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Serie B play-offs: Venezia push past Palermo

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

Venezia are through to the Serie B promotion play-off final after sweeping Palermo aside 2-1 on the night, 3-1 on aggregate.

They will face either Cremonese or Catanzaro in the two-legged final, the winners joining Parma and Como in Serie A next season.

The Lagunari already had a big advantage after winning the first leg 1-0 in Sicily, but also knew an aggregate draw after extra time would see them qualify too, as they finished the regular season higher up the Serie B table.

It took barely four minutes for them to further increase the lead, as Tenner Tessmann won back the ball in midfield, ran forward and unleashed a scorcher from distance that dipped viciously into the far top corner.

When Palermo tried to reply, Jesse Joronen was decisive with a great save on the Jacopo Segre header, while Nicholas Pierini and Gianluca Busio saw their efforts pushed away.

Venezia doubled their lead just before half-time with a Francesco Zampano roll across from the left that found Antonio Candela to tap in undisturbed at the back post.

The hosts continued to push, as Gianluca Busio saw his strike flash just over, but Palermo did finally get a small consolation with Michael Svoboda accidentally deflecting a Chaka Traore curler into his own net.

Serie B promotion play-off semi-final, 2nd leg

Venezia 2-1 Palermo (3-1 agg)

Tessmann 4 (V), Candela 43 (V), Svoboda og 86 (P)

24-05-2024 19:30 1/2 Final Stadio Pierluigi Penzo

Venezia
Palermo 2 - 1

Player statistic

1st half
Tanner Tessmann (Assist: Nicholas Pierini) 4'    
    10' Simon Graves
Jesse Joronen 27'    
Tanner Tessmann 42'    
Antonio Candela (Assist: Francesco Zampano)

43'     2nd half

Francesco Zampano 72'    
    73'
Federico Di Francesco     86'
Michael Svoboda

Match statistic

44 Possession % 56 17 Total shots 15 6 Shots on target 4 6 Shots off target 8 5 Blocked shots 3 4 Corners 5 4 Offsides 12 Fouls 14 Venezia Palermo

Starting lineups

1
Jesse Joronen Goalkeeper 27
Antonio Candela Defender 7
Francesco Zampano Defender 4 Jay Idzes Defender 33 Marin Sverko Defender 68' 30 Michael Svoboda Defender 24
Nunzio Lella Defender 61' 6
Gianluca Busio Midfielder 80' 8
Tanner Tessmann Midfielder 20
Joel Pohjanpalo Attacker 68' 10 Nicholas Pierini Attacker 61' 22 Mirko Pigliacelli Goalkeeper 5
Fabio Lucioni Defender 15 Ivan Marconi Defender 46' 23 Salim Diakite Defender 2 Simon Graves Defender 46' 14 Filippo Ranocchia Midfielder 8
Jacopo Segre Midfielder 27 Edoardo Soleri Attacker 76' 10 Francesco Di Mariano Attacker 9 Matteo Luigi Brunori Attacker 62' 11
Roberto Insigne Attacker

56'

Substitutes

13 Marco Modolo Defender 19 Bjarki Bjarkason Attacker 12 Bruno Bertinato Goalkeeper 23 Matteo Grandi Goalkeeper 21
Denis Cheryshev Midfielder 38 Magnus Kofod Andersen Midfielder 25 Ali Dembélé Defender 77 Mikael Egill Ellertsson Attacker 61' 9
Christian Gytkjaer Attacker 61' 15 Giorgio Altare Defender 68' 99
Marco Olivieri Attacker 68' 18
Mato Jajalo Midfielder 80' 6
Leo Stulac Midfielder 53
Liam Henderson Midfielder 20 Aljosa Vasic Attacker 25 Alessio Buttaro Defender 4
Claudio Gomes Midfielder 3 Kristoffer Lund Defender 13
Adnan Kanuric Goalkeeper 18
Ionut Nedelcearu Defender 46' 31 Giuseppe Aurelio Midfielder 46' 17
Federico Di Francesco Attacker 56' 7 Leonardo Mancuso Attacker 62'
Chaka Traorè Attacker

76'

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

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