By Daily sports on April 25, 2021
Nigerian forward Simy scored twice as Crotone delayed their Serie A relegation on Saturday with a 4-3 win over fellow strugglers Parma.
Both clubs look destined for Serie B next season with second-last Parma 11 points off safety with five games left, and Crotone two points behind.
A defeat would have seen the Calabrians mathematically demoted, instead they grabbed their first away win this season.
Lisandro Magallan nodded Crotone ahead after quarter of an hour in the Tardini Stadium.
Brazilian Hernani pulled Parma level 15 minutes later but Simy and Adam Ounas added two more before the break for the visitors.
Gervinho and Valentini Mihaila struck twice in eight minutes after the break for Parma to level at 3-3.
But a Yordon Osorio foul on Arkadiusz Reca saw the referee point to the spot and Simy slotted in the penalty to bring his tally to 19 league goals this season, and 12 in the last nine games.
“It’s a strange moment, I can't be happy at 100 per cent,” said the 28-year-old who is the third top scorer in Serie A behind Cristiano Ronaldo (25) and Romelu Lukaku (21).
“It’s true that on an individual level I'm doing well, but that’s not enough, what matters is the team, and we’re struggling.
“We deserved this victory for a long time. Now there are five games to go, we need to finish the championship in the best way possible.”
Eighth-placed Sassuolo kept their push for Europa League football alive with a 1-0 win over Sampdoria.
Domenico Berardi scored an acrobatic overhead goal on 69 minutes off a rebound after Samp defender Omar Colley had gotten in the way of his goal-bound header with the ball coming back to the Italy forward to finish off in style from close range with his back to goal.
Sassuolo stretched their winning streak to four games to move six points off Lazio in sixth position. (AFP)
•PHOTO: Simy Nwankwo
Source Daily sports
Posted April 25, 2021
You may also like...
FG Makes U-Turn, Lifts Suspension On Nigeria’s Basketball...
NFF Orders Suspension Of NPFL
Dembele Agrees To Join PSG
Golf: Shaibu’s wife wins back-to-back BCG ladies tourney...
Icardi Leaves Inter Training Camp amid Transfer Rumours...
Di Maria Magic Earns Super Cup Win for...
UCL: Lookman set for Atletico return against Barca
Organisers brace for National Schools Football tourney
Semi Final Teams Emerge As Coast Clear For Final Ceremony Of 7th U-13 JOF Kids Cup Tournament
Okoye keeps seventh clean sheet in Como draw
Nnadozie relishes FA Cup progress
Akpokona recovering well, doesn’t need assistance – Son
NOC Plans To Mark 2026 Olympic Day On June 27
Onojuvwevwo sets world lead as Ogundiran breaks NAIA record
Ethiopians sweep top spots in Yenagoa 10km race
Remo, 3SC rekindle South West derby in Ikenne
NPFL: Mbaoma chase Obaje, Arumala in Golden Boot race
Chelle keen on Kayode for AFCON 2027
Most Read
Rangers International going, going . . . (63,687 views)
Amaju Pinnick: A cat with nine lives (55,005 views)
Second Term: Amaju Pinnick, Other NFF Heavyweights Home to Roost •How Pinnick Broke the Jinx (52,923 views)
Current issues in Nigerian sports: Matters arising (52,528 views)
Sports Development: Zenith Bank on the zenith (52,458 views)
Missing $150,000 IAAF Grant: Solomon Dalung’s Hide and Seek game (52,364 views)
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje’s solid footprints, commitment to sports development in Kano State (52,220 views)
NFF Presidency: Pinnick, Maigari, Ogunjobi, Okoye in Battle for Supremacy (51,767 views)
Olopade, BET9A wave of revolution in NNL (50,953 views)
Commonwealth Games 2018: Shame of Muhammadu Buhari, Solomon Dalung (49,462 views)
Ibrahimovic’s Man U exit: Whose decision is it? And in whose interest? (47,866 views)
John Mikel Obi: Segun Odegbami’s Outrageous Call! (47,339 views)