The great dream of the Pavia C5 Coppa Italia national to play and win at home

The red and white qualified for the final four of 30 April-1 May President Mantovi: “We have asked to be able to host you, negotiations with the Municipality have begun”

PAVIA

Pavia C5 dreams of winning the national C1 Italian Cup which would also open the doors to promotion to B. The red and white from Pavia qualified for the final four of the coveted tricolor event by overcoming the Mattagnanese in the semifinals.

«An important goal that would represent the culmination of the project started in July 2020 – explains the president Elisa Mantovi -. We started a series C1 journey stopped by the Covid emergency which blocked all the championships. This season, however, we have restarted to do well, finishing in second place in the promotion group and winning the final four of the cup, after the victory in the Lombard phase. Now we will try to play this chance until the end. We also have another goal – continues the entrepreneur of Modenese origin but who has lived in Pavia for several years – that of being able to host the national cup final in Pavia on 30 April and 1 May. A national event that would bring the Venetians of Bissuola, the Bari of Noci and the Campania region of Napoli Barrese to Pavia. We started a discussion with the municipal administrators to be able to realize this aspiration, of sporting value, but also of interest for the city ». The company wants to conquer the Serie B on the field, winning the national Italian Cup (as foreseen by the regulations of the men’s 5-a-side football series C1 tournament), but the three opponents of the final four have won their respective regional championships and are already promoted in the cadet series. There is a precedent from a few years ago where in the same situation the fourth participant in the final four was awarded the right to promotion to B and it is hoped that this alternative will be repeated. “With the coach Niccolò Giola we started from C1 with a group made up of under 21 who in 2018 had lost the national final for the tricolor – concludes Mantovi -. Now, in addition to the first team, we have an under 19 and in September we will enroll a women’s 5-a-side football team in Serie C ».—