With an eighth place in the standings and 22 points scored during the regular season, the Milanese are one of the most difficult opponents to face because, as also demonstrated in the Final Eight of the Italian Cup, in the elimination matches they change face and it is never easy to face them .
On the other hand, however, there will be a Bitonto C5 Femminile team that will lead the league from the first to the last day and which, after an encore in the cup, wants to grant it also in the championship because, as per the regulations, whoever goes and sews the tricolor on their chest then earns the mathematical qualification for the next Champions League. An appointment that the black-green lionesses, good at closing the season with fifty-seven points, absolutely do not want to miss.
The tricolor dream therefore begins.
Gianluca Marzuoli expects a very balanced round: «Kick Off is absolutely not what we saw in the championship, it is a team that eliminated the second in the standings in the cup and therefore should absolutely be taken with a grain of salt. Furthermore, in this first game we arrive with the difficulties of the long journey and therefore everything presents itself as a great unknown. We are working well and we limited the celebrations for the cup to a few days, then the preparation started again to make us be at our best for the start of the Play Offs. We will give it our all and then we will see if we have been good enough to continue or not ».
Luciléia is in its third play off in three years of staying in Bitonto: «Undoubtedly when I accepted the President’s challenge I didn’t think I would live this fairy tale. It’s all been great so far. And not because we won but because of the magic that is around the team. These days, meeting students in schools, I realized how curious they are to know everything about us as players and women and then we all find them at the stadium for the matches. It’s been wonderful so far, we must continue to give our best because this city deserves the best. It’s the least we can do. It certainly won’t be easy, we will have to sweat a lot and we should be at 100% to get through but we have to believe in it until the end.”
The match was refereed by Stefano Mestieri as first referee, Andrea Colombo as second referee, Daniele Biondo in charge of the benches and Davide De Ninno as stopwatch.
Appointment on Sunday 5 May at the Sports Hall of Parco Mattei in San Donato Milanese for Kick Off – Bitonto C5 Women. Start at 3pm.
Live Streaming as always on Futsaltv.it and full telecast of the match on TRM Network channel 16 on Tuesday evening at 10.30pm and Wednesday at 4.30pm.
Saturday 4 May 2024
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