The Levico crumbles the certainties of the Dolomites Raimondi eats the same on a penalty in the final

Spectacular the overturn of Sanctuaries that decides the game in the second half, the Belluno people appear tired and with little bite

LEVICO

The certainties of the Belluno Dolomites? Overturned … by Nicolas Santuari. The pearl of the midfielder of Levico Terme at the beginning of the second half knocked out the Dolomites, in an afternoon that had not even started badly but which ended in the worst way. It was the last recovery of group C scheduled and if they had won the boys of Renato Lauria they would have moved to one length from the playoffs. Instead they raise the white flag in the second half after a balanced first half, showing tiredness and at the same time too little bite.

An example above all, the bad penalty kicked by Raimondi five minutes from 90 ‘and saved without too much difficulty by the home goalkeeper Rosa. The young Levico, also built by Toni Tormen as a market consultant and on the pitch with the average age of the owners of 19.36 years, earns the three points for the greater determination shown in the key moments.

Of course, some refereeing episodes did not help: in the first half an intervention against Cossalter who appeared inside was judged outside the area and someone swears that the action of the thermal goal was spoiled by offside. However, they are alibis not to be used, like that of the known absences.

Both teams come from a splendid victory: the Dolomites in Este, Levico on Mestre. Lauria, compared to the trip to the Padua area, finds Moscow again, starting on the left in place of Toniolo. In front it is Episcopo who supports Posocco and Cossalter. Only bench for Tibolla, not at its best.

At the start, the Belluno striker Sinani risks hurting the Dolomites, but his header goes high. Instead, the Var would be needed in the 15 ‘, because Cossalter was touched in a foul way out of the penalty area. The impression is that the intervention takes place within 16 meters, beyond the attacker’s fall outside the lines. Instead the uncertain referee assigns a penalty from the edge that ended on the barrier. The guests were better in the first half, dangerous with a couple of headers by Petdji and Posocco and an attempt by the inspired Cossalter. In any case, the interval is 0-0.

Levico immediately brought in the expert Nicolas Santuari in place of Rinaldo, who was booked. And the director himself will become the protagonist of the advantage, after just four minutes. The offensive action of the Gialloblù lasts a while, because first Lombardi and then Gjoshi retort Vinciguerra, but the ball is never removed. In a forced exit attempt, Cossalter loses the sphere and it is not known how Santuari manages to invent a spectacular overhead shot recently inside the area. A lob comes out and slips into the bottom of the bag.

At that point the Dolomites must accelerate, risking to expose themselves to a couple of counter-attacks always rebounded by the imperious Petdji and Teso. Lauria runs for cover half an hour from the end, letting Raimondi and De Paoli in instead of Posocco and De Carli. Also inside Sommacal instead of Gjoshi, but there are too many technical errors. So Papi in the 77th minute has a double chance to double: he parries Lombardi first, then the midfielder kicks out of an inviting position. Raimondi scores with his head, offside.

In the 85th minute, the same expert striker takes charge of a penalty earned by De Paoli for a foul by Pezzuti. The shot leaves something to be desired, Rosa stretches out on her left and swerves. There will be time for Grezzani’s crossbar after a misunderstanding between Lombardi and Teso, in addition to the red of the day’s striker guilty of an intervention perhaps not even so hard in mid-field.

Five minutes of recovery are not enough for the Dolomites. Levico wins, with a glimpse of salvation with its 32 points. Three fewer than the guests, whose ambitions at the beginning of the season were (and remain) a little different. –