A real undertaking; Forlì’s victory over the super-battleship cannot be defined differently
Vicenza, which up to now had literally killed the Serie B championship and Italian cup, 20 victories up
as many matches played, often with very large results, and perhaps it is not necessary to remember that it is the
team that last year saw the Serie A championship.
The game is played in Bomporto due to the unavailability of the PalaRibolle, which is occupied by a figure skating competition; a
small pitch, with a parquet floor, very different from the pitch in Forlì, but which ultimately hindered
Vicenza is also the same.
But let’s get to the news, with both teams starting off at full speed with a very high pace
from the start of the match. Surprisingly, Forlì goes first with Bernardoni triggering Mazzoni, giving the lead
signal that the WarPigs will not stand idly by; obviously Vicenza immediately makes it clear that this is not the case
joke too much, so much so that Vendrame offers the puck to Frigo to even the score and send
Romagna any strange thoughts. The match becomes even more intense and Vendrame with 3′ 29 to go
first half he decides to send his team into a break with a bit of calm by sealing the 2-1 and recalling the
Forlivesi the nightmare of the Italian Cup, where after an initial advantage Romagna had then reached one
Venetian goleada.
The second half begins and Forli continues to be aggressive and never give up, with Cipriano in goal
nothing short of monumental; the small pitch involves clashes and frequent fouls, to the point of leading to foul play
third penalty Fridge which unfortunately for Vicenza will cost dearly in terms of energy. Forlì takes advantage of it
again with the Bernardoni-Mazzoni tandem equalizing the score (2-2). But it’s too early to sing
victory, in fact after just 5 minutes Pace serves the 3-2 to Centofante and the curtain seems to want to start falling,
but the evening has some surprises in store, and in fact Bernardoni is still thinking about reviving emotions
specials, scoring Frigo on an assist from Captain Guerzoni with a shot from almost halfway.
It seems impossible but there are still almost seven very long minutes to go, the longest ever, which however i
Coach Rizzoli’s boys (his for a large part of this victory) face with determination, without giving up
centimeter and even came close to scoring on a couple of occasions; Vicenza begins to feel the
tired of the poor rotations, and has to deal with Cipriano who erects a wall in front of the cage
Forlì.
These are heart-pounding minutes until the final whistle; It’s already a feat to have forced the Vicenza players to play the
first overtime of their season, but here the impossible happens; even in 3 against 3 Forlì holds the lead well
field and even Ballarin deposits the winning puck into the net.
Jubilation for the Forlì team who played the perfect match, obvious disappointment for the Venetian team who didn’t
they were certainly waiting for an evening like this.
We now go to Vicenza for race 2 and possible race 3; obviously it will be a battle from first to last
second, made worse by the fact that Vicenza will be forced to win both to access Serie A which
it was considered the obvious goal from the beginning of the championship. Unless a miracle happens again…
