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It closed on the result of 31 to 31 the highly anticipated and exciting race between Erice And Jomi Salerno. The draw on Sicilian soil allows the team coached by Mister Christophe Cassan to secure the top of the standings one round before the end of the regular season.
It’s a very heated match with a never-to-be-obvious result that took place at PalaCardella of Erice among the top two teams in the A1 women’s handball championship. For Jomi Salerno the start of the match is not easy: the hosts take the lead 1 and a half minutes after the starting whistle with the goal ofex Manojlovic. Jomi has to deal with the positive day of Ramazzotti which para up From the Coast And Barreiro, but also with a dose of initial bad luck. The two minutes for Petersen cost the Salerno team a lot: Manojlovic scores again from 7 meters, then Erice’s goalkeeper takes advantage twice and directs the ball into the Salerno team’s unguarded goal. After 5 minutes, Erice is ahead by 4, Jomi breaks the deadlock with Rossomando. The Salerno team are good at recovering from the initial cold shower, they take advantage of their momentary numerical superiority and manage to get within -2 of the home team: at the end of the first quarter the teams are at 10 – 8. Erice, pushed by their fans, tries to give it another break: in the 24th minute the Sicilians return to +5. Jomi chases and in fact the teams go into halftime at 18 – 15. At the restart neither of the two teams intends to leave the field to their opponent. For Jomi Salerno there is the right reaction of pride, the reigning Italian champions, led by the excellent Petersen, manage to reach Erice. The Sicilians, in fact, lose fluidity in their attacking maneuvers and the four turnovers allow the Jomi to attack. The final ten minutes are a continuous back and forth: Petersen himself scores the goal to make it 27 – 27 in the 50th minute. Gorbatsjova and Petersen again scored the two goals that closed the match at 31 – 31.
Jomi will be back on the field again next Sunday 5 May for the last match of the regular season which will see the Salerno team playing against Cassano Magnago at the Palestra Palumbo. Meanwhile, the A1 series ranking seems to have already been defined: Jomi is certain of the top, Erice should also be certain of second position and will face the bottom in the next round Lions SassariPontinia could finish in third place as they will meet Teramo next weekend, while Brixen, who will not take the field in the last round of the championship, stops at 29 points.
