Coulibaly brace fires Lecce past Monza in five-goal thriller

Lecce's dream start rolls on as two identical corner routines sink struggling Monza at the Via del Mare.

Lecce

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NS · Serie A

Monza

Competition

Serie A

Score

Lecce 3-2 Monza

Scorers

Coulibaly (2), Tiago Gabriel; Mangas

Venue

Stadio Via del Mare

What happened. Lecce beat Monza 3-2, with Lassana Coulibaly scoring twice and Tiago Gabriel adding a header from a corner. Ivan Ilic supplied the corner for both of Lecce's first two goals.

Coulibaly headed in Ilic's third-minute corner, then Tiago Gabriel repeated the routine.
Monza replied through Ricardo Mangas, who tapped in Samuele Birindelli's low cross.
Coulibaly prodded home Danilo Veiga's cross at the near post for his second.

Lecce's strong opening run continues, while winless Monza remain deep in early relegation trouble.

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