Thanks to a brace from Lorenzo Privitera, top scorer with 12 goals, and a goal from Kevin Montanaro, Catania Under 19 won today 3-0 over Casertana, achieving their sixth consecutive victory, eleventh in the 14 matches played in this tournament , and maintaining a three-point lead over Giugliano, second in the standings. The team coached by Marco Biagianti will return to the field on Saturday 2 March: Recanatese-Catania is scheduled.
Primavera 4 Championship 2023/24 – Group B
Sixteenth matchday, Saturday 24 February - Nesima
Catania-Casertana 3-0
Goals: pt 11th Privitera; st 25° Montanaro, 30° Privitera.
Catania: 1 Torrisi; 2 Allegra (33rd st 14 Bonaccorso), 3 Di Stefano, 4 Forti, 5 Pappalardo (K), 6 Patalano, 7 Privitera (33rd st 24 Paradiso), 8 Di Pietro (VK), 9 Corallo (17th st 17 Montanaro), 10 Coriolano (17th st 20 Russo), 11 D'Emilio (33rd st 16 Arena). Available: 12 D'Asero; 13 Giannetto, 15 Gulli, 18 Maugeri, 19 Indelicato, 21 Cristaldi, 22 Toscano, 23 Insinga. Coach: Biagianti.
Casertana: 1 Russian; 2 Gragnaniello, 3 Saviano (VK), 4 La Resta, 5 De Falco, 6 Rocca, 7 Rispoli (9th st 20 Alfano), 8 Lombardi, 9 Romagno, 10 Siciliano (K), 11 Coppola. Available: 13 Monaco, 14 De Rosa, 15 June, 16 Berardinelli, 17 Esposito, 18 Benincasa, 19 Saraniero. Coach: Massaro.
Booked: Strong (CT); Coppola, Esposito (CE).
Recovery times: st 1': st 3'.
Referee: Mirko Currò (Messina).
Assistants: Sergio Privitera (Catania) and Davide Orazio Belfiore (Acireale).
In the afternoon, two other red and blue youth teams were on the field, both victorious:
- Under 17 Regionals, group D - twenty-first matchday - S.Maria-Catania 1-3: for the boys managed by Umberto Fabiano, goals from Privitera, Ferlito and Sottile;
- Under 15 Regionals, group D - twenty-first matchday - Catania-Enna 3-2: for the team led by Guglielmo Gravino, a brace from Impallomeni and a goal from Mascara.
