Italian side thumped 20-0 after fielding seven teenagers THROWN OUT of Serie C by league authorities

The Serie C side who were thrashed 20-0 on Sunday have been thrown out of the division by the league’s authorities. 

Lega Pro, who oversee Italy’s third tier, decided to kick out Pro Piacenza after their ignominious defeat to Cuneo because only four of the players who featured were properly registered.

The club fielded seven teenagers in an attempt to avoid expulsion from the division, having already forfeited three matches this season.  

But on Monday afternoon Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro), who run Serie C, reported that three of the player registrations had been rejected and thus the club failed to field the minimum requirement of seven players. 

Pro Piacenza were thrashed 20-0 on Sunday and were 16-0 down by half-time against Cuneo

The club fielded seven teenagers to avoid expulsion but Serie C threw them out on Monday

Four of the seven were not registered correctly so they didn’t meet minimum requirements

Pro Piacenza had managed to cobble together seven players aged between 16 and 19, and one other – believed to be a 39-year-old physio – who was registered before the second half.   

The team did not have a manager so captain Nicola Cirigliano was listed as the coach, however the club’s efforts were all in vain. 

The club, who are in serious financial difficulty and have not paid their players all season, had already been deducted eight points before this weekend’s embarrasing result. 

 The heavy defeat on Sunday was branded a ‘farce’ by local newspaper Sport Piacenza

Cuneo had only scored 18 goals in 24 matches before the game while Pro Piacenza had not lost by a greater margin than five goals this season.

Edoardo Defendi scored five for the hosts while Hicham Kanis scored a double hat-trick. 

Michele Emmausso and Francesco De Stefano also padded out their goal tallies with a hat-trick each. 

Sunday’s defeat was branded a ‘farce’ by local newspaper Sport Piacenza, who stopped their live coverage at half-time with the score at 16-0.