Italian minnow disqualified after 20-0 'farce'

Italian third-tier side Pro Piacenza was on Monday excluded from Serie C after fielding a team of just seven players in a 20-0 loss to league rival Cuneo, governing body Lega Pro announced.

Financially troubled Pro Piacenza, a side from northern Italy, has been unable to pay its players and staff, who have been on strike for several weeks.

Before Sunday's trip to Cuneo in Piedmont, northern Italy, bottom club Pro Piacenza had already forfeited three matches and a fourth would have seen it kicked out of Serie C.