San Marino. Football: Fiorita defends the primacy, Cosmos and Virtus shorten to the top
On the day in which the football world pays homage to the legend of Pelè with a last farewell, La Fiorita closes the first leg of the BKN301 Championship with 32 points – the result of 10 wins, 2 defeats and 2 draws.
The draw obtained in the afternoon against Fiorentino’s team was decisive in defending the supremacy from the Tre Fiori attack, even though they took the lead from the penalty spot in the 20th minute thanks to the penalty obtained by Dolcini – caught in the middle of the area by Brighi. Impeccable De Falco who displaces Vivan and momentarily grabs first place, again the responsibility of the reigning champions in the 82nd minute, when Vitaioli gores Amati’s corner kick for the final 1-1. Previously, Tommaso Zafferani, awarded as the best player of the month in December, had gone one step away from the equalizer – then packaged by Amati and Vitaioli. The two had come close to taking the lead at the start of the game, with a post caught by the San Marino player in the 4th minute and the midfielder’s amazing acrobatics, neutralized by a monumental Semprini just five minutes later. In the quarter of an hour De Falco then hit the post from a free kick, with Vivan out of action. The goalkeeper was decisive in the 88th minute, on the occasion of the only sortie in the second half of the Tre Fiori, who with De Lucia was already looking forward to the paw that was worth the record.
Selva’s men will close the first round by meeting Cosmos next weekend, in a challenge that will determine the winter champion team. In the event of a tie, La Fiorita will close alone and in front of everyone at the halfway point. One-way derby at Dogana, which turns yellow-green already in the 20th minute thanks to Guidi’s splendid left-handed turn from the edge. After half an hour it was Savelli who put the mortgage on the success, crossing his head into Zulli’s precise cross. After an opportunity not capitalized by Guidi to bring the Cosmos up 3-0 in the half hour, it was Folgore who tried with a free-kick from the edge of the area from Santoni, centimeters from Simoncini’s cross. Duel that was renewed in the 40th minute, when the Folgore winger struggled to tame the ball, sending the 1-2 ball wide from a few steps away. An error that brings with it understandable regret, especially in consideration of the fact that Cosmo only needs five minutes in the second half to drop the set, again with Guidi – this time with a header from Prandelli’s cross. Berardi’s men loosened their grip and Folgore went close to the net, lamenting the failure to award a penalty at half time. In the final there is work for Simoncini, who replies present on Serafini and Garcia, while Zulli – on the opposite side – sets up on his own and rounds off the perfect afternoon at the Cosmos, dropping poker on the sidelines of an irresistible slalom.
Virtus also keeps pace with the Scudetto, overcoming San Giovanni with one goal in each half. Bizzotto’s men start strong, who come close to the advantage in the opening with Ciacci and risk on the opponent’s counterattacks. However, the challenge was unlocked by Sorrentino’s robbery goal, who was in the right place at the right time to turn De Angelis’s rebound on Angeli’s gore into gold. With a bit of luck, during the third minute of the second half, Virtus doubles. A long and elaborate action frees Battistini at twenty meters: his right foot hits Sopranzi’s heel, which displaces De Angelis. San Giovanni have the great opportunity to reopen the match in the 54th minute, when Nicola Sartini passes Gori with a tunnel that hooks him in the area. It is Boldrini who takes responsibility from the penalty spot, however hitting the cross. Half an hour on the pitch for Greppi, who demonstrates how his availability has a preponderant weight on San Giovanni’s performance: after a central right-footed shot, a fulminant restart ended with a razor blow out of a breath. Not enough to scratch the neroverde defense, which restarts with three heavy points and a precious clean sheet.
The confrontation between Cailungo and Fiorentino is amusing, where there is no shortage of goals and chances. The first is from Apezteguia, one step away from the lead in the 12th minute. Which is done, on the opposite front, when Dolcini intercepts and in midfield and immediately triggers Torsani, who invents a Euro goal to beat Benedettini from an impossible position. However, Cailungo is fully in the game, but Apezteguia and Marinaro sin of coldness, having come to the point. Wet dust for the attackers, but not for the midfielders: Senja proves it, guessing the right trajectory to restore parity in the 43rd minute. A day to remember for the Albanian, who at the start of the second half took the central lane to receive an assist from Bara and strike Bianchi with a surgical diagonal that earned Cailungo two goals and a comeback – now ahead 2-1. Benedettini’s hands keep the advantage, Bianchi’s reflexes instead allow the Fiorentino to gamble until the last minute, when in effect the opportunity for a draw materializes. Subtle exploits it properly, who kicks first on Torsani’s dirty and involuntary side, finding the crossroads. However, the last word is from Cailungo, which remains only a hypothesis: Zafferani is included centrally, but shoots at Bianchi from a tempting position. Nervous ending, in which it is Iuzzolino who pays the price – expelled.
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San Marino Championship BKN301 2022-23, 14. day
Folgore Cosmos Cenci (Cordani, Zaghini) – Ilie 07/01 0-4 Customs
Cailungo Fiorentino Luci (Cristiano, Giannotti) – Tuttifrutti 07/01 2-2 Domagnano
Three Flowers La Fiorita Albani (Ercolani, Mineo) – Ucini 07/01 1-1 Montecchio
San Giovanni Virtus Villa (Morisco, Lerza) – Vandi 07/01 0-2 Fiorentino
Murata Libertas Borriello (Tuttifrutti, S. Savorani) – Small 08/01 15:00 Domagnano
Faetano Domagnano Zani (Sapigni, Giannotti) – Tura 08/01 15:00 Montecchio
Pennarossa Three Penne Andruccioli (Gallo, M. Savorani) – Delvecchio 08/01 15:00 Florentine
rest Juvenes-Customs