Jay Idzes Appears, Venice Gets Closer to Serie A

Jakarta, Beritasatu.com – Indonesian national team player Jay Idzes appeared and helped bring Venezia closer to promotion to Serie A in the Italian League after beating Feralpisalo, 2-1 in the Serie B match, Monday (6/5/2024) early morning WIB.

In the match week 37 which took place at the Pier Luigi Penzo Stadium, the hosts' two winning goals were scored by Finnish national team striker, Joel Pohjanpalo, in the 60th and 90+3 minutes.

Even though the visitors had equalized the score through Mattia Compagnon's goal in the 83rd minute, the three points left Venezia in third place in the standings with a total of 70 points.

This victory brought them closer to automatic promotion to Serie A, especially after Como, who is in second place, only drew 0-0 against Modena at the Alberto Braglia Stadium on the same day.

The difference is only two points with the club owned by Indonesian businessmen Robert Budi Hartono and Michael Bambang Hartono, and who will get the automatic promotion ticket will be determined next weekend.

Venezia will face Spezia, who is currently in 15th position, at the Alberto Picco Stadium on Saturday (11/5/2024) at 01.30 WIB. Meanwhile, Como will face Cosenza Calcio at home, Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia, who are currently in tenth position in the standings.

In this match, Jay Idzes, after scoring two goals in the previous match against Catanzaro on Wednesday (1/5/2024), performed brilliantly in his 25th performance.

He was placed by Venice coach, Paulo Vanoli, in a 3-5-2 formation with Michael Svoboda and Giorgio Altare in the back line. Idzes' performance included six sweeps, two blocked shotsone interception, one tackle, 108 touches, 90 passes with 97% accuracy, as well as one successful long pass.

Additionally, he also succeeded in two ground duels out of four occasions, six aerial duels of eight occasions, and one dribble success of two trials.