PREVIEW - Massacroni

Calculations and projections about Dunfermline making the top-two in their league group may be dominant in the dressing room, but all such musings will be meaningless unless the Pars collect a full six-points from their remaining two regular season fixtures.
Should they manage to do so, they will still need Anni Settanta and Massacroni to draw their tie a week on Sunday, but winning against Massacroni next weekend could well prove enough to finish third and therefore be better poised when the playoffs begin.

Marco Semino hasn't officially ruled himself out just yet, although Leonardo Perugini is expected to deploy himself in goal.
All three defenders are fit for selection, hence Fabio Frassinelli, Davide Filippi and Fausto Crosetti will fight for two starting berths, with Aldo Marletta back from suspension in midfield and therefore available for selection alongside Matteo Bovalino, Fabio Boccaccio, Marco Cantelli and Mattia Maneschi.
Alberto Buccianti, too, is fully in the frame and will be most likely handed a starting role upfront.
On the other hand, Massacroni will surely be without Pepa, Luongo and Mazza, following the huge brawl which caused their game against Zena Caput Mundi to be forfeited, with both teams being awarded a defeat for such a mishap.
The scenario could be even bleaker if AICS (the local FA) should decide to take action regarding further players, something which will be ascertained either today or tomorrow.

Dunfermline and Massacroni have met twice before, and both matches are in amongst the ones to remember for both sides' history.
Last season, they met at a crucial stage of the Division C Excellence Playoffs and, with Dunfermline reduced to only 7 players including Semino pitched as an outfield defender, Marletta gave them a two goal cushion with as many free-kicks, although the latter was wrongly awarded to Buccianti. Massacroni fought back and equalised midway through the second half, before producing an onslaught that, though, went to no avail, the final scoreline reading 2-2.
That draw entitled both clubs to gain their entrance into the quarter-finals, and both sides ended up being promoted to the second tier of AICS football.
The two teams met again earlier this season, and Dunfermline overturned a two-goal deficit before completing their comeback with Marletta scoring the winner with virtually the last kick of the game, adding to a Boccaccio brace and a Cantelli screamer.


DUNFERMLINE (from)
G: Perugini, (Semino)
D: Crosetti, Filippi, Frassinelli
M: Boccaccio, Bovalino, Maneschi, Marletta
F: Buccianti

MANAGER: Perugini
NOT INVOLVED: Lanata; Pittaluga; Strano, Miroglio, Ducco, De Maria, Lenza; Ganduglia, Gallo

PREVIOUS ENCOUNTERS:

2007/2008: Massacroni - Dunfermline 2-2 (Marletta, Buccianti)
2008/2009: Massacroni - Dunfermline 3-4 (Boccaccio 2, Cantelli, Marletta)


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