It wasn’t supposed to happen, but it happened. Four players from the Marche region involved in the fight not to be relegated to the last day, an unprecedented event. And two of them will most likely drop to Serie D, another unprecedented fact in the C major, accompanying Olbia.
Ancona (41 points) is in the best position and has its destiny in its own hands. By beating a Lucchese team cut off from all the games today at Del Conero, they can save themselves without depending on others. Even from fifth to last, by virtue of the possible +10 from the penultimate Fermana. In the event of a draw or defeat, the Dorians would be within reach of the Canaries.
Recanatese (38) is sure of the playout derby with Vis. Obviously, he aims to get there from the best position, so as to have the advantage of the return match at home and safety in the event of an arithmetic draw in the double header. To do this, the Leopardians must win at Entella, otherwise they would be within range of Vis who have the advantage in the event of an equal draw: in case of parity in the direct clashes (double 1-0) the overall goal difference and the Vis are in fact valid he is 8 points ahead (-9 versus –18). For the same reason, barring unthinkable results, the Leopardians cannot reach Ancona, with whom they are equal in head-to-head matches but significantly behind in goal difference (-17 versus -10). If Vis doesn’t beat Juve, Recanatese would be fine with any result in Chiavari. In this regard, it must be said that Entella (the biggest disappointment of the championship) is not safe at all. To become one, moving to a safe distance from the penultimate (+9) they must score at least one point against Filippi’s men. In case of finishing on par with Ancona at 42 points, the Ligurians would prevail by virtue of the direct clashes. Stellone’s Vis (36) can only climb one position and today they only have the victory available (combined with Recanatese’s non-victory in Chiavari) to play the playout with the advantages of the case. Fermana (31), fresh from 3 victories in the last 4 matches, depends on their cousins: to access the play-outs they must reduce the distance from the fifth from bottom by holding on to the -8 rule, the maximum distance allowed to play the play-offs. That is, beating Pescara and hoping for a misstep from Ancona or for Recanatese’s feat in Chiavari. As for the playoffs (first round 11 and 14 May), the teams ranked from 2nd to 10th place will enter. In the first round, 6 teams per group participate (from 5th to 10th), in the second round the 9 qualified teams (3 per group) plus the 3 fourth-placed teams. From then on we go to the national phase where first the third-placed teams and the winner of the Italian Cup come into play and then the second-placed teams, until reaching the final four. Group B has already designated second place (Torres 74), third place (Carrarese 70) and fourth place (Perugia 63); followed by the other qualifiers who will face each other in the first round in a single match on the field of the best classified (5th-10th, 6th-9th, 7th-8th): currently Gubbio 56, Juventus 54, Pescara and Pontedera 52, Rimini and Arezzo 50.
