Danny Szetela returned to action, but promotion contenders Brescia, with a starting lineup modified by injuries and suspension, were defeated by tenth place Triestina 1-0 on the road Friday night.

Brescia head coach Serse Cosmi, without midfielders Alessio Tacchinardi and Marius Stankevicius and striker Davide Possanzini, ran a 3-5-2 formation with youngsters Gaetano Berardi and Adam Vass lined up.

The first half was a dreary struggle, with both teams trying for control the game.

In the second half, home side Triestina got off to a quick start, and after fifteen minutes, midfielder Riccardo Allegretti scored on a free kick to put his team ahead to stay.

Cosmi then brought on attacking midfielder Roberto De Zerbi, former Columbus Crew midfielder Szetela and Hungarian forward Robert Feczesin to change the match to no avail.

With this loss, Brescia falls to seven points out of an automatic promotion place ahead of hosting next-to-last Spezia next Saturday.

Scoring
TRI - Riccardo Allegretti 4 60'

Line-ups
TRI - David Dei; Georgios Kyriazis, Martin Petras, Ildenfons Lima, Emanuele Pesaresi; Alessandro Sgrigna, Riccardo Allegretti, Nicola Princivalli (Luigi Piangerelli 89'), Emiliano Testini (Federico Rizzi 14'), Luigi Della Rocca (Andrea Milani 74'), Pablo Granoche

BRE - Emiliano Viviano; Davide Zoboli, Gaetano Berardi, Simone Dallamano; Marco Zambelli, Fabrizio Zambrella (Danny Szetela 74'), Adam Vass, Leandro Depetris, Luigi Scaglia (Roberto De Zerbi 53'); Andrea Caracciolo, Fabio Bazzani 69' (Robert Feczesin 65')