Santa Margherita Ligure. Genoa won the 4th edition of the Coppa Arancione Primavera – 3rd Paolo Aceto Memorial – 2nd Alessio Corradin Memorialheld on Sunday 9 June on the sports facilityEugenio Broccardi‘, organized by Sammargheritese, with the patronage of the Municipality of Santa Margherita Ligure, reserved for Under 16 professional and Under 17 amateur categories.
The rossoblù team, led by mister Konko, beat the Tuscan team Atletico Lucca in the final (3-1), real surprise of the Tournament, for having put teammates of the caliber behind Sampdoria, Spezia, Pro Vercelli and the amateurs Colli Marittimi (Pisa), Sammargheritese, Camporosso.
The Trophywhich closes the 2023/24 competitive season, was a success of the Tigullina companythat has aimed at organizing the event, giving the amateur teams the opportunity to compete with the professional onesalso to gain important experiences, “We are very happy with the success of the Tournament, That improves year after year – he claims Luca Cavalloresponsible for the ‘orange’ youth sector (competitive area) while the sports director Andrea Malmusi point your finger at growth of the event: “These tournaments are the flagship of our company – says the manager – we want to improve to bring the name of our town where it deserves and in the future we are evaluating the idea of being able to give space to foreign teams”.
Football: the Spring Orange Cup
President Andrea Lenzowho followed each match from the sidelines, moment after moment, he rewarded all the participating teams, the referees and was moved to remember, together with his family, the figures of Paolo Aceto and Alessio Corradini, people who always live in the hearts and memories of the whole club.
The Sammargheritese awarded Andrea Dianda (Atletico Lucca) as best player, Giovanni Bergamino (Genoa) as best goalkeeper, while the award to the top scorer of the event went to Salvatore Amato (Spezia).
Luca Cavallo and Pietro Lettieri
Andrea Malmusi
The complete results tablethe:
First phase
Sampdoria-Sammargheritese 4-0
Spezia-Colli Marittimi 1-0
Genoa-Atletico Lucca 0-0 (3-5, after penalties)
Pro Vercelli-Camporosso 4-0
Second phase
Sampdoria-Coll Marittimi 2-0
Atletico Lucca-Camporosso 5-1
Spezia-Sammargheritese 7-1
Genoa.Pro Vercelli 3-3 (4-2, after penalties)
3rd Final ‘Paolo Acerto Memorial’
Genoa-Spezia 4-1
2nd Final ‘Memorial Alessio Corradini’
Atletico Lucca-Sampdoria 1-0
‘4th Orange Spring Cup’ Final
Genoa-Atletico Lucca 3-1
