League Play-Off

Cardenzan Arena
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) After 4 minutes, Gaston Florian mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the PomeziaRamblers and the LIVIOFOREVER players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 4 played minutes PomeziaRamblers got a freekick which was hit by Gaston Florian. Claus Himschoot made an important save on a dangerous shot by Giancarlo Antognoni in the 11th minute. After a rather tough play, PomeziaRamblers's Kuido Suursaar got a free kick in the 13th minute. The audience was convinced that Emanuele Morelli's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Claus Himschoot was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. After 16 minutes, Emanuele Morelli made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. PomeziaRamblers's Claus Himschoot tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Kuido Suursaar might have been able to make a better finish in the 18th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Fabiano Rago. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Kuido Suursaar ran back to his position shaking his head. Giancarlo Antognoni's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 24thth minute, Claus Himschoot skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Concetto Tacconelli's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Claus Himschoot firmly grabbed it by the left post. LIVIOFOREVER were awarded a corner in the 30th minute after PomeziaRamblers's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Concetto Tacconelli took the corner. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kuido Suursaar in the 35th minute of play forced LIVIOFOREVER's goalkeeper Fabiano Rago to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 38th minute, Benjamin Ülger left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The PomeziaRamblers fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. Claus Himschoot made an important save on a dangerous shot by Giancarlo Antognoni in the 42nd minute. When the match had gone on for 44 minutes, Youri van Eycken took a quick shot and it went in 3-1 without a chance for Claus Himschoot to make any attempt to save it. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Kuido Suursaar to strike the kick off in the second half. Fabiano Rago made a fantastic save in the 51st minute, when Kuido Suursaar sent off a good shot on target. PomeziaRamblers's Claus Himschoot played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emanuele Morelli in the 53rd minute of play. 56 minutes into the match, LIVIOFOREVER's goal looked a bit too open when Bruno Scibilia came free, but Fabiano Rago reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 61 minutes into the game, one of PomeziaRamblers:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 65th minute Kuido Suursaar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabiano Rago saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 68th minute Benjamin Ülger shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabiano Rago saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aurelio Frabetti in the 68th minute of play forced LIVIOFOREVER's goalkeeper Fabiano Rago to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 70 minutes LIVIOFOREVER's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Adrián Frick who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Adrián Frick almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but LIVIOFOREVER's Fabiano Rago did a great save. With a little luck, LIVIOFOREVER's Fabiano Rago got control of the ball when Kuido Suursaar tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Benjamin Ülger had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Aurelio Frabetti might have been able to make a better finish in the 86th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Fabiano Rago. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Aurelio Frabetti ran back to his position shaking his head. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kuido Suursaar got free with Fabiano Rago in the 89th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a little luck, LIVIOFOREVER's Fabiano Rago got control of the ball when Kuido Suursaar tried to sneak it across the goal line. After having played for 93 minutes, Kuido Suursaar managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. PomeziaRamblers's supporters crossed their fingers, but Kuido Suursaar was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Adrián Frick fell near the penalty area in the 95th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored PomeziaRamblers's protests and gave Adrián Frick a yellow card for diving instead. Adrián Frick kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. LIVIOFOREVER were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of PomeziaRamblers for a fine match.