Vicenza 0-1 Livorno, Diamanti Highlights and Galante Coming Back !

By: Marco Stucazzo | November 8th, 2008

Livorno beat Vicenza away for the first time since the 1950’s! This exactly the kind of game Livorno needed to win. Aleandro Rosi is out for 15 days, Grandoni was out, Massimo Loviso couldn’t manage to make it and the surprisingly excellent Fausto Rossini had to leave after only 20 minutes. Livorno grinded out 3 deserved points to reach 22 points, 2 away from leaders Sassuolo ! Livorno suffered all day long with Vicenza camping out in their half all game long. The occasional lethal counter attack was deployed but Livorno had to stay focused. Vicenza fans will argue that they deserved the win, not to mention at least a point but Livorno did what every go team needs to do, grind out an ugly 3 points.

Tavano managed to screw up 2 easy chances and Alfonso De Lucia had to save 2 balls on the line but Ale Diamanti broke the deadlock and the Labronici held on for the win. Ale Diamanti’s long-range goal came right after he hit the crossbar from about 20 yards out. Acori’s 4-3-2-1 is still working perfectly and Livorno fans will be happy to see the surprisingly solid depth this team has. Candreva filled in perfectly for Loviso, Francesco Volpe is a great sub, Bonetto’s amazing, Perticone is solid and versatile, Alfonso De Lucia is almost making us forget about Marco Amelia and we don’t even need to wait after Tavano’s occasional brilliance.

Tabellino :

Livorno ( 4-3-2-1) De Lucia, Miglionico, Terranova, Perticone, Bonetto, Candreva ( dal 14′ s.t. Volpe ), Pulzetti, Bergvold, Tavano, Diamanti ( dal 37’s.t. Rizza ), Rossini ( dal 23′ p.t. Danilevicius). A disp Mazzoni, Paulinho, Filippini E., Diniz. All. Acori

Vicenza ( 4-3-2-1) Fortin, Zanchi, Di Cesare, Giani, Martinelli ( dal 38’s.t. Margiotta ), Bernardini, Bottone ( dal 1’s.t Morosini ), Botta, Capone ( dal 9’s.t. Foglio ), Sgrigna, Bjelanovic. A disp : Frison, Calori, Fatic, Serafini.
Ammoniti : Candreva, Pulzetti, Perticone, Danilevicius, Zanchi.
Marcatori : al 33’s.t. Diamanti

The Labronici were planning on fielding the young guns a lot and returning to Serie A in 2010, but this very positive play is giving us hope for a quicker return. Grandoni, Galante, Bergvold, Bonetto, Tavano,Pulzetti and Diamanti could all be an important part of at least one Serie A team right now !

Hell, Livorno’s project of reaching Serie A within 2 years needs to be reconsidered !

Fabio Galante’s so happy about this that he decided to comeback. He was in the stands on Saturday but he should b game fit in less then 2-3 weeks.