League Play-Off

Stadio Trivella
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Elia Anzolin started the match with the kick off. Eraldo Caracciolo kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Bernardo Mancinelli's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Anthony Ciccarelli was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. Anthony Ciccarelli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bernardo Mancinelli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 15 minutes, Domenico Rivera mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Picarelli FC and the Trivella AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Picarelli FC getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Domenico Rivera hit a great ball. The supporters of Trivella AFC booed when Picarelli FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Augusto Caracciolo didn't get a good kick on the ball. 19 minutes into the match, Bernardo Mancinelli dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Anthony Ciccarelli, 1-0. In the 23rd minute Bernardo Mancinelli shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anthony Ciccarelli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Trivella AFC booed when Picarelli FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Claudio Del Vecchio didn't get a good kick on the ball. Anthony Ciccarelli was out of position in the 37 minute of play, and Bernardo Mancinelli capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Bernardo Mancinelli really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. Dino Zoccolo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alvise Petrocchi having to interfere. When Elia Anzolin came up free with the goalie in the 51st minute, the Picarelli FC 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 Elia Anzolin couldn't finish the play.

The wind increased when Bernardo Mancinelli made the kick off in the second half. If Anselmo Nicolai had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 59 played minutes Trivella AFC got a freekick which was hit by Eraldo Caracciolo. In the 64th minute, Picarelli FC's Elia Anzolin ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Alvise Petrocchi. Alvise Petrocchi yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-1. Anthony Ciccarelli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anselmo Nicolai, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. A collision led to Picarelli FC getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Concetto Barone hit a great ball. Anselmo Nicolai sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Eraldo Caracciolo fell near the penalty area in the 80th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Trivella AFC's protests and gave Eraldo Caracciolo a yellow card for diving instead. Eraldo Caracciolo kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. After recieving a nice pass, Picarelli FC's Amos Bolognini tried to score from far away in the 81st minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. In the 82nd minute, Dino Zoccolo 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elia Anzolin in the 84th minute of play forced Trivella AFC's goalkeeper Alvise Petrocchi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alvise Petrocchi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elia Anzolin in the 85th minute of the match. Eraldo Caracciolo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anthony Ciccarelli having to interfere. In the 92nd minute, Domenico Rivera hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Picarelli FC's Amos Bolognini got a free kick in the 98th minute. Trivella AFC's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.