San Giovanni escapes, La Fiorita draws
The reigning champions greet the year with the leadership in the standings. Montegiardino’s team goes down twice against Saint John and always manages to recover until the final 2-2. In Domagnano Marco Tognacci’s Rossoneri took the lead first through Bruma. Giuliano climbs the ball and serves his partner in the penalty area, the number 9 controls and frees himself for the shot that beats Venturini. Advantage that lasts two minutes. Montegiardino’s draw is a pearl of Amati. The Gialloblù midfielder took the ball and let a long-range left-footed man go past De Angelis. A great goal by captain de The Fiorita. The start of the challenge is addicting. In the 12th minute San Giovanni took the lead again. This time it’s Corinti, from the left, a cross-shot that ends his run at the top corner on the opposite side. San Giovanni again in the lead. 2-1 is the result that closes the first half.
At 4:00 pm at the restart point of the game. When Mr. Beltramo kicks off the second half, his Polish colleague Marciniak whistles the start of the World Cup final. The San Marino Championship is the only European tournament, among the national ones that assign places in cups, to be played during the first half of the Mbappé/Messi super challenge. La Fiorita chases, tries with Lunadei, ball on the back. In the 13th minute the reigning champions equalized with Fatica’s header following a corner kick, the defender also exploiting De Angelis’s empty exit. Three minutes later, La Fiorita also tries to win it. Greco enters from the left and finishes on goal, De Angelis rejects. On the other hand, San Giovanni with Bruma tries, the ball is on the bottom. The last chance is for La Fiorita with Pancotti who is rejected by De Angelis. It ends 2-2. Christmas as leaders for the reigning champions, with a touch of regret given the equal of the Cosmos and the rest shift still to be observed. Back on the pitch super challenge against Tre Fiori, now second in the standings and only three points away.