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Match report
Football Elite
Division 3: Round 25 (setup 4, season 9)
Spezia
v.
Sheffield United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
16
Overall form:
Home form:
Alessandro IACOBUCCI17Lee GRANT
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
Home form:
Cristiano PICCINI727Aleksei BEREZUTSKY
Matteo DARMIAN37Joe CHALMERS
Simone MISSIROLI47Joe ALLEN
Simone ROMAGNOLI5Harry MAGUIRE
Raffaele SCHIAVI666Adrian MARIAPPA
Goran PANDEV677Agustín Lionel ALLIONE
Lloyd SAM78Jesse LINGARD
Stefano OKAKA Chuka9Luca TONI
Leonardo PAVOLETTI10Callum McGREGOR
Nicola SANSONE711Matt PHILLIPS
Manager
MÁRIO RUI Silva Duarte12Barry ROBSON
Enrico GUARNA13Jamal BLACKMAN
Davide DI GENNARO14Danny INGS
Agostino GAROFALO15Steven FLETCHER
Simone BENEDETTI16Kenny MILLER

Spezia 3 Sheffield United 1
(Half-time: 3-1, Attendance: 10,226, Stadium: Alberto Picco, Referee: Lubos MICHEL 5½)
18 Okaka, 23 Sansone, 32 SansoneScorers5 Lingard
58 Romagnoli <=> Di GennaroSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
3Corners3
9Fouls9
12Offsides7
7Shots on4
9Shots off10
16Total shots14
4Shots saved1
50%Possession50%
Man of the match: Matteo DARMIAN
2LINGARD brought the ball away from PAVOLETTI and rattled a weak shot into the crowd.
5GOAL!! A long clearance by the Sheffield United 'keeper beat the Spezia defence and LINGARD drove the ball past the advancing IACOBUCCI. (1-0 Sheffield United)
12A corner found SANSONE who headed an effort wide.
12SCHIAVI clipped the ball through a crowd of players but GRANT was a match for it as he dived to his right.
18GOAL!! A deep cross by DARMIAN was met by OKAKA who galloped in to score. (1-1)
19A good effort from TONI scraped the top of the crossbar.
20The Sheffield United 'keeper parried a clever shot from PAVOLETTI.
22MCGREGOR ran onto a wonderful ball from ALLEN but dragged his shot wide of the lefthand post.
23GOAL!! A terrible backpass by CHALMERS enabled SANSONE to nip in and hammer the ball past GRANT. (2-1 Spezia)
27SAM made space on the right and touched the ball to SANSONE who clipped the ball wide.
29IACOBUCCI did well to hold onto a powerful strike from MCGREGOR.
32GOAL!! A patient Spezia side were rewarded with a fierce shot from SANSONE. (3-1 Spezia)
 
56SAM flicked an easy chance past the righthand post.
58ALLEN beat SCHIAVI and blasted the ball to MCGREGOR who fired his shot wide.
61A wonderful save prevented LINGARD from scoring a lovely goal.
63BEREZUTSKY beat two Spezia players and blasted a great chance over the bar.
66A cross from PANDEV left SAM in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
68A shot from PICCINI held little difficulty for the Sheffield United 'keeper.
69SAM was put clear by DARMIAN and he raced past GRANT but glanced his shot just beyond the near post.
72A penalty box scramble resulted in LINGARD cracking a low shot over.
82SANSONE chipped the ball to SAM who turned it over.
90+2The Spezia 'keeper was able to palm clear an amazing effort.