Pierotti double lifts Lecce and leaves Parma in trouble
Santiago Pierotti scored twice in the second half to give Lecce a much-needed 3-1 win at Parma and move the team out of the Serie A relegation zone for the first time since early November.
The victory followed two heavy defeats for Marco Giampaolo’s side and lifted them from 18th to 13th place in the 20-team table.
Lecce showed admirable resilience after seeing a goal disallowed from Nikola Krstović in the 24th minute and then going behind to another video-assisted decision, this time a penalty award that was dispatched by Emanuele Valeri.
But Krstović got the goal his hard work deserved two minutes later and then his assist allowed Argentina-born striker Pierotti to put the visitors ahead after 63 minutes.
A second-half substitute, Pierotti made sure of all three points – and only Lecce’s second win since mid-December – with a clinching goal in the third minute of stoppage time.
The result extended Parma’s grim run of just one league win in their last nine matches. They dropped to 18th and in the relegation zone.
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