Playoffs: Salerno Guiscards hosts Santa Cecilia

It’s playoff time. The regular season is over for the team 5-a-side football from the Salerno Guiscards sports club the decisive moment of the season begins. Tomorrow, Saturday, with kick-off at ore 15the president’s association Pino D’Andrea will challenge the Saint Cecilia, in the match valid for the first round of the playoffs which are worth promotion to Serie C2. For the Foxes Five it is the second consecutive participation in the post-season. Last year, the boys of mister Caserta in the first round they faced awayHarrier, with the obligation to achieve victory to ensure passage to the next round. Despite having taken the lead twice, Salerno Guiscards left the field defeated, albeit with their heads held high, with a score of 5-3.

This year, however, the first round of the long ride that leads to the C2 series will be played at PalaTulimieri and the team dear to president Pino D’Andrea will have two results out of three available to qualify for the semi-final. The other scheduled matches will face the Real Diano and theAtletico Palomonte and the Belvedere against the Young Ascea. In the semi-final, already qualified, after placing second in the regular season, is Flike Major. The objective, of course, is qualification but they will face a decidedly difficult opponent like Santa Cecilia. The Eboli people finished the championship in seventh place with thirty points, with a record of nine victories, three draws and ten defeats. Two of these they came against Salerno Guiscards who won the away leg 4-3 in the first leg while in the return leg after ending the first half two goals down, they won 6-2.

All this, of course, is a thing of the past and the playoffs, as we often hear, are a league apart. We start again from 0-0, with the next round being played in 60 minutes plus injury time. It should be remembered that in the event of a tie, extra time will be played, while in the event of a further draw there will be no penalty kicks but the best placed team in the championship will qualify. The Foxes Five, having amortized the insignificant defeat in the last round against Belvedere, worked with great intensity during the week to arrive concentrated and recharged for the first match that is worth the season.

«Reaching the playoffs is the result of a fantastic year for us – declared the president of Salerno Guiscards, Pino D’Andrea – a year that saw the team grow from all points of view. Mister Ciro Caserta’s great work is there for all to see, and I’m not just talking about the technical aspect, but also the human aspect. We achieved our goal declared at the beginning of the season, now it’s up to us to throw our hearts over the obstacle. I feel the awareness that we know we are unbeatable when we want, we demonstrated it during the season by winning twice in Albanella against the first in the standings; therefore, all we have to do is face this new adventure head on. My good luck goes to all the teams involved in this final rush and may the best win». The match will be refereed by Mr. Gabriele Pastore di Battipaglia. Finally, it should be remembered that the match between Salerno Guiscards and Santa Cecilia will be broadcast live on the official Facebook page of the Polisportiva Salerno Guiscards with connection starting from 2.50 pm.