The derby between Virtus Romagna and San Marino Academy ends 2-2 • newsrimini.it
FEMALE VIRTUS ROMAGNA-ACADEMY SAN MARINO 2-2
THE TABLE
VIRTUE: Faccani, Mencaccini, Berti, Falcioni, Giuva, De Oliveira, Guidi, Insinna, Maraldi, Monaco, Sabetti. Coach: Imbriani.
SAN MARINO: Giorgi, Taioli, Lanzarotti, Comandini, Dulbecco, Giudice, Turnone, Cabrera, Cardillo, Giardina, D’Orazio, Severino. Coach: Pini.
REFEREES: Sodano di Bologna, The Tower of Lugo di Romagna. CHRONO: Giliberti from Forlì.
NETWORKS: 9 ‘pt aut. Taioli, 12 ‘pt Comandini, 20’ pt Giudice, 19 ‘st Falcioni.
WARNINGS: Pini, Turnone.
EXPELLED: 20 ‘St Turnone.
CHRONICLE AND COMMENT
The first round of Virtus Romagna ends with a home draw against San Marino, at the end of a derby worthy of the name, very hard fought, open and which once again saw the hosts waste as delicious opportunities.
And this last consideration is certainly the one that worries most at Virtus. More than a draw, more than a victory that hasn’t come for three games now, more than bad luck that seems to continue to rage against the virtuoso squad. Of course, there are several asterisks to place in this tie: Mencaccini and Faccani recover at the last minute and, with just one training session in their legs, they play the whole game, but obviously they are not at their best; moreover, during the match first Berti is forced to leave early due to injury and then De Oliveira stops due to cramps, then trying to return to the field and get up to the triple whistle. But despite all this, the errors in front of goal are all blue pencil, especially then those of Mencaccini, Insinna and Giuva in the second half, who saw the virtussines make a mistake a few steps from the door with the mirror of the same hindered by everything if not by the desperate outgoing doorman. Virtus grabs the final 2-2 goal only seconds in the final match, managing at least one point from a match that otherwise would have been mocking.
And to think that the players of Imbriani who, after a few minutes, find the lucky deviation of Taioli on a corner scheme, worried by the presence behind Guidi. The advantage, however, lasts just a few minutes: the equal goal is thanks to Comandini who overtakes Faccani with a header on a rebound resulting from a shot from outside that the virtussino goalkeeper was unable to block in a single time.
The recovery is much more crackling than the first fraction. Virtus tries in every way to impact the match by wasting many chances, but this opens up spaces that San Marino tries to exploit to close the match. Falcioni’s goal 55 seconds from the triple whistle makes Virtus burst with joy, who also plays the last 35 seconds of the challenge in numerical superiority. Mencaccini tries with an instant punch from the end with a shot from outside, but once again the lack of precision does not reward the host with the ball coming out by a whisker.
At the end of the game, speak Insinuateauthor of a great performance and protagonist on several very dangerous occasions. «As certainly for many other teams, the period is delicate. Every week the number of absences is high and training is undermined by this, despite being organized in the best possible way by the coach ».
Then he adds, commenting on the 2-2: «Both teams fought for the victory and I think the draw is a fair result. Personally, I am happy with the confidence I have been given in this match: I am working hard on my defects in order to grow and improve ».
Finally, he concludes with a thought about the immediate future of the team: «We can threaten a crisis, hinder the long journey, mistake or bad luck, but yesterday’s game remains an opportunity for improvement and our cohesion will help us to get out of all this. The squad is not complete but on Friday we will prepare the best match against the first in the standings on Sunday, making up for the missing girls ».
Michelangelo Bacetti
Virtus Romagna Female Press Officer
ACADEMY LA NOTE DELLA SAN MARINO
FEMALE SECTOR
No team on the field for suspended or on break.
MEN’S SECTOR
National Championships
First match in 2022 for Primavera 4, on Sunday for the 11th matchday of the championship, the fourth of the second round. The young Titans of Nicola Cancelli are preparing to face a trip to Tuscany: it will be Carrarese to host the race scheduled for Saturday at 2.30pm.
Regional and provincial champions
No team on the field for suspended or on break.
