League: first legs of the quarter-finals kick off this weekend

The play-offs of the Campionato Sammarinese, with a place in the UEFA Europa Conference League qualifiers at stake, will get underway this weekend. After the Preliminary Round, which saw Juvenes Dogana and Cosmos prevail at the expense of Libertas and Pennarossa, we now have the full bracket for the first-leg quarter-finals. Virtus will face Juvenes Dogana, having finished the regular season in a lower position in the table than Cosmos, who will take on Tre Penne. On Saturday afternoon Domagnano and Folgore will meet (3:00 p.m.), followed by La Fiorita against Fiorentino (6:00 p.m.). The top scorers’ chart is still wide open, which makes the clash between Bonetti and Augusto Garcia Rufer – both on 24 goals – a duel worth double when they square off on Saturday in Dogana. Only one place in the table separated the two sides, but over the two regular-season meetings it was always the Serravalle outfit who took all three points; what’s more, Folgore hit Domagnano for seven in the final round, winning 7-3. Lasagni’s men are in excellent form and have not lost a league match since the end of January, against Virtus. Moving over to Acquaviva, La Fiorita and Fiorentino will do battle there. They, too, met on the final day – with the Montegiardino side winning 2-1 and unbeaten since the end of January, when they lost to Tre Penne. In the reverse fixture it was Costantini’s men who edged it 1-0. The match will also be available free of charge on FIFA+.

The action continues on Sunday with Virtus–Juvenes Dogana (3:00 p.m. in Dogana) and Tre Penne–Cosmos (6:00 p.m. in Domagnano). The Neroverdi – with 19 goals in their last three matches – are looking to bounce back after finishing the league second, just one point behind champions Tre Fiori. In the two regular season meetings, Bizzotto’s men did not concede a single goal: 3-0 in the first game and 2-0 in the second. The final match of the weekend will see Tre Penne – who have not lost in the league since early December – take on Cosmos. Selva’s side, together with Virtus, are the only teams who have never lost in the league to the team from Città (3-0 in the first match and 1-1 in the return). The second legs will be played next week.

All matches will also be available free of charge on Titani.tv. Here is the schedule for the first legs of the play-off quarter-finals: