Polesella (Rovigo), 15 May 2024 – In an election period, what happened at the end of an election makes the news Polesella football match. It’s about the third category football play-off final of the province of Rovigo, held last Sunday between the Rivarese and the Young Italy Polesella, which ended 2-1 in favour. At the final whistle controversies for some refereeing decisions of the designated match director Benedetta Fugalli. From what might have seemed to be a normal post-match, however, came the position of Giovane Italia coach Polesella, Nicola Tosini, which caused discussion. The coach, in fact, considered Aia’s choice to designate “inappropriate”. Benedetta Fugallithe reason why has a political motivation. Palmiro Franco Tosinifather of Giovane Italia coach Polesella, is running for mayor with the Democratic Party in Rovigo, while Benedetta Fugalli, Forza Italia city councilor candidate. Hence the controversy raised by Nicola Tosini, followed by the bitterness of defeat on the pitch in the play off final.
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A position, however, which was not followed up as the father himself, Palmiro Franco Tosiniclassified it as refereeing error and nothing to do with politics. The mayor of Polesella is also on the same line Leonardo Raito, former footballer for Giovane Italia Polesella and present at the final, as the first fan of the red and blue team. “Nowadays they also shoot videos of third category matches – explains Leonardo Raito – so it is possible to judge even better what was seen from the sidelines. On Sunday there were certainly two very obvious penalty incidents denied to Giovane Italia Polesella and the regret for a promotion that would have been well deserved grows even more. Said this, I think it was a refereeing error as I saw it. Of course we are very sorry because the boys deserved the promotion. But football is a cruel sport and sometimes decided by mistakes.”
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