Lecce 1 : 1 Cesena - Cesena leave it late
Posted Sunday, January 30, 2011 by PA
Erjon Bogdani headed in an injury-time equaliser to earn Cesena a 1-1 draw at Lecce.
In a battle of strugglers at the Via del Mare stadium, Lecce were within seconds of claiming three valuable points in their fight against relegation after benefiting from an 11th-minute goal by Daniele Corvia.
The visitors should have pulled level with nine minutes remaining but Igor Budan saw his penalty saved by Lecce goalkeeper Antonio Rosati, but it was left to Bogdani to end their three-game losing streak.
The result leaves Lecce just one place and one point clear of Cesena, who occupy the final relegation place in Serie A.
The hosts made the better start and took an early lead when Corvia's close-range header from Ruben Oliveira's corner beat Cesena goalkeeper Francesco Antonioli.
Corvia then had a 10-yard shot kept out by Antonioli.
Shortly before half-time, Corvia fed Ruben Oliveira inside the area and he fired on target only for Antonioli to come up with another good save.
Cesena showed more determination after the restart and Bogdani had a speculative shot from distance which flew wide of the right-hand post.
On the hour mark, Corvia could have scored his second of the afternoon but his header from Oliveira's cross went wide.
Cesena responded with Luis Jimenez's right-footed strike from the heart of the area going over the bar.
The visitors got their best chance as the referee pointed to the penalty spot following Nenad Tomovic's handball.
However, Budan's right-footed spot-kick was saved by the keeper as he dived to his right to clear.
Cesena did not give up hope and were rewarded late on as Bogdani converted Luca Ceccarelli's cross.
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