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Ciacullis
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Ciaculali's Fausto Simone started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 4th minute of the match Ennio Zuccarini shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Dennis Corleone showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 6 minutes into the match, Ciaculali's goal looked a bit too open when Alvise Vaiani came free, but Dennis Corleone reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Alvise Vaiani in the 7th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dennis Corleone saved Ciaculali from getting behind. Ciaculali's Dennis Corleone played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alvise Vaiani in the 10th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 12th minute, Alvise Vaiani managed to get in a good position for a shot. Rozzano's supporters rose to their feet, but Alvise Vaiani was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dennis Corleone breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Rozzano's Anfilogino Di Marco got a good chance for a goal in the 13th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 15th minute, Alvise Vaiani managed to get in a good position for a shot. Rozzano's supporters rose to their feet, but Alvise Vaiani was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dennis Corleone breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Carter Placidi kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. Rozzano's Franco Bravo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fausto Simone in the 20th minute of play. Rozzano's Franco Bravo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fausto Simone in the 22nd minute of play. After some careless play in the Rozzano defense, Fausto Nazzaro kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Franco Bravo. The Rozzano fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Franco Bravo should have stopped the shot. In the 27th minute, one of Rozzano: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 Rozzano. When the match had been going on for 30 minutes, Ciaculali's Dennis Di Fonzo got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Franco Bravo. Ferruccio Sabatini's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 34thth minute, Franco Bravo skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Franco Bravo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emilio Rosi, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Emilio Rosi hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. Rozzano's Alvise Vaiani got a good chance for a goal in the 47th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Alvise Vaiani to make the kick off. 55 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ciaculali's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ennio Zuccarini was slow to take the kick. During this time Rozzano's players had a chance to rest. Ennio Zuccarini made a great header on Rozzano's corner, it was just that Ciaculali's Dennis Corleone managed to reach the ball for a save. Carter Placidi took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 59th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Franco Bravo. Rozzano's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Ciaculali's defense didn't have a chance, in the 62nd minute, when Alvise Vaiani scored to the left of an out of position Dennis Corleone, making the score, 2-1. Aurelio Brambilla sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Franco Bravo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fausto Simone, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. In the 75th minute, Ferruccio Sabatini left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ciaculali fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. 78 minutes into the match, Ferruccio Sabatini had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Franco Bravo. Rozzano's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ferruccio Sabatini was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. After 84 played minutes Rozzano got a freekick which was hit by Aurelio Brambilla. Dennis Di Fonzo, 87 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. Armin Antognoni's late challenge caught a Ciaculali's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Armin Antognoni helped the player get up and apologised. Armin Antognoni hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. Franco Bravo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fausto Nazzaro in the 94th minute of play. Franco Bravo came out of the goal in the 96th minute to try and stop a shot by Ciaculali's Emilio Rosi. But to his dismay, Emilio Rosi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-1. Ciaculali were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Rozzano for a fine match.