LIVESTREAM Italy PPV: Varese Skorpions @ Ferrara Aquile, April 5, 15:00 CET (3 pm, 9 am ET)

AFI | American Football | 04/05/2025

Graphic: Dante Bustos

The Ferrara Aquile (1-4) will be looking for their second win of the Italian Football League season when they host the Varese Skorpions (2-3) Saturday, April 5 at Mike Wyatt Field Ferrara.

This is the second meeting between these two teams. The Skorpions got by Ferrara 15-12 in the opening game of the season.

The Aquile opened the season with that 15-12 loss to the Skorpions and then were beaten 20-7 by the Torino Giaguari. They followed that up with a 47-30 defeat at the hands of the Firenze Guelfi and a 14-6 loss to the Lazio Marines. They earned their first win two weeks ago after beating the Alibisola Pirates 35-14.

The Skorpions got by the Aquile in their first matchup of the season but were stung 42-6 by Firenze and by the Giaguari 31-7. They faced the Guelfi a second time and fell 70-53 in the highest scoring game of the season in the IFL. They rebounded with a 41-12 thumping of the Lazio Marines last week.

The Aquile will rely again on starter Aaron Allen who returned from injury three games ago. He has thrown for 866 yards and 10 touchdowns in the three games he has played in. His number one receiver is One Williams who has caught 33 passes for 484 yards and six scores in the five games.

For Varese, quarterback Hamish McClure (University of Nevada) completed 87 of 159 passes for 1,014 yards and 11 touchdowns. His leading target is is Roberto Zanovello with 26 receptions for 295 yards. Andrea Volonnino has 26 catches for 334 yards and four touchdowns. Martino Piazzi is right behind with 10 catches for 161 yards. The Varese ground game is led by Dylan Auriemma with 41 carries for 170 yards while McClure has rushed for 117 yards and two scores.

This game is a toss up. Ferrara has shown signs of improvement with a healthy Aaron Allen behind center and with such an explosive player like Williams. Still, the Skorpions offense has definitely picked up and scored 94 points in the last two contests.