The Ravenna begins its journey in Serie A with a draw on the field of Empoli that sees the team of the duo Balacich-Rizzo return home with some regrets. The red and white team, which took the lead in the first half thanks to a good free kick by Errico, must bow to Empoli in plenty of time that finds an unexpected draw at the end of a second time after a great pressure chasing the same. The point divided equally by the two teams seems, however, right at the end of the accounts.

In the field. The duo Balacich-Rizzo sets a Ravenna with Luisa Pugnali, the central point of the attack while in the midfield the experience of Anita Carrozzi supports and young Linda Casadio on the left and Emma Errico on the left. To defend the Guidi pali, with Manieri to lead a very young defense composed by Cuciniello, Costantino and Quadrelli.

First half. The first 30 'are channeled on the tracks of equilibrium. It is however the Ravenna to show a ball spin apparently better than the Tuscan ones. The red and white team (in Empoli in the black shirt) in the quarter of an hour has suffered a great opportunity to take the lead on the development of a corner with Pugnali who in the fray throws a safe shot, but the defense rejects Empoli. Ten minutes pass, and the Biancazzurra team also shows up with a counterattack by Borghesi who from the edge forces Guidi to the corner. Three minutes later the Tuscans are still dangerous, this time with a plum volley that ends just a little. The match is lively and balanced: at the 30 'Ravenna returns with Enrico who heads off very well, but does not frame the door for a matter of inches. The same, on punishment, happens to 34 'on the opposite side with still with Borghesi, but his punishment is controlled by Guidi who watches the ball go out just above the crossbar. On the contrary, Errico is much more precise. At the biancorossa midfielder at 40 'with a very poisonous low shot on the free kick, he hit the post before the ball ended up in the net for the 1-0 of the Romagnole. Despite the advantage Ravenna continues to become dangerous and at the 45 'Baldini after a good action is face to face with Baldi, but the extreme defender of Empoli performs a real miracle and saves the result limiting the passive before the return to the locker room.

Second half. Empoli immediately forward to hunt for a draw. The Tuscan team at 3 'has undergone two chances in rapid succession. On the first bourgeois with a sure shot looking for the door, but find the red and white defense to deviate in the corner, on the next corner is Prugna from a good position not to frame the mirror. As the minutes go by, the Tuscan team tries to get closer to Guidi with more insistence. Ravenna suffers, but at the same time the team led by the technicians Balacich and Rizzo manages to control the empiric incursions well, even though they are no longer able to sting forward. At 30 'a free-kick in the area is controlled in two times by Baldi, but two minutes later it's up to Carrozzi to work overtime with a prodigious recovery in the area on Bears. Empoli tries more and more the assault on the white weapon: the 34 'Guidi must come out perfectly to block the height of the Bargi, while at the 38' is still Guidi to block a corner on the head of Bargi. The pressure of Empoli finds a lightening to the 40 'when Baldi blocks a beautiful punishment from the limit of Manieri. The Tuscan team, however, does not give up and, when the resistance of Ravenna seems to be successful, at the 48 'Empoli equalized. In the event the Ravenna is outnumbered by an injury to Carrozzi, the midfielder is momentarily out and Empoli arrives in the area with Orsi who from the bottom puts in the middle where Bargi finds the deviation for the final 1-1.

The score of the race
Empoli Ladies (4-3-3): Baldi; Di Guglielmo, Experts, Filangeri, Parrini (34 'st Fusini); Orlandi, Caucci (1 'St Orsi), Morucci; Bargi, Borghesi (8 'St Mastalli), Plum. Available: Vicenzi, Venturini, Naticchioni, Meropini. All .: Pistolesi.
Ravenna Woman (4-3-3): Drive; Quadrelli, Cuciniello, Manieri, Costantino; Errico, Carrozzi, Casadio; Baldini (43 'st Alunno), Daggers (31' st Muratori), Pittaccio (20 'st Principi). Available: Tampieri, Campesi, Cimatti. All .: Balacich-Rizzo.
Referee: Davide Giacometti from Gubbio.
Networks: 40 'pt Errico, 48' st Bargi.
Ammonite: Quadrelli.
Notes: sunny day, 0 'pt recovery, 7' st. Corners: 3-2.

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