League Play-Off

Vecchiazzano
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Carlo Belfiore took the kick off in the first half of the match. Dave Giuliani in the 4thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Ciro Lo Iacono, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. The crowd rose to their feet as Emanuele Marconi kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ciro Lo Iacono. That made the score 1-0 in the 6 minute of play. In the 9th minute, Ferdinando Sciascia reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ciro Lo Iacono. The goal made the score 2-0. After 16 minutes, Federico Volpe mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Taleacotium and the Vecchiazzano players grew even worse after the yellow card. Taleacotium's Federico Volpe got his second yellow card of the match in the 21st minute. The referee ordered Federico Volpe off the ground. In the 22nd match minute, Taleacotium was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Federico Volpe to maneuver through the defense. Ciro Lo Iacono showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alessio Berardi in the 22nd minute of the match. Dave Giuliani came free with the goalkeeper in the 24th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Ciro Lo Iacono could save by the left post. Dave Giuliani could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 28th minute of the match, but Ciro Lo Iacono made a huge save. 29 minutes into the match, Vecchiazzano's goal looked a bit too open when Armando Mauro came free, but Anthony Franceschini reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 30th minute, one of Taleacotium:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Taleacotium. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Emanuele Marconi in the 35th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ciro Lo Iacono saved Taleacotium from getting behind. In the 37th minute, Ferdinando Sciascia left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Vecchiazzano fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. Ferdinando Sciascia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ciro Lo Iacono having to interfere. Alessio Berardi charged in rather forcefully in the 43rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alessio Berardi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Vecchiazzano getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Alessio Berardi hit a great ball. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Emanuele Marconi stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Dave Giuliani received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Ciro Lo Iacono tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 60 minutes, Emanuele Marconi put it in 6-0 from a short distance just to the right of Ciro Lo Iacono. Dave Giuliani scored 7-0 in the 64th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ciro Lo Iacono, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 69 minutes, Emanuele Marconi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Vecchiazzano and the Taleacotium players grew even worse after the yellow card. Ferdinando Sciascia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ciro Lo Iacono having to interfere. Ferdinando Sciascia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ciro Lo Iacono having to interfere. Taleacotium's Ciro Lo Iacono played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ferdinando Sciascia in the 76th minute of play. Augusto Mansueto hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. After 79 minutes, Emanuele Marconi made it 8-0 with a short kick to the right side. Taleacotium's Ciro Lo Iacono tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Vecchiazzano's Anthony Franceschini proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save Vecchiazzano from getting a goal against them. Ciro Lo Iacono made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emanuele Marconi in the 86th minute of play. After 87 minutes, Andrea Teti mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Taleacotium and the Vecchiazzano players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 87th minute, Andrea Teti hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 88thth minute of the game Dave Giuliani who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Taleacotium's Ciro Lo Iacono was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Emanuele Marconi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 91stth minute of the game Dave Giuliani who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Taleacotium's Ciro Lo Iacono was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 95 minutes into the match, Vecchiazzano's Alessio Berardi broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Vecchiazzano's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.