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AS Pro Piacenza 1919 Lose Match 20-0 to Cuneo; Hicham Kanis Scores 6 Goals

Serie C side AS Pro Piacenza lost 20-0 to Cuneo on Sunday after the club—currently experiencing extreme financial difficulties—fielded a team made up of seven teenagers.

Piacenza have been flirting with bankruptcy for a number of months and just about met the minimum requirement of players after their squad went on strike for not being paid, per Joe Prince-Wright of NBC Sports. The team's captain had to take over as manager in their latest one-sided defeat.

The team has already been forced to forfeit a number of matches this season and will be axed from Italy's third division if they forfeit another.