On April 14, one of the matches of the 30th round of the Italian Football Championship took place. Cremonese (Italy) and Empoli (Italy) met.
Italian Championship, 30th round
Cremonese (Italy) — Empoli (Italy) — 1:0 (1:0)
Goals: Dessers (4)
Warnings: L. Sernicola (15)
The Serie A football match between Cremonese and Empoli was an intense battle, both teams fought hard for victory. The match took place at the Giovanni Zini Stadium and the fans were in suspense from start to finish. The score at half-time was 1-0 to Cremonese, who managed to hold the lead until the final whistle, making the score 1-0 in regular time. The match got off to a rough start when Cremonese's C. Dessers scored in the 4th minute to give his team the lead. However, the game took a turn for the worse for Cremonese as L. Sernicola received a yellow card in the 15th minute, putting them at risk of a ten-man game. Empoli tried to equalize and in the 40th minute K. De Winter was replaced by S. Valukevich to strengthen the team's defence. The second half of the game began with Cremonese replacing L. Lochoshvili with E. Quince in the 52nd minute to strengthen their defense even more.
Empoli continued to attack and made two more substitutions in the 62nd minute - R. Piccoli replaced N. Cambiagi, and T. Ebuehi replaced P. Stojanovic. Cremonese responded to Empoli's substitutions with P. Galdames instead of M. Benassi and D. Okereke instead of C. Dessers in the 67th minute. In the 79th minute, Empoli made two more substitutions. F. Bandinelli came out instead of L. Henderson, and G. Fazzini - instead of M. Destro. Meanwhile, Cremonese brought in F. Cajuta instead of G. Quagliata in the 85th minute. These replacements were intended to give more energy to the teams, to give them a pair of fresh legs to move towards the goal. Despite several attempts by Empoli to equalize, Cremonese maintained their lead until the final whistle. The game was well staged, both teams showed great teamwork and skill. In the end, it was an early goal by K. Dessers that ensured the victory of Cremonese, who will undoubtedly celebrate this difficult victory.
In the next round, the opponents are waiting for such matches: Udinese - Cremonese, Empoli - Inter.
| Cremonese | Empoli | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | shots on target | 1 |
| 14 | blows | 15 |
| 2 | Blocked punches | 6 |
| 10 | Kicks from the box | 9 |
| 4 | Kicks from outside the box | 6 |
| eleven | Violations | 8 |
| 3 | corner | 8 |
| 4 | offsides | 2 |
| 32% | Ball possession | 68% |
| 1 | yellow cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 1 | Goalie saves | 4 |
| 278 | Total transfers | 583 |
| 200 | Accurate gear | 496 |
| 72% | Gear Accuracy | 85% |