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The decibels should skyrocket A few weeks ago, geologists in England made a bizarre discovery: After Leonardo Ulloa of the fairy-tale English Premier League leaders Leicester City scored 1-0 against Norwich in the final minutes, the 32.000 spectators were so excited that there was a frenetic howl of joy A seismograph positioned about half a kilometer from the stadium struck, registering a mini-earthquake with a magnitude of 0,3, about as earth-shattering as an exploding grenade. These dimensions are of course as far away for an amateur club as a Champions League starting place for a club like Palermo. A touch of Leicester should still be felt in the Drusus Stadium in Bolzano on Sunday afternoon. 2000 spectators are expected on the living room couch of Virtus Bozen, as with a victory the home team can firmly anchor their historic promotion to Serie D in the battered turf of the Drusus Stadium. Furthermore, it would be the first time in eight years that a team from the state capital made the leap into the world of semi-professionalism.

“We can create something historic” “It would be an indescribable feeling to become champions in front of a home crowd,” said Virtus coach Luca Lomi in a recent interview with the daily newspaper Alto Adige. So the big coup is not far away. What the city club shouldn't forget despite all its euphoria: Of course, football still has to be played. And for 90 minutes. Against an opponent from Tramin who thinks as much of premature master gifts as the Easter Bunny does of Santa Claus costumes.

Brixen as Superman for the South Tyrolean league clubs? With a win against Mori, Brixen would not make history, but it would provide further evidence of the dawn of a new era. In the event of a threesome, all South Tyrolean top league clubs would be saved - then St. Martin, Tramin and Ahrntal, which are still at risk from a strictly mathematical point of view, could finally put the hated specter of relegation in the cellar. That would be unusual in that there have only been a handful of seasons in the 42-year history of the league in which only teams from the neighboring province were relegated. Since the 1991/92 season, it has only happened once that all South Tyrolean teams were able to hold their own (2011/12 season). Otherwise, at least one team from the home province was always hit. This year's league season shows once again that the balance of power has finally shifted to the north of the Trentino-South Tyrol region.

Mr. Hattrick Fabio Bertoldi currently has 32 goals this season - but he's still far from having enough. But although it seems as if the exceptional striker has made a fun hobby of pulverizing all records, one record is still untouched. Peter “Magic” Mair scored 2009 goals with Naturns in the national league in the 10/35 season - no one in the local amateur scene has scored that many goals in recent times. Bertoldi still has three games left to be crowned king in this ranking too. But it would be one thing if he broke the “Magic” record against Lavis today. That would take a hat trick. Actually a Herculean task. For the exceptional Bolzano FC striker, it has now become a routine undertaking, which he currently does with the casualness of parking his car in the garage on the evening of a strenuous day at work.

Thomas Debelyak, Sports News

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