Draw and early salvation. There Teamnetwork Albatro impacts the rear-end field but he gets a point and the arithmetic certainty of remaining in the top national men’s handball series.
In Carpi ends 28-28 the challenge of the penultimate day of the Serie A Gold. The safety net realizes it Crotti with 40 seconds left. Thanks to the point, in fact, the Sicilians reach 19 points. A result that allows them to go +3 over Macagi Cingoli defeated at home by Cassano Magnago. The Marche team remain at 16 points and in tenth position, i.e. in the play out zone. With 60 minutes to go and with two points for victory, the gap between the two teams is unbridgeable.
Albatro can aim for eighth place alone as their final goal of the season. But the big objective has been achieved: the home match next Saturday 4 May against Rubiera will be the final catwalk for all the protagonists of this sporting year.
The match
Not a good match, perhaps conditioned by the tension for the result to be achieved and by Carpi who, despite the direct relegation to A Silver, appears to be combative and never tamed.
The Emilians honor the championship with a careful and convincing performance: and it probably deepens the regret for the now certain last place which condemns them to play in the second national series for next season.
Costa scores 13 and makes the difference in the final scoreboard. The home team ended the first half in the lead and did well to capitalize on the game with few mistakes in their conclusions. Syracusans who chase well to recover the three-goal deficit.
In the second half Carpi seems to want to repeat what they did in the first half. Garralda soon had to do without Zungri (out for three serious fouls) and spare Sciorsi himself who was burdened by two temporary expulsions in the 15th minute of the first half.
The last two minutes offer mixed emotions. First the bluarancio manage to temporarily overtake, then they suffer a counter-overtaking from Serafini’s men. The equalizer which is worth direct salvation comes 40 seconds before the siren and is achieved by Crotti.
The scoreboard
Carpi-Teamnetwork Albatro 28-28
First half 15-14
Carpi: Jurina, Monzani 1, Ferrarini, Serafini 1, Soria 4, Carabulea 2, Cioni, Coppola 2, Sibilio, Quaranta, Errico, Damjanovic 3, Sortino, Costa 13, Mejri 2. Trainer Davide Serafini
Teamnetwork Albatro: Souto Cueto 3, Eyebe 3, Sciorsci 2, Marino, Mantisi, Zungri, Cantore 4, Pauloni 4, Vinci 5, Martelli, El-Sabbagh 1, Crotti 4, Nemeth 2, Hermones. Trainer Mateo Garralda
Referees: Huu Chinh Nguyen and Vincenzo Stilo
Serie A Gold, the results of the 12th second leg
Saturday 27 April
- Macagi Cingoli-Cassano Magnago 27-35
- Bucket Rubiera-Sparer Eppan 32-37
- Carpi-Teamnetwork Albatro 28-28
- Pressano-Trieste 37-26
- Bressanone-Bolzano 33-39
- Conversano-Sidea Group Junior Fasano 31-27
- Alperia Black Devils-Raimond Ego Sassari 33-31
Classification
Sidea Group Junior Fasano 41; Bressanone and Alperia Black Devils 38; Conversano 37; Bolzano 36; Cassano Magnago 34; Raimond Ego Sassari 29; Teamnetwork Albatro and Sparer Eppan 19; Macagi Cingoli 16; Pressano and Trieste 13; Bucket Rubiera 10; Carpi 7.
In the photo of Sara BozzoliJulian Souto Cueto
