An ugly Torres lets Pontedera beat him: it ends 1-0

And now there is fear of ending up in the playout zone . Torres ' advantage drops to just two lengths after the home defeat with the non-irresistible Pontedera . Catanese 's goal in the first half is enough for the guests (left alone to hit the header) to take away the entire post as in the first leg. And in the end they are boos.

All under the eyes of a guest of honour: Gianfranco Zola , former rossoblù of the team who landed in C1 and now vice president of Lega Pro. Very sought after for selfies and autographs.

In the starting eleven Sottili surprisingly proposes Garau in goal and Ruocco in attack together with Omoregbe. The rossoblù got off to a decent start making themselves dangerous in the 10th minute with a low free-kick from Urso and in the 24th minute with a cross from Ruocco, who puts Lora back in the middle. Ruocco himself goes twice with a foot and a header but without the necessary power.

Pontedera passes in the first real action: in the 28th minute the full-back Peli sinks to the right, crosses and Catanese is alone and hits the header.

The match could be readjusted after Ladinetti's expulsion (but perhaps the blow to the face on Masala had taken him from a teammate), but Urso commits a foul five minutes later to stop an opponent after Dametto's mistake and it's back ten against ten . Toscani who in the 42nd minute go close to doubling with Cioffi who, however, once in the box raises the shot.

In the second half, the Sottili coach made the changes. Omoregbe wakes up and produces two accelerations with a cross from the right but his teammates don't take advantage of it. In the final we also see Scotto, who grazes the post on a free kick. The only happy note of a competition that testifies to the mental involution of a group that is committed but does not have enough malice or quality to get out of anxiety.