Football Excellence, in Colorno San Marino closes the season with a knockout (3-2)
Victor San Marino’s adventure in the Emilia-Romagna playoffs of Excellence ends with a defeat despite yet another test of heart and character. At the municipal stadium in Colorno, the local team won 3-2 against the San Marino players, however, great protagonists of an excellent season.
After about two minutes from the start of the match, Victor San Marino touches the disadvantage: Guglielmi misses the clearance on Zaccariello’s cross from the right, Ghirardi immediately shoots from a fairly good position, the ball hits the post before ending up on the bottom. Mister D’Amore’s men, therefore, can breathe a sigh of relief.
At 8 ‘the San Marino players manage to make themselves dangerous near Giaroli: free kick by Captain Barone just beyond the opposing half of the pitch, Santoni intervenes head-on in the scrum but does not frame the mirror of the Colorno goal.
Five minutes later, the local team is in great danger: Spagnoli, for a short time after, does not deflect Boccioletti’s cross behind his own extreme defender in an attempt to get the ball away from the yellow-green area as much as possible. Luck does not assist Victor San Marino in that of Colorno.
Shortly before the quarter hour, Victor San Marino, unfortunately, finds himself under a net: Zaccariello’s high cross from the right and Malivojevic’s shot in front of goal, Pazzini is beaten. Colorno-Victor San Marino 1-0 when there is about half an hour to go until the end of the first part of the game.
Two minutes later, the men of Mr. D’Amore almost conceded the goal of doubling as well: Pazzini, in fact, brilliantly rejected Altinier’s powerful right-footed shot in the blue and white area.
At 19 ‘the home team, in the end, still finds the way to the net for the second time in this match with Malivojevic, author of a brace after the conclusion from outside the area proved to be a winner.
At 21 ‘, however, Victor San Marino manages to reopen the game with a lash from captain Barone from a distance that catches the Colorno goalkeeper totally unprepared. Colorno-Victor San Marino 2-1; third goal for the expert metronome of the biancazzurri, second consecutive after the one scored last Sunday against Castenaso.
The San Marino match, unfortunately, lasts just three minutes because Colorno scores again to bring the game back on its tracks without too many availability: Malivojevic’s shot from the distance that slips under the intersection of the posts, where Pazzini cannot Absolutely arrived: 3-1
In the following minutes there is nothing more striking to report; the first half, therefore, ended after 46 ‘of play with Victor San Marino at a 3-1 disadvantage in the Colorno den.
The recovery starts and on the 2nd minute captain Barone and his teammates go close to reopening the match for the second time in Colorno: Santoni cross from the left and Guglielmi’s gored, Giaroli saves to the ground albeit with some difficulty.
Around 10 ‘the Colorno touches the poker: Altinier’s insidious right-footed shot from distance, but Pazzini lowered the shutter just in time with an epic rejected with punches in a corner.
Three minutes later, the Victor San Marino manages to close the gap: Santoni’s assist from the baseline and Ambrosini’s winning tap-in just a few steps from the goal. Colorno-Victor San Marino 3-2 about 32 minutes from the end of the match and sixth goal in the league for the deadly white and blue striker.
At 23 ‘almost a goal by Colorno: Malivojevic’s right-footed shot, Pazzini replies with a champion rejected and the ball hits the crossbar. Therefore, the poker of one of the symbolic players of the local formation has been avoided.
Two minutes later, Colorno wastes a wonderful opportunity to definitively put in: Silipo, falling a few moments before in Altinier’s place, concluding sensationally on the bottom despite the blue-white door wide open due to a totally mess of Guglielmi in defense which also put in difficulty Pazzini, who cautiously came out of the poles to try to save his opponents from 4-2. The attacker of the Emilians, therefore, grace the San Marino team and, consequently, the match remains very open.
Pazzini is still the protagonist in this hard-fought game by rejecting two very dangerous shots by Bandaogo and Malivojevic in a corner within a few minutes, between 26 ‘and 28’. The Colorno continues to attack, but the Victor San Marino resists.
At 31 ‘the men of Mr. D’Amore manage to respond and touch the goal of 3-3: corner kick beaten by captain Barone and header by Mr. D’Amore, the ball ends up out of a nothing.
Shortly before the end of the match, Victor San Marino has a new chance to equalize: Ambrosini pulls out a very dangerous diagonal in the heart of the Colorno area, but Bastrini’s deviation sends the ball against the outside of the net denying him the joy of goals.
Captain Barone and his teammates, unfortunately, no longer have the strength or the ideas to snatch a point from their opponents in the following minutes of the match.
The play-off between Castenaso and Colorno will take place on 24 May 2022 at 16.30; at stake is the qualification for the national play-offs for promotion to Serie D.
Results of the six days of the playoffs among the second rankings of the Emilia Romagna Excellence: Sunday 1 May 2022 Colorno-Castenaso 0-0; Wednesday 4 May 2022 Castenaso-Victor San Marino 2-1; Sunday 8 May 2022 Victor San Marino-Colorno 0-2; Wednesday 11 May 2022 Castenaso-Colorno 1-1; Sunday 15 May 2022 Victor San Marino-Castenaso 2-3; Thursday 19 May 2022 Colorno-Victor San Marino 3-2.
Final standings of the triangular playoff after five days: Castenaso and Colorno 8 points, Victor San Marino 0.
Emilia-Romagna play-off match calendar Excellence: Castenaso-Colorno May 24, 2022.
The Scoreboard
Colorno-Victor San Marino 3-2
Colorno: Giaroli; Zaccariello, Diaw, Setti, Spagnoli; Rizzi (40 ‘st Calliku), Arati (24’ st Bastrini); Ghirardi, Bandaogo, Malivojevic; Altinier (24 ‘st Silipo). Bench: Bukova, Crescenzi, Terzoni, Vincenzi, Toma, Carlucci. Coach: Bernardi.
Vittorio San Marino: Pazzini; Greco, Guglielmi, De Queiroz, Boccioletti; Morelli, Barone, Santoni (19 ‘st Zabre); Gaudenzi (8 ‘st Pastorelli), Flavors; Ambrosini. Bench: Del Prete, Carrer. Coach: D’Amore.
Referee: Daniela (Milan).
Note. Booked: Zaccariello.
Networks. 14 ‘pt, 19’ pt Malivojevic; 21 ‘pt Barone, 24’ pt Malivojevic, 13 ‘st Ambrosini.