It ended yesterday evening, Sunday 30 June and in the presence of a very large audience who came to the “Tonino Seri” in Macerata, the 27th edition of the Marche Trophy. Second consecutive success and almost announced that ofAcademy Civitanovese by Mister Gaetano Calvaresi, a very strong team, which proved to be of an absolutely superior level to the others who, in a final discussed only in the opening minutes, beat for 7-1 l’OsimoConero Station Dribblingthe only team capable of piercing the inactive Civitanova goalkeeper in the final stages. Mister Benedettelli’s boys in fact took the lead in the 1st minute of play but after just 9 minutes the result was already overturned.
13-0 against Archetti in the round of 16, 6-0 against AFC Fermo in the quarter-finals, 6-0 against Atletico Ascoli in the semi-finals after topping their group as first with full points, are the results of the triumphal ride of Civitanova until yesterday’s final. A round of applause to the defeated Ancona green and whites, because finishing second out of 36 teams is a great result.
An extraordinary success this 2024 edition of the Marche Trophy, 36 teams and an enthusiasm that has been felt since April 29th, the day of the group draw. The final epilogue of the awards ceremony was beautiful and exciting as always, this year finally spared from the rain for a ceremony which, given the guests who arrived and the importance of some prizes, put the icing on the cake to an edition worthy of one of the major regional youth football tournaments.
Little to say regarding the match commentary. Here are the tables:
ACADEMY CIVITANOVESE: Stefoni, Tisi, Murataj, Petrini, D’Angelo, Merchants (c), Iachini, Giacchetti, Capponi, Tordini, Ameur.
Available: Trinetta, Spuri, Onesini, Castelli, Romagnoli, Cernetti, Ruggeri, Giudici, Vallesi.
Coach: Gaetano Calvaresi
OSIMOSTATION CD: Antonelli, Radicioni, Cantiani, Di Giovanni, Graciotti, Maiolini, Olivieri (c), Vignoni, Gatto, Gabbanelli, Montesi.
Available: Armenti, Berti, Lauretti, Lenti, Olari, Pepa, Roccabella, Russo, Breccia.
Coach: Marco Benedettelli.
RETI: Gabbanelli (OCD), Tordini (2) (AC), Ameur (AC), Murataj (AC), D’Angelo (AC), Iachini (AC), Capponi (AC)
REFEREE: Andrea Maurilli from Macerata.
ASSISTANT 1: Lorenzo Longarini from Macerata.
ASSISTANT 2: Pierfrancesco Parisi from Macerata.
In the previous final for 3-4 place the Caldarola takes the lowest step of the podium by overcoming theAthletic Ascoli for 6-2, confirming the excellent tournament played by Mister Ciarlantini’s Macerata team, a well-deserved third place but also full of regret for a final lost on penalties after having thrown away many opportunities in the regulation time of the semi-final.
We were talking about the awards ceremony. The referee trio and the finalist coaches were awarded Gaetano Calvaresi e Marco Benedettellithe top scorer Ashraf Ameur (Academy Civitanovese) capable of scoring 18 goals, the best goalkeeper Federico Alessandrini (Atletico Ascoli), the best player Alessio Iachini (Academy Civitanovese) and the first four teams classified with the Academy Civitanovese who raised the winner’s cup to the sky.
A special mention to an award established only last edition by the organization or the award Marche Pro Trophyan award for young footballers who have recently passed through the Marche Trophy and have distinguished themselves in professional teams. This second prize went to Matthew VitiAC PERUGIA footballer, who in 2019 participated in the Marche Trophy with Potenza Picena and in this season just ended signed his first professional contract, also making his debut in the Italian Cup and in the Serie C championship.
Among the guests who attended Giancarlo ArrivesFIGC Regional Councillor, Fabio RomagnoliProvincial Delegate CONI Macerata, Gilberto Sacchi e John Luchetti of the AIA Macerata section, Guido Andrenelli e Alver Torresi of the FIGC Macerata provincial delegation, Simone Livi regional councilor, the Deputy Mayor and Councilor of the Municipality of Macerata Francesca D’Alessandro, Laura Sextiles provincial councilor of Macerata.
We thank the Marche Region which sponsors the event as well as the Province and Municipality of Macerata and the various partner sponsors, including the BCC OF RECANATI AND COLMURANO.
The appointment is for next year and we already know who will be the team to beat!
