C M – Rare Nantes is Serie B
Photo by Giovanni Sabbioni
At the Sterlino swimming pool, a tough Certaldo defeated on penalties.
Serie B. Rari Nantes beats Certaldo and gets a well-deserved promotion.
Honor to our rivals, a great team and great character put into the water, but a great Rari with yet another extraordinary performance from Francesco Sgobbi and his teammates, who complete a perfect season with this historic achievement.
Well done to the boys, excellent coach Antonio Viola who led the team with the right attitude, bringing it to this fantastic goal, well done to the club which has always believed in this extraordinary group, made up of expert players, but also of many young people.< /div>
A thrilling match played at the Sterlino swimming pool. We start from 9-10 in favor of Rari Nantes in the first leg.
Guests ahead 0-1 at the first break and able to move ahead 0-2, completely reversing the situation in the second set.
A great Corrado Cecconi takes care of it with a splendid brace, between the interval, to equalize the score. Certaldo confirms itself as a very tough opponent and with a new break takes the lead again 2-4 at the end of the third half of the game.
In the moment of greatest difficulty the character of the Rariboys comes out and they score twice with Schettino and once with Ferretti for the partial 5-4.
Challenge far from over however because Certaldo returns to put his head ahead at 5-6, equalizing the overall balance of the double challenge again.
The match is thus decided on penalty shootouts where Rari's coolness prevails. Certaldo scored with the first 3 penalties, but Schettino, Cecconi, Ferretti and Cenni made no mistakes, while on the other side captain Sgobbi, at 4-3, saved the decisive penalty and gave Rari Serie B.
