League Play-Off

Stadio Case Nuovo
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. Alex Bergamini started the match with the kick off. Orgnano AFC's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Alex Bergamini 11 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 2-0. 19 minutes into the game, Ercole Apicella cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Dino Romagnoli was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When Ercole Apicella came up free with the goalie in the 25th minute, the Orgnano AFC 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 Ercole Apicella couldn't finish the play. With his leg Carmine Nicolai managed to avoid a goal in the 37thth minute, when Case Nuovo AFC's Alex Bergamini fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After a defensive mix-up in Case Nuovo AFC's zone, Ercole Apicella stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dino Romagnoli came out of the goal and Ercole Apicella tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After having played for 42 minutes, Frank Ferraresi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Orgnano AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Frank Ferraresi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 44th minute the ball was on its way in behind Case Nuovo AFC's goalkeeper Dino Romagnoli, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 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 wind increased when Ferruccio Lizzi made the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Ciro Bomba's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Carmine Nicolai was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. In the 56thth minute of the game Ferruccio Lizzi who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Case Nuovo AFC's Dino Romagnoli was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 59th match minute, Case Nuovo AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alfonso Mammarella to maneuver through the defense. Felice Tenaglia hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Ercole Apicella could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 64th minute of the match, but Dino Romagnoli made a huge save. Ciro Bomba scored 3-1 in the 68th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Carmine Nicolai, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Carmine Nicolai showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Donato Sangermano in the 75th minute of the match. Orgnano AFC's Carmine Nicolai played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alex Bergamini in the 76th minute of play. Ferruccio Lizzi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dino Romagnoli having to interfere. 85 minutes in the game, Ferruccio Lizzi fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Dino Romagnoli having to interfere. In the 94th minute Alex Bergamini shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carmine Nicolai saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 95 minutes into the match, Orgnano AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Alex Bergamini came free, but Carmine Nicolai reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. Case Nuovo AFC were victorious despite being under pressure from Orgnano AFC for much of the match.