After the week off, the IFL returns to the field for the first round of the Playoffs, the Wild Cards. The four teams finishing behind will face each other over the weekend Skorpions Varese And Guelphs Florencewho will be waiting comfortably seated in their armchairs for the names of the opponents they will have to face in the semi-final.
Both matches will be played on Saturday, with kick-offs 30 minutes apart. They begin Parma Panthers And Frogs Legnanoat 5.30 pm Lanfranchi Stadium and the anticipation for this Week 9 rematch couldn’t be higher. Then it ended 55 to 50 for Legnano, amidst general amazement at a decidedly over the top performance from the black and silver team at home to the reigning Italian Champions and now, with the entire season at stake, we don’t really know what to expect. If the Panthers’ path in the regular season was rather bumpy, the experience in matches of this type, the depth of the roster and the desire to defend the championship won in Toledo last year make the Emilians very dangerous. On the other hand, the Frogs have played as an ‘underdog’ throughout the season, reaching the Playoffs for the first time since their return to the top league Fidaf and if the extraordinary duo Salum-Guiseppi will arrive in form the Panthers will need a superb performance to block their path to the semi-final against Skorpions Varese next week.
At 6.00 pm, at Nelson Mandela Of Anconai Dolphins they will face the Lazio Marines, qualified for the Playoffs by a whisker and thanks to the defeat of Rhinos Milano on the last day of the regular season. The Lazio team have nothing to lose, unlike the Dolphins who, in addition to playing at home, will have to demonstrate that they have managed to turn the page after the disappointment in Florence and having lost second place in the standings. This Wild Card is exactly the same as a year ago and then it ended 41 to 18 for Ancona: impossible to chase away those “ghosts” for the Romans, who certainly start as underdogs but, perhaps for this reason, certainly with a freer head and play like this , we know, can prove enormously more productive. Challenge within the challenge, the one between the two American quarterbacks, on the one hand the solid Collin Di Galboon the other the pyrotechnic Austin Albericci, both capable of making the difference, if on the day, and both called on Saturday evening to take the keys to their respective attacks with authority. Whoever wins will face the Guelfi Firenze next week.
Plan:
ITALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE – Wild Card
Saturday, June 8th
h. 5.30pm Panthers Parma vs Frogs Legnano
h. 18.00 Dolphins Ancona vs Lazio Marines
Both matches will be broadcast live on DAZN.
