Playoff Semifinals, Serie B Results: Spezia and Juve Stabia Win

Rome, May 21, 2025 – The first act of the playoff semifinals sees Spezia and Juve Stabia smiling, who beat Catanzaro away and Cremonese at home respectively. For the Ligurians it is an excellent result, given that they will have to play the return match at home and can also settle for a defeat, as they finished in third place in the standings at the end of the regular season.

For Iemmello and his teammates, however, it will take a feat to overturn today's defeat and manage to snatch the pass to the final, but this season they have already shown that they can defeat the Ligurians.

In the other match, however, Juve Stabia got the better of Cremonese , but not without regrets, given the opportunities not exploited to the fullest and the result that went from 2-0 to 2-1 in the 77th minute after Johnesn 's goal. Now the grigiorossi will try in every way to overturn the result and, given their favorable position in the standings, they can also be satisfied with a victory with just one goal difference.

The first act is for Juve Stabia, but Cremo is alive

Juve Stabia wins, fueling the promotion dream, but Pagliuca 's boys cannot be fully satisfied with the result, which could have been even more tempting. In any case, it is an excellent starting point, which puts them in an advantageous position in view of the return match.

The match opens with both teams not wanting to expose themselves, with the first shot of the match being that of De Luca in the 12th minute, which does not create problems for Thiam, who blocks without problems. In the 20th minute Juve Stabia also tries to make itself seen with Piscopo who shoots from the edge, but fails to find the target.

Adorante 's conclusion was decidedly more dangerous three minutes later, with a right-foot volley that ended just over. The home team continued to push, and after having warmed up Fulignati 's gloves in the 31st minute with Adorante, they took the lead in the 34th minute with Pierobon , who from the edge of the area found the bottom corner and left the Grigiorossi goalkeeper with no chance. The goal galvanized the Gialloblù, who shortly after came very close to doubling their lead with Floriani Mussolini , who hit the crossbar one-on-one with Fulignati.

In the second half, Juve Stabia still had the ball in hand, and in the 58th minute, they deservedly doubled their lead with Adorante , who put Candellone 's header back into the net after being parried by Fulignati. Cremonese immediately had the chance to reopen the game with a penalty kick won by Folino following a foul by Floriani Mussolini, but De Luca kicked it high, wasting everything. In the 65th minute, Juve Stabia once again became dangerous, again with Adorante who, however, did not hit the target and missed the shot that would definitively knock them out.

Cremonese came back into the game in the 77th minute, halving the deficit with Johnsen , who scored on Barbieri 's low cross. The return match will be played on Sunday at 17:15: Juve Stabia will try to defend their lead while Cremonese will try to overturn the defeat.

Spezia, one foot and a half in the final

Spezia 's journey in these playoffs starts very well, with the away win at Cervolo against Catanzaro that puts a serious mortgage on the passage of the round, given that the return match will be played at Picco and Lapadula and his teammates will also have the ranking factor on their side. The first chance of the match is Pio Esposito 's in the 2nd minute, with the attacker's header that grazes the crossbar of Pigliacelli 's goal. In the following minutes the match gets dirty, with the first half ending with four yellow cards, but neither team finds the way to the net. The match is uncorked in the 49th minute with a goal by Di Serio , who taps in Aurelio 's deflected left-footed shot and gives his team the lead. In the 59th minute the number 20 almost doubles the lead, but Pigliacelli outdoes himself and concedes a corner. The 2.0, however, is postponed by only two minutes, given that in the 61st minute Pio Esposito finds his eighteenth goal of the season on a free kick. The hosts' most dangerous chance came only in the 96th minute, but Pompetti 's free kick did not hit the goal defended by Gori . Ceravolo's 2.0 strengthened Spezia's advantage, and even with a draw as the overall result they would still advance to the next round, given their higher position in the standings at the end of the regular season. Catanzaro will need a miracle to overturn the result, but this season the Giallorossi have already shown that they can hurt Spezia even at the Picco, the theater of the return match that will be played on Sunday at 19:30.