It’s official, excluding Pistoiese. And Forlì loses: lost 6 points

A revolutionized ranking, as already predicted and easily calculated since Sunday afternoon. Yesterday the Serie D sports judge sanctioned the announced exclusion of Pistoiese from the championship. And Forlì also loses out, losing more than many others, that is, the maximum: 6 points. The drastic measure was applied following the new and, for many, even bizarre regulation, which provides that a club will be expelled from the championship after the second time they give up a match, canceling all their matches.

In fact, the Tuscan team, after having deserted the match on the Fanfulla pitch, replicated its poor performance on Sunday in the home match against Sangiuliano City, practically excluding itself, following its corporate earthquake, from a championship in which at the beginning it was even credited as one of the favourites. Contrary to the old and more reasonable regulation, which in cases of withdrawal of a club in the second round provided for the assignment of the classic 3-0 forfeit in the remaining matches, maintaining all the previous results. the new rules established by the National Amateur League have caused the aforementioned cancellation of all the matches played by the Orange team.

A true revolution, an earthquake that penalized Ravenna above all, who from 2 points behind Carpi on Sunday morning found themselves 4 points behind the leaders on Sunday evening. With the Giallorossi club which, yesterday, issued a harsh statement on this decision. And Forlì did the same thing. The cancellation of the matches has substantially changed the balance both in the upper and lower areas of the rankings.

In the race towards the playoffs, therefore, problems for coach Mauro Antonioli’s Forlì. The red and whites, who recovered on Sunday thanks to the invigorating 3-0 imposed on their direct rival Victor San Marino, slipped from fourth to fifth position (the last one available for the play-offs) and the 4 points they had ahead of the same titans were reduced to a single length.

This is the new ranking, officially updated yesterday by the NLD, with the differences in points compared to the previous situation. Carpi 61 (-4); Ravenna 57 (-6); Corticella 53 (-1); Lentigione 52 (-3); Forlì 49 (-6); Victor San Marino 48 (-3); Prato 44 (-3); Aglianese (-3), Sangiuliano City (0), Fanfulla (-2) 41; Imola 39 (0); Santangelo 37 (-1); Sammaurese (-4) and Progresso (-1) 31; Bordo San Donnino 24 (-3); Certaldo 21 (-3); Mezzolara 18 (-2).

In the next three days Santangelo and, above all, Corticella and Lentigione will observe a round of rest (in fact they should have met the Pistoiese), but despite this day in less than two opponents who precede them, all things considered for the Galletti the margin of error to get the ticket valid for the post season has been reduced to the minimum possible.

Next Sunday, then, the most difficult away match of the entire season is scheduled for Merlonghi & Co., with the red and whites who will visit the wild league leaders Carpi, fully launched towards conquering the C series. The last two are much more affordable, but not to be taken for granted. commitments, with Forlì who will face the almost doomed Mezzolara at home and then close the season in Tuscany, in the lair of the quiet Aglianese.