Very successfully the 17th round of the second-strongest "Serie B" division in Italy turned out for the "Lithuanian" teams: they scored the only goal in the match against the second-placed team and helped one of the outsiders in the standings to achieve an unexpected victory, also winning an important match against .
"Avellino", who had not won a game in seven consecutive matches, faced "Torino", who is aiming for "Serie A", at home and took the lead in the second minute when T.Danilevičius stopped the ball in the penalty area after a precise pass from Massimo Rastelli and beat goalkeeper Massimo Taibi.
In the rest of the match, both teams had opportunities to score, but failed to capitalize, with "Avellino" player Francesco Millesi hitting the crossbar and "Torino" attacking leader Roberto Muzzi hitting the post in the last minute of the game.
"Avellino" secured their third win of the season and with 13 points remain in 20th place, while "Torino" missed the opportunity to close the gap with the leader "Mantova" and stay in second place.
For T.Danilevičius, this was his fifth goal of the season, surpassing his compatriot and national team teammate M.Stankevičius. The latter, playing for "Brescia", won the Lombardy derby against "Atalanta" after a goal from Davide Possanzini. The Lithuanian played the full match and received a yellow card for unsportsmanlike behavior.
In the standings, "Brescia" reduced the gap with their defeated rival to three points and now shares fourth place with the team from "Cesena". The fifth and sixth places are occupied by the clubs "Catania" and "Modena", respectively, with one point less.