Patrick Dorgu scored the one purpose of the sport as Lecce recorded a 1-0 victory away in opposition to Venezia in in , which took the guests out of the relegation zone and inside 4 factors of the highest half.
Each groups have been within the drop zone earlier than kick-off, with Venezia rooted to the underside of the desk on eight factors after their first 12 factors of the season, with Lecce two locations and one level above them.
Although Venezia dominated possession and bettered their opponents by way of pictures heading in the right direction, it was Lecce who discovered the breakthrough after 70 minutes.
Antonio Gallo discovered himself with loads of room to run into on the left flank, earlier than sending a well-placed cross-field cross over to Dorgu on the correct, who dispatched with a first-time end from shut vary.
The 20-year-old’s strike lifted Lecce out of the relegation zone and into fifteenth place within the league standings, only one level shy of Roma in twelfth, three factors shy of Torino in eleventh and 4 off Empoli in tenth.
Full-time in Serie A: Venezia 0-1 Lecce
Dorgu 70′.