Serie A | Lecce 2-1 Monza: Krstovic breaks drought

Luca Caldirola limped off moments later and Lecce restored their advantage when Santiago Pierotti gathered a cross-field pass, cut inside his defender and set up Krstovic to lash into the roof of the net from eight yards.

Lecce nearly added a third in first half stoppages, Turati flying to push the Medon Berisha free kick out of the near top corner.

Bianco had the ball in the net for Monza on 58 minutes, but was clearly offside when running onto the Daniel Maldini assist.

Falcone also fingertipped a Georgios Kyriakopoulos corner kick off the head of Armando Izzo at the back post.

Kyriakopoulos saw his cross charged down by the arm of Frederic Guilbert and the referee awarded a penalty, a decision that was over-ruled by the VAR because the contact was outside the area.

Dany Mota Carvalho fired inches over the bar from a tricky angle. Lecce were awarded their second spot-kick of the game when Ante Rebic had lost the ball, Omari Forson’s awful first touch saw him give it back and then collide with the veteran, but VAR revoked this too because Rebic’s toes were offside.

Lecce 2-1 Monza

Morente 3 (L), Dorgu og 37 (M), Krstovic 44 (L)

Saved penalty: Krstovic 14 (L)

15-12-2024 11:30 MatchDay 16 Stadio Ettore Giardiniero - Via del Mare

Lecce

Monza 2 - 1

Player statistic

1st half

Tete Morente (Assist: Medon Berisha)		3'
Nikola Krstovic

14'         20' Georgios Kyriakopoulos Hamza Rafia 28'         37'

Patrick Dorgu     40' Armando Izzo     43' Alessandro Bianco Nikola Krstovic (Assist: Santiago Pierotti)

44'     2nd half

		83'		Daniel Maldini
		90+5'

Pedro Pereira

Match statistic

45 Possession % 55 11 Total shots 9 4 Shots on target 5 Shots off target 7 2 Blocked shots 2 2 Corners 7 4 Offsides 4 15 Fouls 16 Lecce Monza

Starting lineups

30

Wladimiro Falcone Goalkeeper 6 Federico Baschirotto Defender 12

Frédéric Guilbert Defender 19 Gaby Jean Defender 13 Patrick Dorgu Defender 8 Hamza Rafia Midfielder 68' 29

Lassana Coulibaly Midfielder 5 Medon Berisha Midfielder 55' 9

Nikola Krstovic Attacker 68' 50 Santiago Pierotti Attacker 89' 7 Tete Morente Attacker 30 Stefano Turati Goalkeeper 4

Armando Izzo Defender 67' 77

Georgios Kyriakopoulos Defender 5

Luca Caldirola Defender 39' 22

Pablo Marí Defender 19 Samuele Birindelli Defender 80' 42 Alessandro Bianco Midfielder 79' 14 Daniel Maldini Midfielder 38

Warren Bondo Midfielder 47 Dany Mota Attacker 10

Gianluca Caprari Attacker

67'

Substitutes

11

Nicola Sansone Attacker 98 Alexandru Borbei Goalkeeper 23 Rares Burnete Attacker 32 Jasper Samooja Goalkeeper 1

Christian Früchtl Goalkeeper 2

Andy Pelmard Defender 36

Filip Marchwinski Midfielder 10

Rémi Oudin Attacker Luis Hasa Midfielder 27 Ed McJannet Midfielder 20

Ylber Ramadani Midfielder 55' 3

Ante Rebic Attacker 68' 14 Thórir Jóhann Helgason Midfielder 68' 77 Mohamed Kaba Midfielder 89' 33

Danilo D’Ambrosio Defender 27

Mattia Valoti Midfielder 69 Andrea Mazza Goalkeeper 21 Semuel Pizzignacco Goalkeeper Leonardo Colombo Midfielder 52 Nicolò Postiglione Defender 55 Kevin Martins Attacker 44 Andrea Carboni Defender 39' 12

Stefano Sensi Midfielder 67' 20 Omari Forson Attacker 67' 24

Mirko Maric Attacker 79' 13

Pedro Pereira Midfielder

80'