League Play-Off

Mantova
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Ernesto Pittelli received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Eugenio Corsi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Ernesto Pittelli had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Ernesto Pittelli had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Frank Cardano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Alessandro Petricca had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 27 played minutes Mantova got a freekick which was hit by Anfilogino Ciraci. After some fancy dribbling in the 28th minute, Alessandro Petricca managed to get in a good position for a shot. Cannuzzo's supporters rose to their feet, but Alessandro Petricca was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Edmondo Avesani breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Edmondo Avesani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emiliano Prato in the 29th minute of the match. Emiliano Prato sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Emiliano Prato had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ernesto Pittelli to make the kick off. Edmondo Avesani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alessandro Petricca in the 54th minute of play. In the 55th minute, Ernesto Pittelli 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. Ernesto Pittelli fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eugenio Corsi having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Frank Cardano's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eugenio Corsi was relentless in the 62nd minute of the game. In the 63rd minute, Fortunato Sangermano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, Mantova's Edmondo Avesani got control of the ball when Emiliano Prato tried to sneak it across the goal line. 69 minutes into the match, Mantova's goal looked a bit too open when Alessandro Petricca came free, but Edmondo Avesani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Emiliano Prato was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 71st minute. Cannuzzo's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Emiliano Prato got free with Edmondo Avesani in the 73rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ernesto Pittelli in the 76th minute of play forced Cannuzzo's goalkeeper Eugenio Corsi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 81st minute Alessandro Petricca shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edmondo Avesani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Mantova's Anfilogino Ciraci got a free kick in the 81st minute. In the 84th minute, Ernesto Pittelli ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Eugenio Corsi was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Mantova's Edmondo Avesani played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fortunato Sangermano in the 91st minute of play. Edmondo Avesani made an important save on a dangerous shot by Emiliano Prato in the 95th minute.