All in forty minutes.
This time yes, there’s really no chance of playing it out in the long run. This time yes, everything is decided in a race. This time yes, the dream can become reality once again. It’s time for the championship final for Bitonto C5 Femminile who will face Tiki Taka Francavilla from Abruzzo in a single match tomorrow to determine who will have to sew on the tricolor for the 2023/2024 season.
It almost seems like a sign of destiny, but when these two teams meet, there is always something big at stake. After last year’s Scudetto finals, the Italian Cup final in April and now, once again, the championship-worthy challenge. Both get there after beating two battleships, such as Falconara and GTM Montesilvano in the semi-finals. The championship has established that the black-greens are five points behind the yellow-reds but tomorrow’s match will be a challenge in itself. A beautiful challenge that will be accompanied by a stratospheric audience.
It’s a Marzuoli on fire the one who wanders the streets of Bitonto before the championship final: «I’ll say straight away that I don’t like the dry final formula at all. I said it at the beginning of the season and I reiterate it today when my team dominated the regular season from the first to the last day and is putting its record up for grabs in a single match, giving an undeniable advantage to its opponents. It is precisely for this reason that I think that we are not the favorites in this final at all. In fact I say 49% us and 51% Tiki Taka. We will have to take the field and play the best match of the year without being influenced by the episodes that will occur on the field. They will certainly attack the match to prevent us from playing, we must try to do what we know and focus on our game to overcome all the difficulties of this final. We will have 4000 people with us, even if they don’t take the field they must help our girls not to feel difficulty and fatigue. So far they have been extraordinary, I am sure that on Sunday too they will make the match unforgettable for our girls. Whatever happens, we will end an extraordinary season. 7 finals in two years is a fairytale record that no one has ever achieved before and this makes me proud of my work and of this extraordinary group of athletes that I am lucky enough to coach.”
Diana Santos has been one of the protagonists of the play-offs so far: «SThey are always strange matches, we would have preferred to play the final over several games, it works like that everywhere. We will have to play to the best of what we know as a group and putting a lot of desire and competitive spirit into every action. Tiki Taka is a strong team and is in form; in Genoa it was more difficult than the result says. We will have to do much better than then to give joy again to this city that has adopted us.”
They will be there to referee the match Simone Zanfino first referee e Marco Moro second. Bench attendant Andrea Seminara while on the clock there will be Pasquale Crocifiglio. Appointment at the Palaflorio in Bari for Bitonto C5 Femminile vs Tiki Taka Francavilla. Entrance is free. You can’t miss it! Start at 5pm.
Saturday 8 June 2024
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