Serie A | Monza 0-1 Frosinone: Cheddira joy for Canarini

Originally posted on Football Italia | By Susy Campanale | Last updated 5/19/24

Walid Cheddira took Frosinone closer to guaranteeing their Serie A status with victory away to Monza, their first away win in a year.

The hosts were stuttering towards the finish line after securing mid-table comfort and with Raffaele Palladino expected to leave this summer. Absentees included Patrick Ciurria, Jose Machin and Davide Bettella. The Canarini were tied with Empoli in the relegation zone and desperate, missing Luca Mazzitelli, Anthony Oyono, Stefano Turati and Sergio Kalaj.

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Milan Djuric nodded an Andrea Colpani cross over in the opening minutes, while Caleb Okoye turned wide from a corner at the other end.

Frosinone opened the scoring when Abdou Harroui got down the left and stood up a cross for the Walid Cheddira cushioned header at the back post.

Harroui fired wide moments later, then forced an outstretched boot save from Stefano Sorrentino when sent through by Emanuele Valeri.

Andrea Colpani thought he had equalised on the stroke of half-time, only to nod the Dany Mota Carvalho cross onto the base of the far post.

Cheddira slipped at the last moment to waste a counter-attack, but play was halted for several minutes when communication with the VAR hub in Lissone broke down. They resumed play at the 61^st minute still without VAR, needing both teams to agree to that and a statement read out in the stadium.

During this nine-minute blackout, Frosinone almost doubled their lead, as Matias Soule’s angled drive bounced off the base of the far post and Alessandro Sorrentino parried the Harroui follow-up too.

Nadir Zortea tested Sorrentino from distance and Valentin Carboni fired over from a tricky angle, but Gianluca Caprari should’ve done better drilling just wide in stoppages.

Monza 0-1 Frosinone

Cheddira 9 (F)

19-05-2024 14:00 MatchDay 37 Stadio Brianteo (U-Power Stadium)

Monza

Frosinone 0 - 1

Player statistic

1st half

Walid Cheddira (Assist: Abdou Harroui) Warren Bondo 28' 2nd half

		47'		Matìas Soulé
		90+2'

Francesco Gelli

Match statistic

71 Possession % 29 14 Total shots 16 2 Shots on target 5 7 Shots off target 6 5 Blocked shots 5 3 Corners 4 14 Fouls 13 Monza Frosinone

Starting lineups

23 Alessandro Sorrentino Goalkeeper 4

Armando Izzo Defender 46' 77

Georgios Kyriakopoulos Defender 46' 22

Pablo Marí Defender 19 Samuele Birindelli Defender 79' 28

Andrea Colpani Midfielder 32

Matteo Pessina Midfielder 6

Roberto Gagliardini Midfielder 38

Warren Bondo Midfielder 46' 47 Dany Mota Attacker 65' 11

Milan Djuric Attacker 31 Michele Cerofolini Goalkeeper 5

Caleb Okoli Defender 32 Emanuele Valeri Defender 19 Nadir Zortea Defender 20

Pol Lirola Defender 6 Simone Romagnoli Defender 21

Abdou Harroui Midfielder 72' 45

Enzo Barrenechea Midfielder 86' 4

Marco Brescianini Midfielder 18 Matìas Soulé Attacker 90' 70

Walid Cheddira Attacker

86'

Substitutes

Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro Midfielder 9 Lorenzo Colombo Attacker 2

Giulio Donati Defender 5

Luca Caldirola Defender 62 Andrea Mazza Goalkeeper 80 Samuele Vignato Midfielder 66 Stefano Gori Goalkeeper 61 Andrea Ferraris Attacker 33

Danilo D’Ambrosio Defender 46' 20 Alessio Zerbin Attacker 46' 21 Valentín Carboni Midfielder 46' 10

Gianluca Caprari Attacker 65' 13

Pedro Pereira Midfielder 79' 3

Riccardo Marchizza Defender 9

Kaio Jorge Attacker 33

Kevin Bonifazi Defender 16

Luca Garritano Midfielder 37 Lorenzo Palmisani Goalkeeper 30 Ilario Monterisi Defender 36

Luca Mazzitelli Midfielder 1

Pierluigi Frattali Goalkeeper 27 Arijon Ibrahimovic Attacker 47 Mateus Henrique Vanelli Lusuardi Defender 29 Farès Ghedjemis Attacker 14 Francesco Gelli Midfielder 72' 12

Reinier Midfielder 86' 11 Marvin Cuni Attacker 86' 7

Jaime Báez Attacker

90'

This article first appeared on Football Italia and was syndicated with permission.

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