League Play-Off

Grotta polifemo
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cosimo Pantani made the kick off which started today's match. 4 minutes into the game, Biagio Colella was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. SS Milazzo's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Valenzano the free kick. The supporters of Valenzano booed when SS Milazzo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Biagio Colella didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 11th minute, SS Milazzo's Felice Scrima dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. After 13 minutes, Angelo Croce mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Valenzano and the SS Milazzo players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Valenzano getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Angelo Croce hit a great ball. In the 15th minute, Attilio Allegretti 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. With an all-out effort, SS Milazzo's Edmondo Del Greco threw himself towards the right post 17 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Felice Scrima, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 18th minute, Attilio Allegretti ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Edmondo Del Greco was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Carlo De Iuliis scored 3-1 in the 29th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Edmondo Del Greco, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ferdinando Cesareo in the 34th minute of play forced SS Milazzo's goalkeeper Daniele Giacchetti to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 36 minutes into the match, Felice Scrima dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Edmondo Del Greco, 4-1. After some careless play in the SS Milazzo defense, Cosimo Pantani kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Daniele Giacchetti. The SS Milazzo fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Daniele Giacchetti should have stopped the shot. Edmondo Del Greco made a fantastic save in the 44th minute, when Fortunato Iacobucci sent off a good shot on target. 45 minutes into the match, Attilio Allegretti notched a goal, 5-2, to the right of Valenzano's Edmondo Del Greco. Edmondo Del Greco was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it.

Valenzano's Edmondo Del Greco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Attilio Allegretti in the 52nd minute of play. In the 55th minute Cosimo Pantani shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Daniele Giacchetti saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 56 minutes into the match, Valenzano's goal looked a bit too open when Attilio Allegretti came free, but Edmondo Del Greco reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Edmondo Del Greco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Attilio Allegretti, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. The supporters of SS Milazzo booed when Valenzano was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Angelo Croce didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 62 minutes, Emanuele Abete managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. SS Milazzo's supporters crossed their fingers, but Emanuele Abete was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Carter Giordani kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. Valenzano's Edmondo Del Greco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Felice Scrima in the 70th minute of play. If Cosimo Pantani had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 81 minutes of play, SS Milazzo's Carlo De Iuliis made it 7-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Edmondo Del Greco was left in no man's land by his defense there! Valenzano's Edmondo Del Greco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Franco Lauria in the 88th minute of play. SS Milazzo's Attilio Allegretti got a good chance for a goal in the 89th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 94th minute, Felice Scrima 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. Edmondo Del Greco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Attilio Allegretti in the 95th minute of play. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. SS Milazzo had played much better football throughout.