Second goal for Pescara. Trapani have dropped really deep and are starting to be overwhelmed. Still 20 minutes left in this one. Gonna take a lot of work to even make sure the second leg is meaningful.
Trapani hangs on for the end, it finishes 2-0. Pescara snaps Trapani's 18 game unbeaten streak. Gonna take some work but Trapani can hope. Next leg is at home, and a tied aggregate is all they need (away goals don't matter).
Second leg of the Trapani-Pescara promotion final kicks off this afternoon. Will another Sicilian side make it to the top flight? Or will Pescara hold on to their 2-0 advantage? If Pescara wins, a $1m forced buy clause will be activated in Ahmad Benali contract (currently on loan from Palermo). He has 4 goals and 6 assists this season from the center midfield position, and Zamparini sounded a bit like he regretted making that deal. He blamed Iachini for telling him that Benali didn't have what it took.
shades of offsides sparks a debate, one player a side gets a yellow card. It was very close, the one freeze frame shown made it look like he may have been a half a body off, but tough to tell when the pass was made.
Trapani inches away from number 2. 23 minutes in. Slightly worrisome though, at least 3 Trapani players are already on yellows.
Trapani defender blocks a header with his elbow. No penalty called. Wouldn't have complained much if it was. It looked like he did it on purpose.
Teams coming out from halftime. Lot of Pescara pressure towards the end of the first. Still 1-0 though. Everything on the line in the second.
Ridiculously good goal from Pescara as he lobs the keeper from almost midfield. 58' gone and its going to be very difficult for Trapani now, who need two goals.
Straight red for a Trapani player, who was on a yellow anyways. A shirt tug and DOGSO about 10 yards outside the box. Game over. A well fought season from Trapani. But I doubt there's any coming back from this. 67' gone.
Game officially over. Heartbreak for Trapani, but a nice million euros being deposited in Palermo's bank account tonight. There is, of course, always next year, but its hard to imagine Trapani could pull even this miracle off again. I doubt any of them even thought promotion was possible at the start of the season.
Here's the goal that promoted Pescara Verre what a goal pic.twitter.com/mTL7WBTTuQ— ⭐️⭐️👍🏼 (@semo33) June 9, 2016 You can see what it meant to Cosmi, just as much as the players. Here he is being comforted by the Pescara coach (and his former player), Massimo Oddo. #TrapaniPescara #skyserieB pic.twitter.com/HiVUlHcDZN— delinquentweet (@delinquentweet) June 9, 2016 After the match, his words (I suspect out of sadness rather than anger) were to the effect of "I'm not going to be able to speak if they keep singing. This is my house. Go celebrate further away"