The Coppa Italia Puntocuore once again reminded fans how Beach Soccer Lega Nazionale Dilettanti, despite the preparation, tactics and technique, is an unpredictable sport in which everything can change in an instant. The quarter-final matches, played on the sandy rectangle of the Torre Faro Beach Stadium in Messina, explained in the simplest and most immediate way why beach soccer is the most practiced sport in the summer. In the semi-finals go Città di Milano, Farmaè Viareggio, Catania FC and Domusbet.tv Catania but Alsa Lab Napoli, FVG, Lenergy Pisa and Happy Car Samb have caressed the passage of the round with their hands.
Saturday, from 9.30 am, all six semi-finals valid for places from 5th to 16th. At 8.00 pm and 9.15 pm Farmaè Viareggio-Catania FC and Città di Milano-Domusbet.tv Catania will play for the two places in the final.
Quarter-finals report:
DOMUSBET.TV CATANIA-HAPPY CAR CONTINUED 3-1 (1-1; 1-0; 2-0)
Domusbet.tv Catania confirms its positive tradition with Happy Car Samb beaten for the eleventh time in sixteen occasions. Almost all the Cup challenges with the club from the Marche have always smiled on the Etna team. Even today the score was the same. Catania can play a semi-final for the eighteenth time in its history, the seventh in a row (only in 2010 and 2016 Catania stopped in the quarter-finals). Eighteen semi-finals out of twenty editions, a sensational result. But this time Samb came very close to overturning fate. For three quarters of the game, Mister Di Lorenzo’s team remained in the game, also hitting the woodwork four times. In the third period Catania landed the fatal blows for the final 4-1. Caique is proving to be the crack of the Cup with four goals in just two games. The Italian Josep Jr has unlocked himself, the Brazilian World Champion Catarino has struck once again. The least expected player, De Nisi, also scored, always precious in the moments that matter. The usual Raphael dragged Samb along.
CITY OF MILAN-ALSA LAB NAPLES 2-1 (1-0; 1-1; 0-0)
The Poule Scudetto is good for Città di Milano, since last season the Milanese club reached the top flight they have not missed a Coppa Italia semi-final. In 2023 Roma paid the price, this time it was Alsa Lab Napoli’s turn to defeat 2-1. The Neapolitans made many mistakes, Milan took advantage. Savarese put the Rossoneri ahead in the first half. At the start of the second half the Brazilian Lucao put the result back on track by scoring his eighth goal of the season. Samuele Sassari, who had just set foot on the Messina sand for the first time, scored the goal for 2-1. In the third half Napoli tried everything, even missed a penalty and finally surrendered.
FARMAE’ VIAREGGIO-FVG 6-5 (2-3; 2-1; 2-1)
At the end of a very tight challenge, Viareggio wins, the second team to confirm itself for the second consecutive year among the best four in the Cup (ninth time overall). Nothing to do, however, for FVG who also this time stops in the quarterfinals despite a great match. A pyrotechnic first half, started with the black and whites double advantage thanks to Gori’s brace (up to 4 in the Cup) from a set piece: penalty in the 4th minute, a minute later with a great left-footed shot from midfield. Then in the space of two minutes FVG turns things around: first Elliott with a right-footed shot in the corner, then Spaccarotella equalizes and finally the overtaking signed by Hodel. In the second half the balance is re-established with Petracci and Leo Martins in response to Siriaci’s goal at the beginning. The Friulians strike first also in the third half with the precise shot by Lasagna, then Ze Lucas comes to the fore with the decisive brace for the ninth semifinal in the history of the black and white team.
LENERGY PISA-CATANIA FC 1-4 (0-1; 1-1; 0-2)
The seventh time is the right one. Catania Fc after six defeats in the previous matches with Lenergy Pisa in one fell swoop breaks the spell and qualifies for the second time in its history to the semi-finals (the same result as in 2018 when it was called Canalicchio). Pisa, who in the last four editions of the Cup have done wonders, must surrender after fighting until the last moment. The 4-1 with which the Etna team won must not deceive, Pisa remained in the game until halfway through the third half. In Catania, the Portuguese, Brazilian and naturalized Italian medalists made the difference, we are talking about champions of the caliber of Eudin, Camillo Augusto, Jordan and Bruno Xavier. Three of them authors of the classic goals of the exes. For Lenergy Pisa, the new signing Paulinho scored, having equalized the score at the beginning of the second half.
