League

Novedrate
Spectators: 6675 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1675, VIP seats: 0) Gerre Borghi's Alessandro Cericola 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. A collision led to Gerre Borghi getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Donato Di Mascio hit a great ball. 11 minutes into the game, Gerre Borghi's Alessandro Cericola nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Amerigo Ranalli made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Flavio Daniele received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Amerigo Ranalli tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Emiliano Piccinini's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Corrado Franzioni was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. In the 30thth minute of the game Emiliano Piccinini who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Gerre Borghi's Corrado Franzioni was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Alessandro Cericola had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Thanks to some nice moves Aurelio Cipriani could shoot a difficult shot in the 40th minute, which Corrado Franzioni however easily saved by the left post. After a rather tough play, Gerre Borghi's Donato Di Mascio got a free kick in the 42nd minute. Emiliano Piccinini sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Aurelio Cipriani fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Corrado Franzioni having to interfere. After having played for 49 minutes, Alex Di Monte managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Novedrate's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alex Di Monte was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Emiliano Piccinini to make the kick off. Novedrate were awarded a corner in the 56th minute after Gerre Borghi's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Fabrizio Beattie took the corner. After a rather tough play, Gerre Borghi's Donato Di Mascio got a free kick in the 58th minute. Ennio Federici fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Corrado Franzioni having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Flavio Daniele got free with Amerigo Ranalli in the 68th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Alessandro Cericola received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Amerigo Ranalli tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 74 minutes, Flavio Daniele managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Gerre Borghi's supporters crossed their fingers, but Flavio Daniele was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Bernardo Borromeo hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. The supporters of Gerre Borghi booed when Novedrate was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Corrado Canuto didn't get a good kick on the ball. The attack was good, but when Flavio Daniele in the 86th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. Amerigo Ranalli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bernardo Borromeo in the 90th minute of play. Alessandro Cericola fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 97th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Amerigo Ranalli having to interfere.