20-0! Italian football farce in Serie C

Pro Piacenza lost 20-0 at AC Cuneo after only being able to name seven players for Sunday's Serie C match.

The result owed much to the bottom-of-the-league outfit's starting line-up featuring seven players, predominantly from their youth ranks, while they travelled without senior squad members or technical staff due to an on-going strike over non-payment of salaries.

Their numbers briefly swelled to eight during the second half when one of the youngsters, who did not have the correct registration, was allowed to enter the field after an hour – only for the team's moonlighting massage therapist to pull up with injury 14 minutes from time.

Pro Piacenza are in dire financial straits and forfeited 3-0 walkovers in each of their previous matches against Pro Vercelli, Juventus II and Siena.