Soccer match ends 20-0

(ANSA) - Piacenza, February 18 - A third-tier soccer match ended up 20-0 as the losing side fielded just seven teenage academy players amid financial woes.
    "It's an unprecedented disgrace," said Sports Undersecretary Giancarlo Giorgetti after Pro Piacenza's 16 to 19 year olds lost at Cuneo, without a coach and with a masseur coming on as a substitute at one point.
    The club has no senior players or coaches left after being unable to pay their wages for months.
    Sunday's game came after their opponents were awarded three matches in a row because of their inability to field a team.
    Italian Soccer Federation (FIGC) President Gabriele Gravina said "this will be the last farce".
    Soccer authorities are expected to sanction Pro Piacenza Monday.
    photo: Gravina