Excellency. Matelica, 4 points needed to be safe

There are four games left until the end of the championship. At the top of the table are Maceratese and Montecchio, at the bottom two teams will drop in category (in addition to Fano, who was automatically eliminated). Matelica and Montefano – but also Fabriano Cerreto – still risk ending up in the play-out trap. The quota of direct salvation, at the moment, is represented by the 24 points that Portuali Dorica could reach by winning all three of their remaining games between now and the end of the tournament. If mister Ettore Ionni's team, currently with 28 points in the standings, were to manage to reach 10 points away from the Ancona team, they would avoid the play-outs and would therefore be mathematically safe. Therefore, four points in four games are needed. And today, against the already quiet Sangiustese, the opportunity presents itself to take a step forward in this direction, thus promptly redeeming the poker suffered on Sunday at Montecchio's home. Coach Ionni will not have the suspended Antonioni available and must deal with a calf strain suffered in training by goalkeeper Ginestra. The use of the red and white number 1, the bulwark of the Matelica rearguard, who has played all the matches as a starter since the beginning of the season, remains uncertain. Matelica will then have another home game, next Sunday, against Urbino, fifth in the standings.

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