The battle to escape relegation was upended by Empoli's win over Parma last night, which put further pressure on both of these teams. After three straight losses, Hellas was still not safe. They were without injured players Davide Faraoni and Abdou Harroui, but they had returned Diego Coppola and Daniele Ghilardi from suspension and Casper Tengstedt from injury. The Salentini missed Gaby Jean and Filip Marchwinski for the remainder of the season after finishing in the bottom three with just four draws from 12 rounds.
After a free kick routine, Tete Morente put Lorenzo Montipò to the test at the near post. Nikola Krstovic beat the sprinting goalkeeper by setting off the offside trap on the Tete Morente through pass, giving Lecce a well-earned lead. In celebration, he held up the jersey in memory of Graziano Fiorita, a physiotherapist who passed away unexpectedly last month.