Frosinone routs visiting Lecce 5‑1 as Birligea scores twice
FROSINONE, Italy (Interstat) — Frosinone routed visiting Lecce 5-1 on Thursday at Stadio Benito Stirpe, using a three-goal second half to pull away. Frosinone led 1-0 at halftime and added two more goals before Lecce replied. Matteo Cichella opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Antonio Raimondo doubled the lead in the 59th, and Daniel Birligea made it 3-0 in the 72nd. Joel Monteiro pulled one back for Lecce in the 82nd, but Birligea added his second in stoppage time, in the 90th minute plus four. Cichella scored once, Monteiro scored once, Calo scored once, Kvernadze had two assists, Raimondo scored once, Birligea scored twice, and Ghedjemis, Schmid and Gorter each had one assist. Lecce’s Tiago Gabriel, Oumar Ngom and J. Siebert received yellow cards. Frosinone improved to 5-2-2 in the competition and 6-2-2 across all competitions. Lecce fell to 3-6 in the competition and 3-7 overall.