Your Excellency, Victor San Marino-Del Duca Grama
SAN MARINO – Victor San Marino-Del Duca Grama 1-1 (half time: 1-0)
Scorers: 37 ‘pt Ambrosini, 22’ st Protino.
Vittorio San Marino: Pazzini; Greco (37 ‘st Barone), De Queiroz (3’ st Guglielmi), Pedrazzini, Boccioletti; Michelucci, Albonetti, Santoni (37 ‘st Sapori); Gaudenzi (15 ‘st Rosti); Ambrosini, Carrer (35 ‘pt Zabre). Bench: Del Prete, Luvisi, Morelli, Pastorelli. Coach: D’Amore.
Del Duca Grama: Sarini; Borgini (12 ‘st Okonkwo), Rossi, Colombo; Maretti (45 ‘st Ilboudo), Gordini (19’ st Battiloro), Buda, A. Cassani; Marra (23rd Ed. Donati); Protino, Mantovani (40 ‘st Dalla Malva). Bench: Vernacchio, El. Donati, Pitaro, Tombetti. Herdsman: S. Cassani.
Referee: Lupinski (Albano Laziale).
Booked: Gordini, De Queiroz, Pedrazzini, Colombo, Mantovani, Battiloro, Albonetti.
No third consecutive success for Victor San Marino in the Italian Championship of Excellence. The San Marino players, in fact, fail to go beyond the 1-1 home match against Del Duca Grama. Ambrosini’s goal was almost a good first half, Protino responds in the second half.
Mister D’Amore makes some changes to the starting line-up of Victor San Marino compared to the one seen in the victorious trip to Diegaro: Luvisi, Pastorelli, Barone and Zabre out; in their place Boccioletti, Michelucci, Albonetti and Carrer.
The game begins and after two minutes of play, Victor San Marino immediately becomes dangerous in Sarini’s parts: Pedrazzini’s throw just beyond the halfway point and Ambrosini’s right-footed shot, the ball just touches the corner of the goalposts. If the conclusion of the former Rimini, Forlì and Ravenna striker had entered the net, it would have been one of the best goals of the Italian Championship of Excellence, if not the most beautiful.
At 10 ‘young attacking attempt created by the men of Mr. D’Amore: from the left of Albonetti from distance, but the shot of the midfielder is central and weak so much so that Sarini has no problems in making the ball his own.
Del Duca Grama closes the spaces well and defends herself with order and attention to better stem every scoring action concocted by the Victor San Marino forwards, but at 30 ‘there is an interesting free kick for the Biancazzurro club, a due to a foul by Gordini against Albonetti, to leave the match: Ambrosini tries a free kick from Sarini, but the latter is not surprised and parries easily.
A minute later the Romagna team interrupts the monologue of the San Marino players with a dangerous sortie, but Pazzini neutralized the destroyed Maretti, well served by Mantovani, avoiding his immediate goals.
At 37 ‘the Victor San Marino, despite having lost Carrer for a few instant injuries before, still manages to take advantage of one of the few mistakes made by his opponents on the defense and take the lead: Ambrosini, face to face with Sarini, hits a blow secure and inflate the net. Victor San Marino-Del Duca Grama 1-0 and first goal in blue and white for the Italian striker who landed on Titano during the winter transfer market session. Great party in the Acquaviva Stadium sector reserved for the Biancazzurri fans.
Seconds from the end of the first half, the men of Mr. D’Amore try to drop an encore in this match, but Santoni’s free-kick from 25 meters is effectively rejected by the goalkeeper.
The first portion of the game ends with the San Marino players deservedly ahead of a zero goal on the Romagna team at Acquaviva Stadium.
At the start of the second half and three minutes later Filippo Guglielmi made his debut with the biancazzurri shirt, entering the field in place of De Queiroz.
The 7 ‘starts and Victor San Marino is still the absolute protagonist on the synthetic stadium of Acquaviva: Michelucci’s left-footed shot from outside the area, the ball ends up on the bottom.
Three minutes later the referee Lupinski does not concede a clear penalty to the San Marino team despite Marra mowing Ambrosini in the area ready to hit the net. Lively protests from Victor San Marino and his fans, but the referee doesn’t change and lets the game continue.
Around the quarter of an hour another bad tile for the biancazzurri: Gaudenzi is forced to leave the field due to an unexpected injury, in his place the national team of San Marino Rosti.
At 22 ‘, unfortunately, the formation can be obtained to find the way of an equalizer with a deadly counter-attack aimed by Protino. 1-1 and it is all to be redone for Victor San Marino if he intends to bring home the entire stake for the third consecutive round of the championship.
Seven later the Del Duca Grama even twice within a few minutes seconds, but luckily for the Sammarine team both Protino and the new player in Battiloro do not frame the face of the goal defended by Pazzini.
Around 39 ‘long throw by Rosti for Ambrosini who goes to kick with arrogance towards the opponent’s goal, but Sarini saves without problems. No doubling, therefore, for the men of Mr. D’Amore.
Just a minute later Del Duca Grama wedges itself between the blue and white shirts with Protino who, after receiving the ball from A. Cassani, tries to overcome Pazzini with a left-footed left, but the ball ends up just above the crossing. The biancazzurri, together with their fans, can breathe a sigh of relief following the imprecise shot of the opponent’s attacker.
In full extra-time there is the last chance for Victor San Marino to win the match: at the edge of the opponent’s area one-two between Sapori and Michelucci, with the latter ending however mischievously and, consequently, the balloon finished on the side.
At the whistle of the referee, it is 1-1 between Victor San Marino and Del Duca Grama at Acquaviva Stadium. The biancazzurri should be able to dispose of the month of February. To be able to dispose of the February 2022 and, at the same time, hope for some misstep of the opposing clubs to be able to make some overtaking in the standings.