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Venezia clinch promotion back to Serie A as Frosinone move into second

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Published 1 month ago

Venezia will return to the Italian top flight following their 2-2 draw away to La Spezia on Friday in the penultimate round of Serie B.

[p]After squandering a two-goal lead in the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/spezia-re6VD39b/venezia-MkPmVv50/?mid=2wYOfZC4"]final moments of their match on the Ligurian coast[/a], the Venetians thought they would have to wait another week to book their ticket to Serie A.[/p][p]That was until [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/mantova/z7WK5Pwb/"]Mantova[/a] scored a 96th-minute winner to beat third-placed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/monza/4YSMlwj7/"]Monza[/a] 3-2 and ensure promotion for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/venezia/MkPmVv50/"]Venezia[/a] ahead of the final matchday.[/p][p][b]With 79 points, the Lagunari are guaranteed to finish in one of the top two places in the league, which means automatic promotion to the top flight.[/b][/p][embed guid="42977dbb-1f92-4ca9-8ec6-e8bc720dbb7e" url="https://x.com/SerieA_EN/status/2050232617589440719" social-type="twitter" /][p]Venezia, owned by American investors since 2015, will begin their 15th season in the top flight in August and will aim to avoid the yo-yo effect of returning to Serie B after just one season, as has happened following their three previous promotions.[/p][p][b]They could be joined automatically in Serie A by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/frosinone/pfo9H1Wp/"]Frosinone[/a], who moved into second place on 78 points on Friday at Monza's expense.[/b][/p][p]Having won 1-0 at Juve Stabia, Frosinone are three points clear of Monza and need just one point to secure their fourth season in Serie A.[/p][p]The third ticket to the top flight will be decided in play-offs featuring the teams ranked third to eighth at the end of the regular season.[/p]

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