All the latest from Italy, where the cup means qualification for the domestic version of the Champions League
The placement at the end of the first round in Italy’s minifootball cup, determines participation in the Time Out European Cup, which will start in February 2014. The teams ranked from 1st to 5th place qualify for the Champions League and the Provincial Finals Soccer League ; those classified by the 6th to 10th place qualifying for the Europa League .
Right now that leaves Holland TL Champion of winter Rayo Vallecano , with qualification for the Champions League and the Provincial Finals spots went to Cantelli , Flora , Leaves Friends and liii of Lurido. Undefeated (eight wins and a draw , the one at the start of the season with Leave liii) , the best attack and the best DR, Rayo has a trio of tip that is worth more than 50 goals ( top scorer with 21 Francis Sacca, who has shown superb pace, followed by Riccardo Carossa with 20)
The team managed by Francis Sampirisi and led by his son Gianluca closes the round with a flourish : Trigamba took the field against the Zanzone between the posts ; Toscano central defender ; Alfano and Sacca on the wing ; with Gianluca Sampirisi , Carossa and Biella ready to take over .
Rayo continued to press , but the goalkeeper of Trigamba , David Vanzini , provided a real barrier : only Sacca and Marco Biella manage to beat him. In the second half , Vanzini succumbed again in the face of pressure, Carossa , Sacca and Moscow: with the match ending 9-1 after the game the coach Sampirisi sums of the first round and , in addition to the three bombers, praising in particular the goalkeeper Andrea Zanzone ( the memorable stunt in which he saved the victory in direct confrontation with the Cantelli , foiling a deadly free kick) , captain Sampirisi and Richard Toscano for their scoring prowess (7 goals in two , sometimes decisive ), Marco Biella and Robert Alfano for their rhythm ( scoring 6 goals in two games ), Andrea Barale ( one goal) and Alfonso Sabatino for their consistency of performance .
Massimo Cantelli missed out by only one little point: their defense is more solid , and it shows in the game won 1 to 0 against Shadwell. The clash was hard fought and edgy.
Flora of Vincenzo Fazzolari were made to fight hard , as the opposition skipper Fabio Femia resisted to the bitter end , and only lost at the death. The competition closes on the 8 to 5 for Flora: Luigi Manzi securing a hat-trick that made him top scorer with 11 goals , but Manuel Bavato , author of a quintet , was just behind him at 9 . For Exential Boys , the striker Mihail Cazacu touches the threshold of 10 goals this season , with twofor Richard Femia , and a goal to Petru Lupascu .
Pyrotechnics victory for the 9 to 5 Leave liii fourth in the standings and they were the only side to come out unscathed from the big match against Rayo , the tough Red Devils, Gramolelli George , who had ended the first half ahead 3 to 2 thanks to goals of the two bombers, the top scorer Denis Zanaga ( a total of 12 ) and vice Fabio Zunico ( 9 goals ) , and Beppe Vizziello . In the second half the team led by Stephen Iannotta clicked into gear and turned the result : great game by Gianni Pilot , not only the goalkeeper, but also securing an assist for the goals scored by Fabio Carli, the teams top scorer ( 14 goals in all) for the triplet Matthew Paglino and goals for the Mister and Albert Robbe.
Friends of Lurido Eros Simoni, in fifth place in the standings: who ran out 8 to 0 winners against Corvo Rosso . Simone Briganti was their top scorer with 12 goals , followed by Roberto Pennacino and Marco Briganti . Also on the mark were Salvatore Lo Prato , Francesco and Lorenzo Maiorano Urban .