Grifone on the wings of enthusiasm, but will he be able to make it three of a kind? Many young people for the Golden Lion, Drago and Cervo Bianco also strengthened
Two straight semi-finals and the last act at the “Melani”: also for 2024 the format of the tournament of the districts of Pistoia, in the Senior category, it will be the most classic. Only two races available to the four districts to try to snatch the title from the Grifone, who after the stop due to Covid won the victory in both 2022 and 2023. The red and whites will open the tournament in the semi-final with the Dragonscheduled Wednesday at 9.30pm at Frascari, while White Deer-Golden Lion they will compete Thursdayat the same time and in the same location. But how do the four districts get to the event? Let’s see the roses in detail.
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WHITE DEER
Last July 1st the green and whites achieved a heavy knockout 5-0 in the final against Grifone. The goal of Montoro and his boys is certainly to get to the last act again, perhaps improving the final result. To do this, the Porta Lucchese district will be able to count on a staff confirmed in many of its staff, but rejuvenated by some quality pieces. Three of the new faces were in fact born in 2005: the full-backs Fasciana and Nunziatiboth playing in Serie D with Mobilieri Ponsacco and Certaldo respectively, and the midfielder Cecchi.
All three have a good chance of being starters and of giving dynamism to a team that can count on the backbone composed of Nencini, Martini and Pagnini. Fabbri has room in goal, while there are other potential starters Guidotti and Thesis in defense, Jack off in the middle, Pieraccioni hey two Del Fa in the offensive department. However, many choices in all departments for the Cervo Bianco, which at least on paper seems to have something more than the Leon d’Oro. However, as usual, the field will issue the final verdict.
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DRAGON
The red-green district certainly has no shortage of experience. After all, who wouldn’t want to have a goalkeeper of the caliber of Jacopo Pagnini? The goalkeeper from Pistoia, this year playing for Figline, leads a team that wants to return to the final as happened in 2022. The Drago’s fortunes will probably pass from the day of Nania and De Simonetwo attackers who often lack continuity but are certainly capable of pull the rabbit out of the hat at any time. Also pay attention to another quality element such as Neri Melani, who has been the leader of Real Cerretese for years.
Taking a look at the rest of the squad, the Porta Carratica district should not have problems in defense: in fact there are Samples and Ghimenti, comrades at Casalguidi in the last year, but also Chiti, Frosini, Luka and Ffroku, who will certainly compete for a starting shirt. Blanket perhaps slightly short in the median, where it should find space Barontinibut it is not excluded that Nania could also play there, leaving space in attack for one of the attacking players Charming and the most physical Stores.
GRIFFIN
How does the champion district of the last two years get to this tournament? Perhaps as a favourite, but not as clearly as happened in the past. The red and whites have historical block confirmed who lifted the cup for the last two years, adding only a few players who probably won’t be starters. Between the posts the Third dominates with one between Masters (Liars Pool) e Marini (Capostrada), while in defense there is room for the experience of Chiavacci and Dragomanni, with Gaggioli and the Bucciantini brothers possible loose cannons. They don’t touch each other in the median Augustinians and Bellucci, who will have both the task of serving good balls to the attackers and also defending for them, given that (often) the Bibaj brothers He really likes to run forward and little backwards.
It will be right come on feet of Gersi and Gerti that many of the fortunes of the Porta al Borgo district will pass. In the last two editions they have always raised hell: will they be able to repeat themselves for the third year in a row? He should play together with them Cerretiniin the role of attacking midfielder, e Cutini as the only offensive terminal. But be careful with the new entry Juan Ignacio Surraco, who despite having retired for three years now always knows how to find the winning streak. The cards are also interesting Youssef Maarouf and Giacomo Capecchi, who as substitutes often impressed last year too. The second, especially when he wears the district shirt, transforms: in the last four games played with Grifone he scored five goals.
GOLDEN LEON
Lowering the average age? Objective successfully achieved. In order to seek the final that has been missing for several years now, the Leon d’Oro has chosen to give a cut to the past greeting, among others, veterans such as Piscedda and Storani. In their place are ready new recruits such as the very young Di Lauri and Niccolai. For the rest, the Giallorossi are perhaps experiencing some problems in attack, where together with the Ciaccio flag Cipriani and Milani will have to try to invent something. All in all the other departments offer decent players.
In goal there is the experience of Iacopo Bindi, in defense the mix between veterans Baldi and Mazzucco and the new recruits Passaretta and Gonfiantini, two full backs with quality feet. In the median they will be the starters Benedetto and Puccianti, but there are also Chafiq and Chiti, who played together at Tempio Chiazzano, ready to tell them. A few meters ahead Menichini could be the variable “gone crazy”, especially in the event of a blocked match.
