DUNFERMLINE - ANNI SETTANTA 1-2

Dunfermline saw their unbeaten run, and virtually any hope of making the top-two, brought to an abrupt end at the hands of Anni Settanta, who had been the last side able to beat them earlier this season and have now closed the gap from The Pars to only 2 points.
Fabio Frassinelli pulled out when already at the pitch owing to a flu, therefore Leonardo Perugini, who deployed himself in goal, introduced Fausto Crosetti in defence alongside Matteo Bovalino.
Mattia Maneschi was handed a starting berth on the right flank, with Aldo Marletta in the middle of the park and Marco Cantelli completing the midfield pack.
Alberto Buccianti, as usual, played the lone striker role.
The Pars tried to send their charges forward and they had a couple of half-chances, before Cevasco denied Marletta on two occasions from as many free-kicks, while Cantelli also went close with at least one incisive initiative.
The visitors took the lead, though, from a long range effort which cannonned off Bovalino's thigh, thus wrongfooting Perugini.
Dunfermline had another chance with Buccianti, who was well controlled by the Cevasco when just about to fire home.

HALF TIME: Dunfermline 0, Anni Settanta 1

Fabio Boccaccio was introduced for Maneschi and Davide Filippi replaced Crosetti at the beginning of the second half.
Minutes into the second period, Buccianti flicked on the ball towards Boccaccio, who played a square ball which was woefully intercepted by Tucci, the AS's skipper, whose touch drove the ball just past Cevasco to give Dunfermline a deserved equaliser.
After such a fluke, though, the lads failed to build on a more comfortable scoreline and often looked out of sorts with the ball at their feet.
Anni Settanta took the lead once again as a shot from outside the box was poory parried by Perugini and the ball fell kindly to one of the AS forwards who fired home.
Perugini, who had previously pulled off a prodigious save to deny the opponents, didn't make any further changes.
Boccaccio had his own chance from a well taken free-kick, but Cevasco was once again magnificent in denying him, as well as he was from a halfway effort by Filippi, who would've scored a goal of the season candidate had his shot not found the visitors' keeper's gloves.
The final onslaught didn't produce much and the game encountered its end after 3 minutes of stoppage time.

FULL TIME: Dunfermline 1, Anni Settanta 2


DUNFERMLINE
1 Perugini
17 Crosetti (8 Filippi)
11 Bovalino
20 Maneschi (2 Boccaccio)
5 Marletta (c)
6 Cantelli
9 Buccianti

SUBS: 10 Frassinelli
MANAGER: Perugini
SCORERS: Tucci og (1-1)
CAUTIONS: -


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