League Play-Off

San Damaso
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Buffalo Homies's Tayyip Akhan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alfredo Fontana in the 4th minute of play. After 5 minutes of play, Buffalo Homies's Amos Dominici made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Anthony Pedroni was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Alfredo Fontana in the 9th minute of play forced Buffalo Homies's goalkeeper Tayyip Akhan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Amos Dominici came up free with the goalie in the 10th minute, the Buffalo Homies 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 Amos Dominici couldn't finish the play. Anthony Pedroni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dario Ottaviani, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Emanuele Castrucci during the 19th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to San Damaso AFC getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Emanuele Castrucci hit a great ball. 22 minutes into the game, Domenico Damiani was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Buffalo Homies's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave San Damaso AFC the free kick. After a rather tough play, Buffalo Homies's Domenico Damiani got a free kick in the 22nd minute. In the 23rd minute of the match Dave Pasquarelli shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Tayyip Akhan showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Angelo Pomponio struck a weak shot in the 27th minute. Tayyip Akhan didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for San Damaso AFC. Domenico Miccoli hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Dennis Carciofo during the 29th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. When the match had been going on for 30 minutes, San Damaso AFC's Dave Pasquarelli 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 Tayyip Akhan. When Buffalo Homies's Dario Ottaviani in the 39th minute got a chance for a shot 39th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye San Damaso AFC's goalie prevented a goal. In the 41st minute, San Damaso AFC's Beppe Cocca ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Tayyip Akhan. Tayyip Akhan yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-2. A collision led to Buffalo Homies getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Domenico Miccoli hit a great ball. Buffalo Homies's Tayyip Akhan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alfredo Fontana in the 46th minute of play.

Corrado Costantini hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. When Dario Ottaviani came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the Buffalo Homies 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 Dario Ottaviani couldn't finish the play. Dave Pasquarelli hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. Dario Ottaviani fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anthony Pedroni having to interfere. Tayyip Akhan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alfredo Fontana in the 66th minute of the match. After 69 played minutes San Damaso AFC got a freekick which was hit by Dave Pasquarelli. Thanks to some nice moves Dario Ottaviani could shoot a difficult shot in the 70th minute, which Anthony Pedroni however easily saved by the left post. After 72 played minutes, San Damaso AFC's Dave Pasquarelli shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Tayyip Akhan 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 San Damaso AFC reached it. Tayyip Akhan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Angelo Pomponio in the 74th minute of the match. In the 75th minute, Dario Ottaviani made a precise shot to the right of Anthony Pedroni. San Damaso AFC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-3. Tayyip Akhan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alfredo Fontana in the 81st minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Amos Dominici kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Anthony Pedroni. That made the score 2-4 in the 82 minute of play. 87 minutes into the match, Beppe Cocca notched a goal, 3-4, to the right of Buffalo Homies's Tayyip Akhan. Tayyip Akhan was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 95 played minutes Buffalo Homies got a freekick which was hit by Ernesto Chelodi. When the referee blew the final whistle jeers and boos were heard from the home team's supporters. They were angered to see San Damaso AFC lose a match they had controlled from the kick-off.