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Yesterday's "Serie B" 37th round matches were just another proof that the fierce battle for the league title is not only happening in "Serie A", but also in the second strongest league in Italy, where the winners get a ticket to the elite championship of the next season.
"Crotone" 0 - 0 "Genoa"
The team occupying only the 20th place, "Crotone", managed to play a draw against the "Genoa", the leader of the "Serie B" championship, maintaining the intrigue in the league. "Genoa" gathered 67 points, leading ahead of the second-placed "Empoli" team by one point, and four points ahead of the third-placed "Torino" club.
"Empoli" 2 - 1 "Vicenza" 43' [0 - 1] M.Bonanni 80' [1 - 1] F.Tavano (penalty) 89' [2 - 1] F.Tavano (penalty)
Occupying the 14th place in "Serie B", "Vicenza" tried to prove that they can play even against the strongest teams and scored the first goal, but the situation on the field completely changed in the 66th minute when E.Pesoli received a red card. In the last 10 minutes of the second half, "Vicenza" managed to earn two penalty kicks, and to top it off, in the 90th minute D.Bolic saw a red card before his eyes.
"Torino" 1 - 0 "Arezzo" 31' [1 - 0] M.Marazzina
The team in the third place, "Torino", managed to defeat the 19th-placed "Arezzo" club at home after a tough match and kept their chances of reaching "Serie A" and fighting for the "Serie B" champions title with only 5 rounds left until the end of the season. Currently, "Torino" has gathered 63 points, increasing the lead to four points from the fourth-placed "Perugia".
"Perugia" 3 - 1 "Catanzaro" 4' [1 - 0] A.F.Flores 8' [2 - 0] A.F.Flores 29' [2 - 1] G.Corona 83' [3 - 1] J.Sedivec
"Perugia" secured this victory and rose to the fourth place, currently having 59 points tied with "Treviso" in fifth place, while for "Cantazaro" this defeat means relegation to the "Serie C1" league.
Other "Serie B" results:
"Catania" 3 - 0 "Treviso" 74' [1 - 0] O.Russo 85' [2 - 0] J.C.N.Jeda (penalty) 87' [3 - 0] J.C.N.Jeda
"Pescara" 1 - 1 "Verona" 56' [0 - 1] N.P.Waigo 65' [1 - 1] N.Mariniello
"Piacenza" 0 - 0 "Triestina"
"Ternana" 2 - 0 "Ascoli" 14' [1 - 0] L.A.G.Jimenez 46' [2 - 0] M.Frick
"Venezia" 1 - 0 "Bari" 10' [1 - 0] L.Oliveira
The day before yesterday's "Serie B" matches:
"Modena" 4 - 0 "Cesena" 10' [1 - 0] N.Campedelli 55' [2 - 0] N.Campedelli 74' [3 - 0] A.Troiano 84' [4 - 0] G.Asamoah
