Struggling team takes 20-0 drubbing

[Kyng]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47273170

If you think your team was on the receiving end of a poor result this weekend, then spare a thought for Italian minnows Pro Piacenza.

The Serie C Group A strugglers were beaten 20-0 - yes, that's twenty-nil - at league rivals Cuneo on Sunday afternoon.

They were trailing 16-0 at half-time, with Cuneo's Hicham Kanis scoring six goals before the interval, and fellow striker Edoardo Defendi getting five.

In Pro Piacenza's defence, there were mitigating factors.

Currently bottom of Italy's third tier, the northern club are in serious financial trouble. They were deducted eight points earlier in the campaign and have reportedly failed to pay their players since August - resulting in the resignation of the majority of their first-team squad.

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Wow, this is embarrassing, and it's unlikely to help their case as they try desperately to rebuild .

Good luck to them on getting out of the deep hole they're in: they'll certainly need it!