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Lecce won 2-1 away at Pisa and took a decisive step toward survival, condemning the Tuscan side to relegation to Serie B, along with Verona.
After a first half that ended 0-0, the match came to life in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Lameck Banda broke the deadlock with a powerful diagonal finish at the end of a perfect counterattack started by Ramadani and set up by Cheddira.
Pisa responded immediately and equalized in the 56th minute through Leris, who produced a brilliant volley.
But in the 65th minute came the decisive blow: a counterattack led by Pierotti, who carried the ball from halfway and picked out Cheddira, who kept his cool to beat Semper with a precise diagonal finish. It was the Moroccan striker’s first goal of the season, and he celebrated in tears after such a massive goal.
Lecce moved further clear of the relegation zone (putting pressure on Cremonese), while for Pisa the dream of survival is now definitively over.
Lecce had a goal ruled out late on against Pisa. Santiago Pierotti drove forward with the ball and shot at goal; Camarda got a backheel touch on its path, diverting it past Semper.
The celebrations did not last long, though: the young striker was in an offside position and the goal was disallowed.
Leris swung in a cross from the left, Toure nodded it on, and Piccinini powered a close-range header toward goal.
The Lecce goalkeeper reacted with an incredible reflex save on the line, pushing the ball away and denying what looked like a certain goal.
Lecce regained the lead away at Pisa thanks to Walid Cheddira.
A lightning-fast counterattack: Santiago Pierotti set off from his own half, beat a couple of opponents, and played Cheddira into the box, where he controlled the ball and fired across goal past Adrian Semper.

It was 1-2 to the Salento side. The Moroccan striker’s first goal in Lecce colors, and he let himself go with a wild celebration in front of the away section: shirt off and an inevitable yellow card.
Pisa responded immediately and found the equalizer against Lecce through Mehdi Leris.
From a throw-in situation, the ball was headed clear but fell to the winger, who timed it perfectly and struck it on the volley into the corner to the right of Wladimiro Falcone.
A brilliant goal that made it 1-1 and completely reopened the contest.
Lecce opened the scoring away at Pisa with a superb team move.
Ylber Ramadani released Walid Cheddira, who held off two defenders and managed to spread the ball left to Lameck Banda. The winger drove into the box, set himself, and unleashed a powerful left-footed diagonal strike that beat Adrian Semper.
A balanced game but with few real chances. Pisa threatened mainly through Vanja Stojilkovic, who came close to scoring twice: first with a shot into the side netting when one-on-one with Wladimiro Falcone, then when he was denied by a decisive intervention from Tiago Gabriel.

Lecce replied with a fortunate moment: a mistake by Akinsanmiro almost resulted in an own goal, with Adrian Semper preventing the worst.
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