first leg matches on Wednesday • newsrimini.it
In nine days, San Marino football will have a new national champion: once the alternation with Folgore, defending champion and eliminated at the height of the Preliminary Round by Fiorentino, there are four left to fight for the title. What if La Fiorita, Tre Penne And Three Flowers have recently updated their bulletin board with the Scudetto, to find a success of the Red pen we have to scroll through the roll of honor and rewind the ribbon of San Marino football until the 2003-04 season, the year of the last laurel for the Chiesanuova club.
Andy Selva’s men did not make it to the semifinals of by chance San Marino Championship, the result of a more than positive season. Having finished fifth in the regular season, the Biancorossi then eliminated Murata and Virtus. In the light of what happened in the two matches, Semprini was decisive: the goalkeeper of Red pen he saved two penalties that allowed Alessandro Conti and his teammates to get the better of the two aforementioned opponents. Now the hardest obstacle, that Flowery which looks like seeded n. 1 and able to always hit the Championship final in the last four seasons completed (with the exception of the 2019-20 edition, when the Tre Fiori was elected champion at the definitive suspension of the activity). For Selva, a return to the past: with the La Fiorita shirt he ended his career as a footballer, but he certainly will not intend to discount the team he is captain of. In the two previous league games, a draw with late goals and a limited success (1-0) in favor of the San Marino runners-up: in the post-season, considered the advantage of La Fiorita for having closed the regular season with a better position For future opponents, the Pennarossa will need at least a win. Due to draws or in general a situation of perfect equality in terms of goals scored and conceded at the end of the 180 ‘, it would send the Montegiardino club to the final-scudetto. Tomorrow evening, a Montecchiowe will certainly know more: the kick-off of the first leg of the semifinal, live on TITANI.TV, is scheduled for 8.45pm.
The other semifinal will instead put a comparison Three Pens And Three Flowers: both exonerated from the Preliminary Round for having finished in the first four positions in the regular season, they meet for the third time this season. In the background, a draw and a success for the City club. Able to eliminate Libertas and Faetano respectively, the teams of Ceci and Borgagni will cross each other tomorrow evening in Acquaviva (kick off at 20:45). The match will be broadcast live on TITANI.TV, the OTT platform of the San Marino Football Federation. In case of perfect balance of the goal difference at the end of the two games, Tre Penne would have access to the final, thanks to the second place in the regular season. Tre Fiori is looking for yet another sharp in the semifinal, after having eliminated La Fiorita in the double challenge of the Titan Cup – then won by Fiorentino’s Gialloblù.
The other theme is related to qualification for the European Cups. Where Tre Penne should be able to eliminate Tre Fiori, the final-scudetto on 26 May 2022 at the San Marino Stadium would also determine access to the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa Conference League. If, on the other hand, Gian Luca Borgagni’s team hits the second final of the season, the final that will assign third place would take on a further value (May 25, 8.45 pm). Should this second scenario take shape, the only match between the delete teams in the semifinals would also assign a place in the UEFA Europa Conference League – the one that Aldo Simoncini and his team mates have already achieved with success in the Titan Cup.
FSGC | Press office