Much ball possession. And a good performance by the green-blues against a very strong team. The absences of Vincenzo Gargano, Lorenzo Filippone and Gianluca Aiello weigh heavily. No points arrived for captain Alessandro Quarto and his companions, while the Tuscans take full loot. At the end of 80 minutes of play, the green-whites of Riccardo Squarcini and Amatori Napoli-Livorno prevail 13-28.
First scorer of the match Franco Scaldaferri: placed from the center (3-0). An obvious foul on Quarto is not noticed by the Venetian referee Francesco Cagnin, who clears the way for the first goal of Livorno, signed by the three-quarters Tito Daniele Chiesa. Transformation of Benjamin Enrique Baraona Prat and overtaking (3-7). The goal of Alessandro Quarto surprises everyone and pierces the Tuscan rearguard (8-7). The Neapolitan defense is literally 'crushed' by the Labronians: goal of the scrum half Jacopo Andrea Tomaselli and transformation of Baraona Prat (8-14). Nicolas De Gregori follows the game on the ladder of the turret. In open field comes the third goal of the Tuscans, started from their own half field. Great escape of Nicola Zannoni and yet another transformation of Baraona Prat. The first part closes on the score of 8-21 in favor of the guests.
In the second half enter Luciano Dublino, the Georgian Shota Peradze, Alessio Di Fusco, Agostino Notariello, Jacopo Brusca (who will get a yellow card), Francesco Borsa, Marco Aiello and Francesco Campoccio. At 60' the green-whites remain in numerical inferiority for the definitive expulsion of Diego Ianda (reaction foul). The Neapolitans realize the second goal: the scrum half Massimiliano Di Tota (in blue cap) hits the target: 13-21. The match is closed by Emanuele Piras's scoring: fourth goal transformed by Baraona Prat (13-28) and five points for the Tuscans.
Gls player of the match Marco Andreotti. 'It was a match fought until the end. We were saved by a held at the end. It was nice to play on the Amatori field on a beautiful day. I am honored to have won the best on the field award', declares the 2001 class prop (in the photos of Luigi Petrucci).
'Intense game. We were on the attack in the first 30 minutes, congratulations to the opponents who defended very well. In the second half we tried, but we didn't make it', says Carmine Iervolino. For the Amatori only two goals. 'We missed a little and we were unlucky. We were deprived of two important players and this penalized us not a little', highlights the Neapolitan number 15.
'Not an easy commitment already known on the eve of the challenge. We knew we were facing the third force of the Serie A championship. There is bitterness in the mouth, because we were in the game until the end. We did not capitalize on several opportunities in the first half. From the 14th round there are several positive signs', concludes the team manager Vincenzo Lo Moriello.