San Marino Academy-Provincial Representative of Rimini 2-5 • newsrimini.it
U16 Friendly | San Marino Academy-Provincial Representative of Rimini 2-5
THE TABLE
SAN MARINO ACADEMY [4-4-2]: F. Della Balda (from 41′ Tassinari); Dropouts (from 41′ Mularoni), Faetanini (from 41′ Arcangeli (from 60′ Zavoli)), Bugli (from 41′ Marani), Marinucci (from 26′ Faetanini); Zavoli (from 41′ Gostoli), Pasolini (from 41′ Salucci), E. Della Balda (from 69′ Valentini), Bindi (from 26′ Forcellini); Semperlotti (from 41′ Burioni), Valentini (from 41′ Gualtieri). Subs: Baldacci, Battistoni. Coach: Matteo Magnani.
REP. PROV. RIMINI [4-2-3-1]: Semprini (Masini from 41′); Castro (Cecchini from 41′), Stasi (Giorgi from 41′), Jaupi (La Selva from 41′), Saraci (Giannini from 41′); Cinefra (from 41′ Mantovan), Mussoni (from 41′ La Sala); Paeseni (from 41′ Coman), Manzi (from 41′ Giorgini), Perrina (from 41′ Ciccioni), Menini (from 55′ Paeseni). Coach: Valter Berlini.
Referee: Elison Luci.
Scorers: 10′ Manzi, 12′ Pasolini, 22′ Mussoni, 39′ Valentini, 42′ Ciccioni, 69′ Coman, 71′ Paeseni.
REPORT AND COMMENT
The Provincial Under 16 team of Rimini beat Acquaviva 5-2 in the friendly match organized with the same age group from the San Marino Academy, good at reacting twice to the red and white advantages in the first half, only to then have to register the away team in the second half. The challenge is contracted in the first 10 ‘. Then, Francesco Della Balda’s hands outside the box conceded a free-kick from the edge that Jaupi prints on the crossbar. Smelling the scent of the advantage, the Rimini representative actually reaches him a few seconds later: thanks to Alessandro Manzi’s big right foot, who beats Francesco Della Balda from distance. The 0-1 ignites the home team, which immediately wins a corner with Enea Della Balda. The same number 10 goes from the flag, who puts a ball into the area that the host defense is unable to reject; the quickest to resolve the fray is Pasolini, whose close touch is worth the new balance. Five minutes later, Pasolini himself takes on the role of assist-man for the benefit of Semperlotti, who moves in the center of a badly positioned defense and tries to fly towards Semprini’s goal, good at resolving the situation at the end, but without risk. On the other front, Manzi seeks glory again from distance, missing the goal. And, above all, Menini finds himself face to face with Francesco Della Balda on the incorrect back pass by Dropouts: the home goalkeeper is monumental in stopping the close range shot by the Rimini centre-forward. But the 2-1 takes just over 60”. Castro hits well from the right finding Mussoni in the centre, who controls and immediately kicks towards Della Balda’s goal: the ball slips into the bag after touching the lower part of the crossbar. Enea Della Balda kicks an interesting free-kick from the edge onto the wall; then, in the 28th minute, the opportunity that happens to the young Titans is sensational: Semperlotti runs away to the left and puts in the center for Valentini and Zavoli, who fail to make the winning deflection, from less than a meter, due to the human wall erected by Semprini and Saraci. In the 33rd minute Semperlotti enters the field with a powerful right-footed shot from afar, rejected by Semprini with a non-trivial reflex. Shortly after, another duel between the blue-and-white forward and the Rimini goalkeeper: Semperlotti’s left-footed player was precise but weak, with Semprini crumpling and blocking in two stages. However, it is a San Marino Academy that continues to want the equal at all costs. An ultra-advanced ball recovery brings Enea Della Balda in front of Semprini, who gets away with low output. But the goalkeeper from Rimini can do nothing on the two against zero that is created in the 39th minute thanks to Semperlotti’s illuminating throw: Enea Della Balda aims the goalkeeper until the last minute and then chooses the serve for the better position Valentini, who just needs a comfortable touch to rate 2-2.
During the interval, the two technicians draw heavily from the bench. Compared to the starting eleven, the Rimini coach Berlini keeps only Menini on the field, while Magnani changes everyone except Enea Della Balda, Bindi and Marinucci. Between the posts of the San Marino goal there is Tassinari, who after a handful of seconds mismanages a possession in the area by being attacked by Ciccioni, quick to send the 3-2 ball into the net. The answer from the home team is entrusted to Gualtieri’s right foot, just wide. Then it was Della Balda who concluded a foray into the area with a shot that found Masini attentive on the post. Not that the Rimini representative stands idly by. On the contrary, in the 62nd minute Mantovan knocks on Tassinari’s door with a well-aimed right foot, but which does not surprise the home full-back. The same scene occurs in the 64th minute: Giorgini charges the left-footed from the edge, Tassinari is there. On the other hand, Coman’s crossed right foot – of rare beauty – in the 69th minute was impregnable: ball at the opposite crossroads and guests on +2. No less valuable is Pasini’s left-handed brushstroke which gives the Rimini team the 5-2: the ball spins just enough and scores at the ‘seven’, without the possibility of a reply for Tassinari. The latter had had to intervene again shortly before on Giannini’s close shot. After the 5-2 the Academy tries to shorten with Gostoli’s free-kick, just wide of the post covered by the barrier. On the other hand, the placement that Burioni sends directly to goal from a secluded position is less poisonous: here Masini can even block himself. The last ring of the game is still from Rimini, with Pasini who fits well between the defense shirts and immediately looks for the goal, missing it not by much.
San Marino Academy Press Office