Football Excellence, Victor San Marino chasing second place
Victor San Marino is by no means satisfied with being the only team left undefeated for the moment in the double confrontation with Fya Riccione, leaders of group C of the Emilia Romagna Excellence.
The men of Mr. D’Amore, after the beautiful and important success obtained 2-0 in San Marino against the Riccione players, intend to collect other positive results in order to continue to hope for a run-up to second place four days from the end of the regular phase of the championship.
Second place that, if conquered, would allow Victor San Marino to play his chances in the elimination round containing all three runners-up of the Emilia Romagna Excellence: whoever finishes first in the round-trip matches, will get the participation in national play-offs for promotion to Serie D.
But first captain Barone and his teammates must be able to emerge victorious from all the challenges, starting with the one to be held on Sunday 3 April at 15.30 in Vincoli against the local team tenth in the standings tied against Del Duca Grama. In the first leg, played on 13 November, Victor San Marino won 4-2 in front of his own public thanks to the goals of Emiliano Pedrazzini, Abdul Zabre (also author of two assists), Riccardo Michelucci and Petrisor Voinea who overturned the momentary 1-2 of the opponents.
Gianni D’Amore, coach of Victor San Marino, says: “Having beaten the forerunner gave us morale and glory, but it is always only a next victory that is worth three points, that is the same ones that will be up for grabs on Sunday as well. In matches, the team will do their best to continue to give joy to the club and the fans. He will try to score as many points as possible to still hope for second place. In next Sunday’s match, it will be necessary to keep the tension high and face with the utmost concentration a difficult away match on the pitch of a team that is alive and in need of points. May the defeat in Cotignola serve us all as a lesson “.
Riccardo Michelucci, Victor San Marino midfielder, declares: “I am happy both for the success and for the goal arrived last day, but I am even more happy to train and play every time with high-level teammates. We all played a good match against Fya Riccione in front of our fans. Until the end of the match we could neither say nor think that we had made the coup because the Fya Riccione players are strong opponents; we understand what we managed to do against them only started after the referee’s triple whistle. Against San Pietro in Vincoli we will all have to do our utmost to be able to play a game that can dare to continue the good things we are already doing in Excellence “.
Lorenzo Pastorelli, Victor San Marino midfielder, says: “As soon as I saw the net swell after my shot, it was a liberation for me: it was a long time that I really wanted this goal and fortunately it contributed to winning the three points against Fya. Riccione. I thank my teammate Santoni for the assist: with him, during training, I often talk about how I can hurt opponents away on Saturday and last year everything went the right way. Both in the first leg and in the return, all the Victor San Marino did not want to disfigure against the first in the standings at all. We are happy to have beaten Fya Riccione with our excellent performance. Next Sunday in San Pietro in Vincoli we will not have to be spent or fearful: we must face our opponents with carefree, in our means and one hundred percent concentration to stay still in the race for the second place ”.