On the weekend of 5 and 6 July 2025, the stage of Subbuteoland in Reggio Emilia hosted The individual Italian table football championshipsconsecrating among the absolute protagonists The young reggino Marco Avernawhich in the Under12 category has conquered the national title with an impeccable path.
Returning from an extraordinary season, the young talent of the Subbuteo Club Reggio Calabria has further enriched its Palmarès after the recent call to the Under12 national team, in view of the European Cup 2025 which will be held in Malta in September, and the rise in the first place of the international category FISTF ranking. In Reggio Emilia, Marco literally dominated the tournament: five wins out of five meetings in the group stage, full score and a guest door.
In the semifinal, he imposed himself with a clear 2-0 on Nicola Carnino (Bulldogs Vicenza), confirming his own solidity and technical brilliance. The final saw him face another promising young man from the national scene, Edoardo Mazzilli (Subbuteisti Modena): an intense challenge, resolved by Averna with a measure of measure, to crown a perfect path. Seven wins out of seven games played, 24 goals scored, zero conceded. A well -deserved Italian title, the result of talent, concentration and great sporting maturity.
To make this success even more significant is the link with family history: exactly 43 years after the triumph of his father Massimo Averna, who in 1983 won the National Under title in Montecatini Terme, Marco ideally follows his footsteps, carrying out a tradition made of passion, commitment and love for table football. A result that confirms the young Calabrian athlete among the brightest and most promising prospects on the national and international scene.