Salernitana is in need of points and this Saturday they added another defeat at home after losing 0-2 against Monza on date number 26 of Serie A.
Guillermo “Memo” Ochoa made good saves in the match, but could not prevent Monza’s two goals in the last 15 minutes of the game to add their 20th defeat of the season in a team that looks direct to Serie B.
After losing to Empoli six games ago, Raffaele Palladino’s team has not lost again, and now has three wins and two draws. since then. Quite the opposite of Salernitana, which with the loss against Monza has seven defeats and one draw in its eight recent games.
Even so, the duel was open until the end. It was in the last quarter of an hour when the balance was unbalanced in favor of the visitors who opened the scoring in the 78th minute through Daniel Maldini who completed a one-two with Roberto Gagliardini and beat the Mexican Guillermo ‘Memo’ Ochoa.
Monza sealed the match five minutes later, when FAbio Liverani’s team was looking for an equalizer. In a quick transition, the Bosnian Milan Djuric extended with his head a ball that fell to Matteo Pessina, with space, with meters. He stood in front of the goal, ahead, and finished the action with a wonderful finish. The elevated ball, out of reach, that reached the net.
What games do Salernitana have left?
Salernitana has 13 points at the bottom of the table and needs at least 8 points to escape relegation to Serie B and only has 12 games left in the season to achieve it.
Next Saturday, March 2, they will face Udinese as visitors and the next time they will repeat as visitors against Cagliari.
5 of the next 8 rivals are against direct rivals who are less than 10 points away in the table that they can take it out of relegation or finish sinking and confirm its destiny to the second division of Italian football.
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