the playoffs start next Tuesday – Telesveva Notizie

It was originally scheduled for today. The start of the playoffs of the Serie C championship is set for next Tuesday. The postponement was caused by the appeal presented by Taranto to CONI, against the four penalty points collected for administrative violations, and – yesterday’s story – then rejected by the Board of Sport Guarantee. The Group C ranking remains this, crystallized at the end of the regular season. In three days, therefore, the play-offs will begin which will give away the fourth and final place for the next Serie B. Twenty-eight teams at the start, eighteen involved in the first round: a direct elimination match, at the home of the best placed team at the end of the regular season, which would advance to the next round even in the event of a draw, without extra time and penalties. All in ninety minutes, then. Cerignola, which finished seventh thanks to three victories in a row against Virtus Francavilla, Foggia and Giugliano, finds its debut in the playoffs the very team it beat in the last round of the regular season, Giugliano: kick-off at the “Monterisi” scheduled for 8.30pm. At the same time, it’s the turn of Taranto, fifth place: field factor and two results out of three also available for the Ionian team, who host Latina at the “Iacovone”. Kick-off at 9pm, however, at the “Donato Curcio”, where Picerno takes on Crotone at home. Two Apulians and one Lucanian, therefore, on the field in three days for the Serie C playoffs. Two Apulians and one Lucanian also in the playouts, scheduled with a home and away formula on Sunday 12th and Sunday 19th May: derby between Monopoli and Virtus Francavilla while Potenza will seek confirmation of the professional category against Monterosi. Monopolitans and Lucanians have the privilege of playing the return match at home and are saved in the event of a tie in the total goals over 180 minutes.