League Play-Off

Stadio Garbatella h
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Beppe Scannella got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Concetto Celli in the 4th minute of play forced Garbatella AF's goalkeeper Alvise Boninsegna to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 6th minute, Ciro Iachini hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cristoforo Stefano spun around in front of the goal 7 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of Garbatella AF's goal. After a rather tough play, Garbatella AF's Frank Cerasoli got a free kick in the 9th minute. The supporters of Artallo booed when Garbatella AF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ciro Iachini didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 11 played minutes, Artallo's Concetto Celli shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Alvise Boninsegna came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Artallo reached it. In the 17th match minute, Garbatella AF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Frank Cerasoli to maneuver through the defense. In the 19th minute Cristoforo Stefano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alvise Boninsegna saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Augusto Di Tommaso scored 1-0 in the 20th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Fabio Strazzabosco, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Fabio Strazzabosco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Beppe Scannella, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. In the 27th minute, Alessio Angelici 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. Alvise Boninsegna took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristoforo Stefano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aldo Tarquini's late challenge caught a Garbatella AF's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Aldo Tarquini helped the player get up and apologised. An unexpectedly hard shot by Beppe Scannella in the 34th minute of play forced Artallo's goalkeeper Fabio Strazzabosco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Artallo's Aldo Tarquini got a free kick in the 40th minute. Aldo Tarquini was shown his second yellow card after 42 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. In the 43rd match minute, Artallo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aldo Tarquini to maneuver through the defense. Fabio Strazzabosco acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 44th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Fabiano Cirelli. With a little luck, Artallo's Fabio Strazzabosco got control of the ball when Augusto Di Tommaso tried to sneak it across the goal line. Alexander Di Cesare kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. Augusto Di Tommaso recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 48th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cristoforo Stefano stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Fabio Strazzabosco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Augusto Di Tommaso in the 55th minute of play. In the 55th minute, Alexander Di Cesare hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Augusto Di Tommaso came up free with the goalie in the 57th minute, the Garbatella AF 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 Augusto Di Tommaso couldn't finish the play. Fabio Strazzabosco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Beppe Scannella, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. Concetto Celli hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. Fabiano Cirelli didn't quite understand what happened when in the 67 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. Concetto Celli hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. Fabiano Cirelli made a great header on Garbatella AF's corner, it was just that Artallo's Fabio Strazzabosco managed to reach the ball for a save. Cristoforo Stefano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cristoforo Stefano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Alvise Boninsegna tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 81st minute, Augusto Di Tommaso ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Fabio Strazzabosco was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. 86 minutes into the match, Beppe Scannella had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fabio Strazzabosco. Artallo's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Beppe Scannella was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Beppe Scannella 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. 97 minutes into the game, Frank Cerasoli was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Garbatella AF's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Artallo the free kick. A collision led to Garbatella AF getting a freekick after 97 minutes play. Frank Cerasoli hit a great ball. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Garbatella AF fans cheered their team off the field, for while Artallo had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.