The Eccellenza championship ends with a defeat without consequences for Civitavecchia, who loses 2-1 in Rome against Astrea, who had to win to ensure salvation, or rather the playouts. For the last match of the championship, coach Raffaele Scudieri decides to start Luigi Ruggiero as the starter, in one of his few appearances during the championship. There is Midio between the posts after Romagnoli’s defection, otherwise the formation is the usual one, with Contini going to the bench to make room for Funari, while in attack Samuele Cerroni goes to the bench and Menghi is confirmed as center. As mentioned, Ruggiero starts for the first time in the season as a starter and immediately makes a name for himself in the 17th minute, scoring after a tested action and a calibrated assist from Luciani who serves him in the best possible way. The reaction of the ministerial team, who must win to obtain salvation and position themselves better in view of the playouts, comes alive in the 25th minute, when Castro hits the post with his head. The equalizer came after half an hour, with Castro himself having his shot blocked from 10 meters and then Mariani arriving, who put a right shot where Midio couldn’t reach. The goal charges the home team. Three minutes pass and from a free kick, the expert Castro volleys in and finds a fantastic corner, giving Astrea the lead. In the second half the pace drops, the motivations make the difference, with Mr. Scudieri’s team unable to achieve an equalizer and the opportunities worth mentioning are not exactly of the highest quality. Civitavecchia’s championship ends in fifth place in the standings with 57 points. From now on the club and team will be able to concentrate solely on the work to be done and the choices to be made in view of next season. On pole for the technical guide would be Massimo Castagnari, who has just left the bench of FC Viterbo Cimini. It would be a return because Castagnari, before Viterbo and the parenthesis with the Academy Ladispoli, won the regional Italian Cup while coaching Civitavecchia. Castagnari has not confirmed a return to the Nerazzurri at all, which, if it were to become reality, would be his third arrival. Then there is also the stadium issue regarding the future of Fattori. Much will depend on all this regarding the composition of the future squad. On Castagnari owner Patrizio Presutti expressed himself this week by speaking of him as “possible” to become the new coach which in reality would be the third return. And then – another dot over the i – Civitavecchia will start again from the youth sector, investing heavily in the youth sector for the new 2024-2025 season. Civitavecchia has achieved important results in the youth sector in recent times, including the historic qualification for the Regional Elite playoffs of the Juniores team, while, in April, the 2007 Allievi managed to win the playout, but not without difficulty, because to overcome the Petriana penalty kicks were needed.
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