FUTSAL SECTOR
The recovery of the 11th day brings a dowry to the Titans another piece in the streak of useful results inaugurated four races earlier. If the 1-1 at the home of the City of Thiene had left a bitter taste in the mouth between the rows
biancoazzurre, not so much the 2-2 gained last night in the derby with Virtus Romagna, third force of the group, although Roberto Pini’s girls see a victory fade in the final along a cradled on the parquet of PalaFlaminio. That the San Marino Academy wants to leave immediately behind the sensations gained in the Veneto region is clear from the very first bars. The Titans play with character and great tactical application, preventing a fluid-ball from Rimini and trying to get close to Faccani’s goal, even if the conclusions of Dulbecco and Giudice end their respective races outside the mirror. The first real goal ball is instead of the Rimini brand, with Mencaccini looking for and centrally Berti, finds the stop from Giorgi’s first prodigious intervention in an evening with very high marks in the report card. The response, excellent and immediate, by the Titans is in an interception by Taioli followed by a tightrope personal action of the same number 2, whose diagonal comes out of nothing compared to the far post of the goal defended by Faccani. Taioli herself also plays a leading role in the other penalty area, where she perfectly chooses the time to advance on De Oliveira before the latter can hit the net from zero meters. On the corner that follows, however, Virtus finds the advantage with a strong ball kicked by De Oliveira herself who, in an attempt to anticipate Guidi, fatally puts her foot on the Comandini. The displeasure immediately turns into a desire for revenge on the part of the number 6, who later wins the ball under high pressure and after having jumped the goalkeeper kicks with a sure shot, surrendering only to the miraculous recovery of De Oliveira. Returning from the first time-out, it is always Comandini who seeks personal glory on the serve of another Gloria, Turnone: Faccani reactive in the rebound. The long forcing rewards the Biancoazzurre in the 12th minute, when Dulbecco recovers the ball in midfield and Faccani strives severely with the left-footed player: Comandini rushes to the bell tower and heads in. Virtus comes back dangerous at the restart, with De Oliveira concluding 3 against 1 (perhaps spoiled by a foul on Cabrera) shooting a powerful right footed but well rejected by. On the other hand, the high blood pressure gives Cabrera an opportunity from the edge, but the ex of the evening loses the time of the conclusion, shooting it when Mencaccini has recovered the position. The growth of the guests, evident, leads to the overtaking goal when the clock shows only seventeen seconds to the siren. The action is pure futsal: Dulbecco recovers yet another ball, before following the parallel movement of Cabrera who, without thinking about it, serves Giudice a ball with counted laps. With such a precise assist, the Italian-Argentine just opened the plate to deposit the ball behind Faccani.
In the second half, the hosts immediately engage Giorgi with an attempt by De Oliveira directly from the left-handed band, but once again the blue-white goalkeeper makes an excellent guard. A few minutes later, Falcioni invents a perfect assist for Mencaccini’s bottom bracket, which goes to a safe blow but is forced to surrender to another great save from Giorgi. The Titans are not intimidated by this sprint start of Virtus, but resume their game all grit and pressure. At 27 ‘a huge goal-ball arrives on the Taioli-Lanzarotti axis: the first is able and stubborn to break through on the left-handed band, before offering an assist that slightly catches the second, left free at the far post. Taioli who, however, does not let too much time pass before going to win back a ball that she herself takes care of sending towards Faccani’s goal, good at choosing the time of exit. Now is the best time to seek the net of relative safety. Virtus does not stand up to the opponent’s impetus, collecting errors which give rise to more or less clear opportunities for Pini’s girls. They do it in the middle of the fraction and very dangerous around the Comandini, served by Turnone after yet another broken Rimini ball: the number 6 looks for a hole on the near post, closed by another punctual intervention by Faccani. In the uncertainty of such an intense and hard-fought challenge, it happens that the wind changes direction. And so it is that, after the half of the fraction, is the Virtus to have two sensational opportunities to equalize, both thwarted by Giorgi. The visiting goalkeeper has to stretch, on 30 ‘, on Berti’s extinct volley, otherwise he will “die” at the edge of the post. A couple of minutes later, Mencaccini puts a ball that Guidi should only put on the net, were it not that Giorgi lowers the shutter for the umpteenth time with another screaming intervention. The A reacts to this clouding with a personal initiative of Judge, who in the middle of an opponent’s cage carves out the space to open the goal: a reflex by Faccani is not at all trivial to avoid the 1-3. At 5 ‘: 39 from the siren Virtus decides that it is time to adopt the strategy of the moving goalkeeper. In clothes, Guiva finds space to kick from middle distance: the right of the 17 actually becomes an assist for Falcioni, which he fails to make these sub-measure deviations. Lanzarotti and Comandini close to 3-1 with two attempts just off target. Perhaps also for this reason Virtus immediately abandons the goalkeeper, preferring instead to raise the forcing in the hope that inattention and fatigue creep into the opposing ranks. For the moment, however, Pini’s girls show no signs of abating. Indeed, at 37 ‘they return to engage Faccani with another personal initiative by Comandini, who after having freed herself in the beautiful style of Giuva seeks glory directly from the band, finding the parade in the corner of the 44 of the house. Thus we slide towards the very last minutes. The Academy continues to growl on all the balls, until Virtus, in the moment of maximum offensive effort, finds the long-awaited leak. On a lineout, the Titans take a few moments longer than they should to settle down: a short time, but which Virtus uses to quickly serve Falcioni, who is very quick to turn the ball in the low corner. The goal drives away some ghosts between the landlord and indeed pushes them even in search of the turnaround. Eventuality that is also quite concrete when Turnone sees the second yellow of the evening waving in front of him. In the few seconds left to the siren Virtus becomes dangerous with Giuva (shot rejected by Giorgi) and very dangerous seconds with De Oliveira, whose diagonal on the developments of a corner – just two from the end of the match – ends its run centimeters from the long pole. It was too cruel a punishment for the Titans, who, after a sigh of relief, can enjoy a great performance against one of the best in class. The consecutive useful results become five: a streak that allows the Biancoazzurre to position 14 points in the company of CUS Cagliari and Santu Predu. Now, after two away matches, Roberto Pini and his girls will meet again at Campo Don Pippo on Sunday for the next 2nd day of the second round. Opponent, the Pear. Kick-off at 17:00.
San Marino Academy Press Office