The first legs for three of these matchups take place today. Cittadella vs Prato will be played on Mar 2. I was hoping that there might be some coverage of this competition on RAISport, but nothing yet. Perhaps the final will be shown.
Rimini vs Frosinone was postponed because of snow and will be made up on March 2. Haven't found anything yet about the other two games scheduled for today.
Frosinone beat Rimini on a last-minute penalty in one of today's quarterfinal 1st legs. Rimini 1 Frosinone 2 RIMINI CALCIO F.C. 1912 (4-4-2) Pugliesi, Baccin(24' st Mastronicola), Federici, Righetti, Caracciolo, Milone(33' st Innocenti), Trotta, Di Loreto, Docente, Ricchiuti, Russo A disp: Sanchi, Lombardini, Palazzi, Montanari, Grilli All. Acori FROSINONE CALCIO (4-4-2) De Julis, Ischia, Di Simone, Rossi(26' st Di Nardo), Pagani, De Angelis(38' st D'Antoni), Empoli(34' st Cariello), Mocarelli, Aquino, Ripa, Bruno A disp: Iaboni, Nardoni, Colafranceschi All. Pagliari Arbitro: Vuoto di Livorno Guardalinee: Baldini - Chirullo Marcatori: 31' pt Russo(R), 12' st De Angelis(F), 44' st Cariello rig.(F) Ammoniti: Rossi, De Angelis, Di Simone Note: giornata fredda, terreno in discrete condizioni. Spettatori 1000 circa. Angoli 4 a 3 per il Frosinone. Recupero: 2' pt - 4' st http://www.riminicalcio.com/_vti_g1_Comunicati.asp?idArticolo=461 Still waiting for the Cittadella-Prato score.
And the other match finished 1-1. Cittadella had one guy sent off. All second legs are scheduled for March 16.
Today's 2nd leg quarterfinal results: Frosinone 0 Rimini 1 (2-2 aggregate; Frosinone advances on away goals) Avellino 2 Acireale 1 (2-3) Spezia 1 Ivrea 1 (2-1) Haven't found the Prato-Cittadella result as yet.
Cittadella defeated Prato, 3-0 to advance to the semifinals. The matchups are: Cittadella vs Spezia Frosinone vs Acireale Semifinals are scheduled for March 30 and April 13.
Semifinal, first leg results from this past Wednesday:- Acireale 0 Frosinone 3 Cittadella 2 Spezia 0 So Frosinone has all but clinched their spot in the final while Cittadella is looking good to make it as well.
Woo Hoo. Frosinone is having a great season this year. They're only 9 points out of first and have a game yet to play. If Spezia goes through for some reason they're already familiar with them and have had some luck.
Today's second leg scores: Frosinone 3 Acireale 3 Spezia 3 Cittadella 0 Spezia overturns the 2-0 from the first leg to reach the final. April 28 Frosinone vs Spezia May 5 Spezia vs Frosinone
Frosinone has had good luck against Spezia so far this season. I'm confident that they'll take the cup. On another note about Frosinone, they're currently in 5th and only 4 points out of second with a game in hand. A win, and losses or draws by third and fourth, would put them in third. I think they can make the playoffs.
Both legs of the final will be shown live on RAI Sport Satellite the next two Wednesdays - April 28 and May 5. Both games start at 2:30 pm Eastern US time.
Thought you might be interested, especially since somebody mentioned on another thread that Spezia has a lot of loaned-out Milan players on its roster. Forza Frosinone!
Careless calendar-reader alert - the two legs of the final are on the next two THURSDAYS (April 28 and May 5). Sorry about that.
Yesterday's score: Frosinone 0 Spezia 1 I'm looking for a report on the game, but the winner must've come late because I had it on for a while and eventually tired of it and switched to the equally lackluster Parma game on the radio. Anyway, Spezia is also the current team of Roberto Baggio's younger, much-less-talented brother, Eddy. Okay, here's the Spezia game report: http://www.acspezia.com/news_top_detail.php?ThisID=316 and Frosinone's http://www.frosinonecalcio.com/calciocentral.htm# (starting line: "Frosinone played and Spezia won") Matteassi score the gamewinner in the 87th minute.
Update on the second leg of the final... in the 75' Frosinone leads 1-0, so for now the scoreline is tied. Frosinone are playing away and if they can score one more will definitely lock it up. I'm watching it live on RAISportSat... god bless the internet.
Well that's it, it ends 1-1 and Spezia wins the Coppa Italia Serie C with a 2-1 aggregate. Spezia had a red card shown in the 48th minute, but it was to no avail not even the 7 minutes of extra time (Spezia wasted a TON of time). It was fun while it lasted.