League Play-Off

Fizzonasco
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ernesto Lampa got the match started through his kick off. Anthony De Paolis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fedele Leopardi in the 10th minute of the match. In the 11th minute Fedele Leopardi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anthony De Paolis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 14th match minute, Fizzonasco FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cristoforo Prisco to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adriano Vanni in the 20th minute of play forced Fizzonasco FC's goalkeeper Anthony De Paolis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Augusto Catucci showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ernesto Lampa in the 22nd minute of the match. In the 25th minute, Fizzonasco FC's Christian Angelini ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Augusto Catucci. Augusto Catucci yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. In the 27th minute of the match Enzo Manfredi shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Augusto Catucci showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Belvedere FC's zone, Christian Angelini stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Augusto Catucci came out of the goal and Christian Angelini tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 39 minutes in the game, Bruno Calcio fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Augusto Catucci having to interfere. 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 wind increased when Fedele Leopardi made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Anthony Salerno ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Anthony De Paolis was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Adriano Vanni fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anthony De Paolis having to interfere. Through an outstanding action, after 68 minutes, Anthony De Paolis successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Ciccio Cirulli could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 72nd minute of the match, but Anthony De Paolis made a huge save. The audience was convinced that Enrico Panno's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Anthony De Paolis was relentless in the 74th minute of the game. Anthony De Paolis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fedele Leopardi in the 76th minute of play. Cristoforo Prisco hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. In the 81st minute, Corrado Chiarelli 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. In the 83rd match minute, Fizzonasco FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Enzo Manfredi to maneuver through the defense. Christian Angelini fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Augusto Catucci having to interfere. Enzo Manfredi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Fizzonasco FC succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though Belvedere FC had controlled the match.