Derthona surrenders in Novara and must stop in sixth place

In recovery, the goal that allows Bra to overtake the Bianconeri in the standings The HSL closes its championship with a streak of eight games without a win

NOVARA

The play off goal for Derthona fades in extremis, beaten 3-1 in Novara (third defeat in a row, eighth game without a win) and overtaken by Bra thanks to a goal in recovery. Zichella’s team thus closes in sixth place, with a touch of disappointment and the taste of half a mockery, although aware that in any case access to the playoffs would have come more for the game not to take the other three competitors than for its own merits. , as evidenced by the very long period of fogging. Certainly it would have taken very little to not be reduced to looking for points on the last day against a very strong opponent, not surprisingly already widely promoted but still eager to finish with a flourish in front of their audience.

However, the conditions of sharp decline in condition of the last few weeks did not bode well and having reached the point of qualifying for the playoffs at the last second is still due to the combativeness and to what was good up to a month and a half ago. The playoffs do not give access to promotions, at least to a ranking for the repechage, but reaching them would have been a sign of growth for the company with the achievement of a further goal than salvation.

Vuthaj scatenato

But the bianconeri collapsed in the historic Piola against the mighty Vuthaj, top scorer in the group with 35 goals in 38 games, who scored a hat-trick yesterday after scoring the first leg. His advantage came in the 37th minute, but the Tortonesi were reactive and with Manasiev equalized in the 42nd minute. Then in the second half the two goals against which there was nothing more to be done. At that point, the only thing was to tune in to the other fields and cross your fingers: halfway through the second half, bad news here too, apart from the Chieri under Gozzano and therefore out of the game. The direct clash Caronnese-Bra counted, sixth against seventh, two and three points below the Hsl respectively. The only useful result to qualify Derthona in the event of a defeat was the draw, but the Bra won 2-0 and had the advantage with the Bianconeri in the head-to-head matches. At 10 ‘from the end, the Varese players first shorten and draw a tie just before 90’. It seems done. But in full recovery comes the cold shower of 3-2 for the braidesi, who qualify as fifth and will go to Sanremo in the first playoff round: the other two qualified are Casale and Varese. Novara promoted to C; Saluzzo, Lavagnese and Imperia are relegated, the latter for detachment which cancels the play outs. The only salvation play-off will be Fossano-Ticino. –

Stefano Brocchetti