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'Carpi' diem: Tiny Italian club promoted to Serie A

ROME (AP) -- When Carpi goes to play at Milan's San Siro stadium next season, all 70,000 of the town's residents would fit inside.

The club from Emilia-Romagna this week completed a fairytale-like first promotion to Italy's Serie A, just five years after being in fifth division.

''There are no adjectives that can describe this extraordinary achievement,'' Fabrizio Castori, Carpi's 60-year-old manager said. ''There are just some great guys here that I've had the privilege to coach.''

Carpi clinched promotion with four matches to spare following a 0-0 draw at home with Bari on Tuesday.