League Play-Off

Pasciu AndreaRenazzi
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Emilio Bonfigli got the match started through his kick off. Nacional di Veyron OAF's Carter Piacente played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Achille Mattei in the 3rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alvaro Del Giudice in the 5th minute of play forced Nacional di Veyron OAF's goalkeeper Carter Piacente to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Anselmo Gentile might have been able to make a better finish in the 6th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Augusto De Bonis. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Anselmo Gentile ran back to his position shaking his head. Carter Piacente showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Achille Mattei in the 9th minute of the match. If Achille Mattei had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 12th minute, Alvaro Del Giudice managed to get in a good position for a shot. Cornaredo's supporters rose to their feet, but Alvaro Del Giudice was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Carter Piacente breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When the match clock showed 14 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Alvaro Del Giudice sped through Nacional di Veyron OAF's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Carter Piacente. Anselmo Gentile came free with the goalkeeper in the 18th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Augusto De Bonis could save by the left post. After 25 minutes of play, Cornaredo's Achille Mattei made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Carter Piacente was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a little luck, Cornaredo's Augusto De Bonis got control of the ball when Anselmo Gentile tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Anselmo Gentile had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Anselmo Gentile fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Augusto De Bonis having to interfere. Anselmo Gentile scored 2-2 in the 43rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Augusto De Bonis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 2-3 became the score in the 46th minute when Alvaro Del Giudice elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. The Nacional di Veyron OAF players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Cornaredo were winning 2-3.

The wind increased when Alvaro Del Giudice made the kick off in the second half. Alfredo Pagliuca received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Carter Piacente tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Cornaredo booed when Nacional di Veyron OAF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Carmine Orioli didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dario Bulla kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. Achille Mattei recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 61st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Carter Piacente showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alvaro Del Giudice in the 63rd minute of the match. When Cornaredo's Alvaro Del Giudice in the 65th minute got a chance for a shot 65th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Nacional di Veyron OAF's goalie prevented a goal. When Carmine Orioli fell near the penalty area in the 72nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Nacional di Veyron OAF's protests and gave Carmine Orioli a yellow card for diving instead. In the 71st minute, one of Nacional di Veyron OAF: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 Nacional di Veyron OAF. The goalkeeper, Carter Piacente, was totally fooled by Cornaredo's Davide Porcu, who 73 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Achille Mattei recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 77th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Emilio Bonfigli blasted a shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Augusto De Bonis having to make a save. Cornaredo's Achille Mattei got a good chance for a goal in the 86th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Achille Mattei received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Carter Piacente tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 91st minute, Bianco Foddis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Emilio Bonfigli scored 3-4 in the 99th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Augusto De Bonis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When the final whistle sounded Cornaredo left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Nacional di Veyron OAF.