will be the international Andrea Piardi from Brescia, assisted by the gdl Franco Rosella from Rome and Alex Frasson from Treviso with Claudio Blessano from Treviso in charge of the tmo, to referee the 179th Italian derby between Femi Cz Rovigo and Petrarca Padova on Sunday.
The appointment for this highly anticipated challenge is for Sunday at 5pm at the “Battaglini” in Rovigo and will be valid for access to the 2023-2024 championship final. A quality referee for a match that will be even richer in content than other derbies given the importance of what is at stake. A match that the experts have labeled as “the early final” even if this year’s excellent Viadana 1970 should not be overlooked which, in addition to having finished the regular season in first place in game 1 of the scudetto playoffs, inflicted a severe lesson on Hbs Colorno.
And a team like this certainly cannot be considered just outsiders but a XV of absolute quality. Viadana 1970 who will take the field tomorrow at the “Zaffanella” to face Valorugby Emilia at 5pm in the match which will be directed by Clara Munarini from Parma and will have Federico Vedovelli from Sondrio and Riccardo Angelucci from Livorno as assistants while the referee will be Stefano Roscini from Milan .
Returning to the Italian derby on Sunday, which will also be valid for the Adige Cup, in addition to the traditional motivations that “normally” exist when Rovigo and Petrarca meet, there will be other icings to put on the cake. Captain Matteo Ferro’s 200th match for rossoblù who will certainly want to greet this milestone in the best possible way. It could also be the last derby of an icon like Edo Lubian who did not hide the idea of retiring at the end of the season to remain in the world of rugby, but sitting on the bench.
Speaking of benchit could be the last derby for Andrea Marcato that everyone is giving next season to the Treviso Academy as well as becoming Roberto Santamaria’s assistant in the Under 20 national team. And this without taking into account that, like every season, there will be more than one player, both in red and blue and in the all-black jersey, who will change their shirts and therefore approach the derby with even more determination. And then also because a sold out “Battaglini” is expected and no one will want to disfigure themselves in front of so many audiences.
