There will also be Parma, in addition to San Marino, in the European Cup in 2022. The paradox created by the championship was about to prove very evident: the winning team of the highest continental cup ran the risk of not playing it and defending it in the next edition. This was remedied by the outcome of the play-off match for the goal, won by Parmaclima 4-3 over Fortitudo UnipolSai Bologna, which at this point certainly cannot define the ambitions of the beginning of the year satisfied.
Parmaclima is the first to take the lead in the third inning: thanks to Battioni, who after a hit in the center goes into second position on the elimination of Juaquin and, on another single from Desimoni this time on the right, takes the home plate for 1-0. Noel Gonzalez, in the fourth, shoots a great triple to the right right away, which allows Mineo to play the single that gives him the chance to sign the 2-0.
Loardi, at that point, is not there: the fifth round begins and it is he who finds the 2 RBI home run that is equal. Bologna reacts immediately, in the lower part of the sixth, and what Dreni does is very important: with Grimaudo as a pinch runner and already two outs, his triple arrives which means 3-3.
Parma must find a solution, and in the eighth inning that solution arrives: Rodriguez finds the single that pushes Desimoni home for the 4-3. There would still be time for Bologna to return, but Campos leaves no way out, puts in three quick eliminations and makes the ducals celebrate.
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