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Venezia suffer last-gasp Salernitana defeat after bizarre Ampadu red card

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Milan, Oct 26, 2021 (AFP) - Venezia fell to a late 2-1 home defeat to Salernitana on Tuesday after Ethan Ampadu's strange sending off left the hosts down to 10 men for more than 20 minutes.

Andrea Schiavone swept home the winner for Salernitana in the 95th minute in Venice to complete a come-from-behind win in the clash between struggling promoted sides.

The away side moved off the bottom of the table with seven points but are still in the relegation zone despite their first away win of the season.

They are level with third-from-bottom Genoa, who earned a 1-1 draw at Spezia thanks to Domenico Criscito's 85th-minute penalty.

Salernitana had a man advantage from the 67th minute, with the scores level through goals from Mattia Aramu and Federico Bonazzoli.

Wales midfielder Ampadu performed what looked to be a perfect tackle to dispossess Franck Ribery, but referee Marco Di Bello pulled out his red card.

Venezia players surrounded Di Bello in protest and the match official then went to the pitchside screen to check his decision after being prompted by VAR.

However Di Bello inexplicably confirmed his decision to send off Ampadu, on loan at Venezia from Chelsea.

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