League Play-Off

Stadio Albarea
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The audience thought a goal was coming when Edoardo Caretti got free with Fabrizio Braccia in the 8th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 10 minutes, Bruno Pomponio mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Albarea and the Torri players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 10 played minutes Albarea got a freekick which was hit by Bruno Pomponio. After a defensive mix-up in Albarea's zone, Armando Magno stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Edmondo Iacovone came out of the goal and Armando Magno tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Armando Magno fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Edmondo Iacovone having to interfere. In the 18th minute Ercole Grieco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabrizio Braccia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 20th minute, Edoardo Caretti 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. Ercole Grieco sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Enrico Di Bernardo's late challenge caught a Albarea's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Enrico Di Bernardo helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Albarea booed when Torri was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Enrico Di Bernardo didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eraldo Delle Donne in the 33rd minute of play forced Albarea's goalkeeper Edmondo Iacovone to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Edmondo Iacovone didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Armando Magno went, in the 34th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 40th minute the ball was on its way in behind Torri's goalkeeper Fabrizio Braccia, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. If Eraldo Delle Donne had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 47 played minutes Albarea got a freekick which was hit by Carter Papa. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ercole Grieco to make the kick off. A collision led to Albarea getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Bruno Pomponio hit a great ball. Eraldo Delle Donne fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Edmondo Iacovone having to interfere. When Albarea's Ercole Grieco in 67 game minutes managed to cut through with the ball in front of the goal, only having to shoot. Fabrizio Braccia guarding the goal like a pit bull was extremely focused and managed to reach the ball just by the crossbar before it went in. After a defensive mix-up in Torri's zone, Edoardo Caretti stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fabrizio Braccia came out of the goal and Edoardo Caretti tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Edoardo Caretti had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 74 minutes into the match, Torri's goal looked a bit too open when Ercole Grieco came free, but Fabrizio Braccia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edoardo Caretti in the 76th minute of play forced Torri's goalkeeper Fabrizio Braccia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Edmondo Iacovone made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Armando Magno in the 79th minute of play. After some careless play in the Torri defense, Ercole Grieco kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fabrizio Braccia. The Torri fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fabrizio Braccia should have stopped the shot. Bruno Pomponio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fabrizio Braccia having to interfere. Fabrizio Braccia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ercole Grieco in the 92nd minute of play. Armando Magno fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Edmondo Iacovone having to interfere.