League Play-Off

San siro
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) mirtocalcio's Cristoforo Santangelo started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Frank Vinciguerra hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Cristoforo Santangelo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Cristoforo Forlano came up free with the goalie in the 8th minute, the mirtocalcio 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 Cristoforo Forlano couldn't finish the play. When Cristoforo Santangelo came up free with the goalie in the 11th minute, the mirtocalcio 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 Cristoforo Santangelo couldn't finish the play. After a defensive mix-up in Sarmeola FC's zone, Cristoforo Santangelo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fabrizio Franceschelli came out of the goal and Cristoforo Santangelo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Dario Marinelli had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Fabrizio Franceschelli didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when mirtocalcio's Cristoforo Santangelo shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Federico Prato fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fabrizio Franceschelli having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristoforo Santangelo got free with Fabrizio Franceschelli in the 24th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to Sarmeola FC getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Bruno Cusumano hit a great ball. Cristoforo Santangelo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 33rd minute Cristoforo Santangelo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabrizio Franceschelli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With his leg Fabrizio Franceschelli managed to avoid a goal in the 36thth minute, when mirtocalcio's Cristoforo Santangelo fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Dario Marinelli sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 39thth minute of the game Cristoforo Santangelo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Sarmeola FC's Fabrizio Franceschelli was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Sarmeola FC's zone, Cristoforo Forlano stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fabrizio Franceschelli came out of the goal and Cristoforo Forlano tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Fabrizio Franceschelli made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dario Carlini in the 42nd minute. In the 46th minute, Bruno Cusumano ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alfonso De Sanctis was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Edoardo Stella made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Diego Madonna hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fabrizio Franceschelli came out of the goal in the 53rd minute to try and stop a shot by mirtocalcio's Bianco Lucchetti. But to his dismay, Bianco Lucchetti quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. After 56 minutes of play, mirtocalcio's Federico Prato made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fabrizio Franceschelli was left in no man's land by his defense there! Fabrizio Franceschelli stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cristoforo Santangelo's shot from short distance in the 63rd minute. Fabrizio Franceschelli came out of the goal in the 64th minute to try and stop a shot by mirtocalcio's Cristoforo Santangelo. But to his dismay, Cristoforo Santangelo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-1. If Cristoforo Santangelo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. mirtocalcio made a substitution. Augusto Tacco replaced Dario Marinelli. If Federico Prato had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Cristoforo Santangelo fell near the penalty area in the 74th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored mirtocalcio's protests and gave Cristoforo Santangelo a yellow card for diving instead. After 74 played minutes mirtocalcio got a freekick which was hit by Cristoforo Santangelo. After having played for 79 minutes, Augusto Tacco managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. mirtocalcio's supporters crossed their fingers, but Augusto Tacco was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Cristoforo Santangelo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cristoforo Santangelo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fabrizio Franceschelli having to interfere. mirtocalcio made a substitution. Alfredo Sivieri replaced Beppe Corvo. Federico Prato sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to mirtocalcio getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Frank Vinciguerra hit a great ball. mirtocalcio's Alfonso De Sanctis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 91st minute of the match, managed to save mirtocalcio from getting a goal against them. Fabrizio Franceschelli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristoforo Santangelo in the 95th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 97 minutes, Cristoforo Santangelo put it in 5-1 from a short distance just to the right of Fabrizio Franceschelli. There was no doubt that mirtocalcio were the better team. mirtocalcio's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.