Sunday, October 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Stadio Comunale , Budoni
N. Madero 70'
G. Pinna 80'
G. Santoro 86' (P)
A. Diop 16'
M. Opoola 60'
Full time

Budoni vs Nocerina Match Recap - Oct 12, 2025

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Budoni’s Stunning Rally Topples Nocerina: Three Late Goals Ignite Serie D Upset and Reshape the Table

For nearly seventy minutes on a breezy Sunday at Stadio Comunale, Budoni seemed consigned to their mid-table fate, trailing a Nocerina side whose form and poise had marked them as early contenders in Serie D’s Girone G. But football, ever unpredictable, demands more than mere resignation to the script; and in eight frenzied minutes, Budoni authored a stirring comeback, transforming a two-goal deficit into a 3-2 victory and thrusting themselves back into the season’s reckoning.

The opening hour offered little hint of the drama to come. Nocerina, fifth in the standings and fresh off a Coppa Italia win, asserted themselves from the outset, exploiting their quickness in transition and capitalizing on a nervy Budoni backline. Their first strike arrived in the 16th minute—a sharp passing move capped off by a low drive that left the home keeper rooted, the visiting supporters behind the south goal rising in chorus. Nocerina’s continued pressure after the break was rewarded again in the 61st minute, when a looping cross from the left was nodded in at the far post, doubling their advantage and seemingly sealing the points.

For Budoni, whose September was defined by draws and defeats, the climb looked steep. Even a resounding 5-0 win at Anzio a week prior felt, by the hour mark, a distant memory. Yet, beneath the surface of their inconsistent campaign, the seeds of resilience had been quietly sown—a resolve that would soon flower under the glare of expectation.

The comeback began in the 69th minute. A hopeful ball fizzed into the Nocerina box was only half-cleared; Budoni pounced, and a thundering volley halved the deficit, stirring the home crowd and shifting the game’s emotional axis. Buoyed more by belief than tactics, Budoni surged forward, their fullbacks pushing high, their midfielders first to every second ball. Nocerina, so assured for so long, began to retreat, their passes suddenly hurried, their defense stretched.

The equalizer arrived with just under ten minutes remaining. Budoni’s winger, irrepressible on the right, beat his marker and slid the ball across the face of goal for a tap-in at the back post. The ground roared as the scoreboard flickered: 2-2, and game on.

Stoppage time neared, the teams locked at two apiece, when Budoni delivered the coup de grâce. A corner whipped in from the left evaded the mass of bodies at the near post, finding a Budoni shirt who glanced his header past the flailing Nocerina keeper. Ecstasy in the stands; disbelief in the visitors’ technical area.

With the result, Budoni leapfrogs from mid-table obscurity to just a win away from the promotion places, now 10th on 8 points but closing in on the cluster above. Nocerina, meanwhile, lose ground in a congested race, their 11 points now only three clear of Budoni and suddenly within reach of the chasing pack.

The swings of form for both sides frame this match as more than a mere upset. Budoni, previously winless at home in the league, have found attacking verve in recent weeks, bookending their Coppa Italia disappointment with emphatic responses. Nocerina, unbeaten in four and riding high on confidence, must recover quickly as their ambitions of top-four finish come under fresh scrutiny.

Head-to-head, this was a fixture that historically favored Nocerina, and for much of the afternoon, that pattern seemed set to repeat. But Budoni’s late show not only rewrote the script—it may reshape the dynamics of Girone G entirely as the autumn fixture list intensifies.

As both teams look ahead, the stakes have sharpened. Budoni, energized and emboldened, now eye a sustained climb up the standings, their attacking depth and newfound grit offering hope of further scalps. Nocerina, stung by their collapse, must regroup to prevent a slip into the chasing pack—a challenge for both coach and squad as the season’s rhythm accelerates.

For now, Stadio Comunale will remember a day when belief, not reputation, proved decisive; and Budoni’s faithful, so often stoic, can dream a little louder of what may still be possible in this erratic, exhilarating campaign.