League Play-Off

Stadio Pante
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Ettore Chiola made the kick off and thus started the match. After a defensive mix-up in Pante AFC's zone, Ciccio Bocchi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Amedeo Monzeglio came out of the goal and Ciccio Bocchi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 4 minutes, Claudio Teodori mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Muradello and the Pante AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. 8 minutes into the match, Pante AFC's Ettore Chiola sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Diego Conti narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 9th minute, Florian De Lucia got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ercole Bernardi during the 10th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. If Florian De Lucia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Muradello's Diego Conti played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ettore Chiola in the 15th minute of play. Ettore Chiola sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 23 minutes of play, Muradello's Davide De Donatis made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Amedeo Monzeglio was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Claudio Teodori in the 31st minute of play forced Pante AFC's goalkeeper Amedeo Monzeglio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Diego Conti made a fantastic save in the 33rd minute, when Florian De Lucia sent off a good shot on target. In the 34th match minute, Muradello was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ercole Bernardi to maneuver through the defense. Muradello's Diego Conti proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 37th minute of the match, managed to save Muradello from getting a goal against them. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Claudio Teodori made a kick off. In the 52nd minute Ettore Chiola shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Diego Conti saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Diego Conti made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Florian De Lucia in the 54th minute of play. After 58 played minutes Muradello got a freekick which was hit by Ciccio Bocchi. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Claudio Teodori in the 61st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Amedeo Monzeglio prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When Claudio Teodori came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the Muradello fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Claudio Teodori couldn't finish the play. The supporters of Pante AFC booed when Muradello was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aldo Lupi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Alexander Natalucci, 74 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. A collision led to Pante AFC getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Corrado Del Grosso hit a great ball. Muradello's Ciccio Bocchi got a good chance for a goal in the 79th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Ciccio Bocchi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Amedeo Monzeglio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 98 minutes into the match, Muradello's goal looked a bit too open when Ettore Chiola came free, but Diego Conti reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. For all the effort they put into the match, the Muradello players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Pante AFC.