. Livorno played around all night and it got even easier when Sal went down to 10 men for 45 minutes. This means i actually have highlights to show. Tavano, Candreva and Ale Diamanti got on the sheet with some nice strikes. Now Livorno stand 3 points away from leaders Empoli in 6th place.

Ok so even though Livorno’s looking good , we’ve drawn 10 times in 16 days, 6 of those were 0-0 draws. Empoli, Torino doesn’t count, is the only team that beat us all year! Now we need to start winning on a consistent basis

so random thoughts and numbers :

1 : The defense is pretty much on point even if Grandoni and Galante aren’T really doing their part

2: Tomas Danilevicius makes Fausto Rossini look like Amauri. Danilevicius can’t find the back of the net if would add volume to his hair. Good thing is that Diamanti and Tavano have been picking up the slack. Hell even Fausto played his part when he was healthy.

3: Coach Acori knows what he’s doing ! The Defense is tight and the progress of youngsters Candreva, Rosi, Volpe and even

4: Alfonso De Lucia does a pretty impressive Marco Amelia impersonation. Altough i had serious doubts about him at the start of the stagione , I have to admit he’s been solid infront of nets thus far

5: Goals Against : 11 Goals For : 22

6: Teams like Chievo and Bologna would kill to have our midfield.

7: Tavano keeps on playing great 1 every 3 games. We can live with that because of Alessandro Diamanti

8 : Speaking of the homeless man’s Antonio Cassano, Beppe Marotta wants to bring him to Pesto town and join Samp !

IL TABELLINO

Marcatori: 21’ Tavano, 68’Candreva, 91′ Diamanti

Livorno (4-3-2-1): De Lucia 6,5; Rosi 7, Perticone 6, Miglionico 6, Bonetto 6,5 (33’ st Grandoni sv); Pulzetti 6, Loviso 5,5 (11’ st Candreva 6,5), Bergvold 7 (41’ st A.Filippini sv); Diamanti 6,5, Tavano 7; Danilevicius 5. A disp: Mazzoni, Rizza, Volpe, Laurito. All. Acori 6,5.

Salernitana (4-4-2): Pinna 6; Giampà 5,5, Fusco 6, Peccarisi 5, Marchese 6; Kyriazis 5,5, Pestrin 6, Soligo 5,5 (24’ st Giannone sv), Tricarico 5,5 (21’st Scarpa sv); Di Napoli 6,5, Turienzo 5,5(39’ st Gerardi sv). A disp. Iuliano, Cardinale, Russo, Piccioni. All. Castori 6.

Arbitro Tommasi di Bassano del Grappa 6

Ammoniti: Marchese, Kyriazis, Tricarico (S), Rosi (L)

Espulso: Peccarisi (S) al 46’ pt per doppia ammonizione