Mezzogiorno takes revenge and beats Tramontana, conquers Ponte di Mezzo. Also this time, like last year, the winner of the 2025 sp edition was decided by the play-off between the Parti national teams. After a fight lasting over 10 minutes, Parte Australe got the better of Borea’s men. This hadn’t happened since 2018.
«Mezzogiorno wins an exciting edition of the Gioco del Ponte – declares the Mayor of Pisa Michele Conti. Congratulations to the fighters and figures on both sides for honoring the traditions that make us Pisans proud. This marks the end of a very well-attended June in Pisa. In the coming months we will continue to work to make our traditions known outside our city and to make Luminara, Palio and Gioco del Ponte even more attractive for tourists too.”
The challenge between the parties remained a draw until the awaited challenge on the bridge between San Martino (Mezzogiorno) and San Michele (Tramontana) which took place in the fifth fight. After more than 23 minutes, the former prevailed over his opponent, giving the Parte di Mezzogiorno the lead. At that point the victory of the Dragons would have been enough but it was I Mattaccini who lowered the southern flag after just 4 minutes of clash, bringing the score back to parity and thus making it necessary to have a “match” between the national teams of the two Parties.
Below is the chronicle of the fighting, with partial results:
The Parte di Mezzogiorno, defeated in the last edition, launched the challenge taken up by Tramontana
9.49pm First fight with Tramontana who deploys the Satyrs. The Southern Party responds with I Delfini. THE DOLPHINS WIN (09’40”) [MEZZOGIORNO 1 – TRAMONTANA 0].
H. 10.12pm Second fight. The Southern Party sends the Lions to the Bridge. The Tramontana Party responds with Santa Maria. SANTA MARIA WINS. (05’27”). [TRAMONTANA 1 – MEZZOGIORNO 1].
10.42pm Third fight. The Tramontana Party chooses Calci. The Southern Part responds with San Marco. KICKS WINNER (17’59”)
[TRAMONTANA 2 – MEZZOGIORNO 1]
11.27pm Fourth fight. The Tramontana side hosts San Francesco. The Southern Party responds with Sant’Antonio. SANT’ANTONIO WINS (18’58”)
[TRAMONTANA 2 – MEZZOGIORNO 2]
H. 00.01 Fifth combat. The Southern Part chooses San Martino. The Northern Part sends San Michele. SAN MARTINO WINS (23’22”)
[MEZZOGIORNO 3 – TRAMONTANA 2]
H 00.37 Sixth combat. The Southern Part deploys Dragoons. The Northern Part responds with Mattaccini. THE MATTACCINI WIN (04’53”). [TRAMONTANA 3 – MEZZOGIORNO 3].
The “beautiful” match between the Parti national teams, which started at 01.04, was won by Mezzogiorno after 10 minutes and 44 seconds of fighting.
It was since 2018 that Mezzogiorno had not conquered the Ponte di Mezzo.
