San Marino. Futsal: La Fiorita is short-tempered and is back in the final
A free-kick from Alex Mattioli at La Fiorita is enough to win the second consecutive Scudetto final. The final act of the last championship is resolved in a negative way for the band of Leonardo Palermino.
On that occasion the Fiorentino won: this time on the path of the Gialloblù towards the first title in their history there will be the Thunderbolt, already faced in these play-offs at the height of the first semifinal. In that case the verdict largely rewarded the band of Spada. The mission of La Fiorita will therefore be aiming for a double redemption: the recent one linked to the semifinal and the slightly deeper one – and definitely more important – linked to the second place last year. Yesterday’s semifinal, as expected, was blocked for a long time. In the opening bars, a couple of parades by Angelo Casadei on Pellegrini’s conclusions protect the door of the Three Flowers; on the other hand Marchetti does the same thing, with a great split, on Simoncini’s poisonous shot. Another job for the goalkeeper of La Fiorita on Simoncini’s free-kick approached, who then tries again by kicking out. Gasperoni also seeks glory shortly after: his right ends on the outside of the net. La Fiorita has the ball in hand, the Tre Fiori is looking for a burning restart. The razors of Bernardi and Mattioli, both slightly off, anticipate the waltz of the woods. The first hits Bollini directly on a free kick: the ball then bounces off Giuccioli’s feet, who tries to reiterate on the net but he too has to fight with the wood. Meanwhile, Rossini’s tears begin to become a serious problem for Stolfi and his teammates. On the first, Marchetti defuses Bugli’s pivot shot in two stages. On the second, Verri’s mistake face to face with Marchetti is serious, after his partner had broken through on the right band and had delivered to 7 – forgotten in the area – the greediest of assists. Before the whistle at the end of the fraction there is time for another post from La Fiorita: this is hit by Bollini on Pellegrini’s central service.
In the second half Stolfi immediately scares Angelo Casadei with a right out of the way. At 42 ‘, the episode that will decide the challenge: Mattioli takes charge of a free-kick from the edge won by Giuccioli. The 99 kicks power finding a breach in Casadei’s wall. The ball rolls into the goal at the low corner and is 1-0 Fiorita. At this point the Tre Fiori forcibly abandons prudence. Sometimes, however, he lacks clarity. As when a trivial mistake in the ball turn opens a highway for Bernardi, who turns towards Casadei’s goal without being able to dare the necessary precision to his ‘bet’. Alex Bugli’s line-up resumes its theme, but now it is La Fiorita who redoubles the defensive attention and starts again. Error happens again in the 25th minute: in the dribble of the Tre Fiori, restart entrusted to Stolfi who is stopped irregularly by Simoncini. Second yellow for 10 by Bugli and Tre Fiori forced to 2 ‘in inferiority. In this period, La Fiorita prefers the management of the owner. Once again the numerical parity, the Tre Fiori passes immediately to the goalkeeper. A move that, however, has no effect on the result. From there to the closing whistle there is time for Verri’s second yellow, in this case for protests. And almost more. Vince La Fiorita, who on Friday will be able to try again to conquer what escaped her just a year ago.