Trapani earned a 1-0 win away to Spezia in the Serie B promotion play-off semi-final, but the hosts were furious.
Spezia had the better of the first half, as they hit the crossbar with a spectacular Emanuele Calaio overhead kick.
Right on the stroke of half-time, they had a strong penalty appeal waved away for the clumsy tackle on Antonio Piccolo.
Spezia continued to dominate and stung the goalkeeper’s gloves with a fierce Kvrzic volley, but failed to break down Serse Co
Trapani earned a 1-0 win away to Spezia in the Serie B promotion play-off semi-final, but the hosts were furious.
Spezia had the better of the first half, as they hit the crossbar with a spectacular Emanuele Calaio overhead kick.
Right on the stroke of half-time, they had a strong penalty appeal waved away for the clumsy tackle on Antonio Piccolo.
Spezia continued to dominate and stung the goalkeeper’s gloves with a fierce Kvrzic volley, but failed to break down Serse Cosmi’s side.
However, on 78 minutes Igor Coronado was allowed to run relatively undisturbed down the right flank and he placed a snooker shot into the far bottom corner.
The second leg of this semi-final is played in Trapani on Tuesday evening.
As the Sicilians finished higher up the table in the regular season, they will go through to the Final if this tie ends level on aggregate.
The other semi-final first leg between Novara and Pescara is tomorrow.
Spezia 0-1 Trapani
Scorers: Coronado 78 (T)