League Play-Off

Stadio San Pancrazio
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Cosimo Iacovella's late challenge caught a Arasì AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cosimo Iacovella helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Arasì AFC booed when San Pancrazio was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cosimo Iacovella didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Dario Scalabrino came up free with the goalie in the 8th minute, the Arasì 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 Dario Scalabrino couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, San Pancrazio's Alvise Scatena got a free kick in the 10th minute. Flavio Proietto was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 11th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. With his leg Ercole Cammarota managed to avoid a goal in the 22ndth minute, when San Pancrazio's Biagio Tonon fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 24th minute, Anthony Cirelli left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Arasì AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Edmondo Facchetti made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anthony Cirelli in the 28th minute of play. Anthony Cirelli struck a weak shot in the 30th minute. Edmondo Facchetti didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Arasì AFC. Anthony Cirelli struck a weak shot in the 32nd minute. Edmondo Facchetti didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Arasì AFC. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Dario Scalabrino in the 34th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Edmondo Facchetti prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Arasì AFC were furious when Corrado Diana was red carded, 44 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 44th minute of the game. One of Arasì AFC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of San Pancrazio:s goal. Enzo Mameli walked up to take care of the penalty kick. He was aiming for the top corner, but the ball went just outside the post. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The wind increased when Dave Fava made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Fabiano Molinaro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The San Pancrazio fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Biagio Tonon struck a weak shot in the 56th minute. Ercole Cammarota didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for San Pancrazio. 60 minutes into the game, Dave Fava cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Ercole Cammarota was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 64th minute the ball was on its way in behind Arasì AFC's goalkeeper Ercole Cammarota, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 68th minute Biagio Tonon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ercole Cammarota saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Anthony Cirelli had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 75 minutes into the match, Arasì AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Biagio Tonon came free, but Ercole Cammarota reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 77th minute the ball was on its way in behind San Pancrazio's goalkeeper Edmondo Facchetti, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Dave Fava sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 82 minutes, Anthony Cirelli managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Arasì AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Anthony Cirelli was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Diego Colaneri received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Edmondo Facchetti tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Anthony Cirelli fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Edmondo Facchetti having to interfere. Anthony Cirelli sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 94th minute, Biagio Tonon ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ercole Cammarota was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. Arasì AFC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.