LIVESTREAM Italy Game of the Week: Torino Giaguari @ Firenze Guelfi, March 29, 15:00 CET (3 pm, 10 am ET)
The Firenze Guelfi (5-0) will play host to the Torino Giaguari (4-0) in Italian Football League Round #7 action Saturday, March 29.
The Guelfi have looked invincible this early in the season with five lopsided wins. They opened by thrashing the Abisola Pirates 49-0 and followed that up by whipping the Lazio Marines 42-13, the Varese Skorpions 42-6 and the Ferrara Aquile 47-30. Then last weekend they scored a league-high 70 points in a 70-53 rout of the Varese Skorpions.
Torino has opened the season with four straight wins after beating the Lazio Marines 48-14, the Ferrara Aquile 20-7 and the Varese Skorpions 31-7. Two weeks ago they downed the league-newcomers, the Albisola Pirates 38-29 in a surprisingly tough road matchup.
The Firenze quarterbacking duo of Andrea Fimiani (1,030 yds/19 TDs) and Eystin Salum (295/4) have combined for 1,325 passing yards and 23 touchdowns through the air. Fimiani is also the Guelfi’s and the league’s leading rusher with 67 carries for 732 yards and eight scores.
Torino quarterback Evan Lewandowsky (University of Wisconsin-Whitewater), has thrown for 832 yards and nine touchdowns in the four games while adding 130 yards and three touchdowns on the ground. His key targets are Luciano Giuliani who has 16 catches for 327 yards and two touchdowns and Andy Serra who has 11 for 176 yards. Tavion McCarthy has caught six passes for 137yards and four scores.
