League Play-Off

Stra
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Dave Carciofo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 11th minute of the match, but Alessio Piano made a huge save. Alessio Piano made an important save on a dangerous shot by Corrado Bardella in the 13th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dave Carciofo got free with Alessio Piano in the 14th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Mauro Abecia kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. Fausto Vettori charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Fausto Vettori the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Fausto Vettori kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. In the 19th minute Ferdinando Pittelli shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alessio Piano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Stra AFC's Dave Carciofo got a free kick in the 20th minute. Amedeo Ursini made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bobby Portway in the 23rd minute of play. Corrado Hell struck a weak shot in the 27th minute. Amedeo Ursini didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ASROMA1927. Alessio Piano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ferdinando Pittelli in the 29th minute of the match. After 38 played minutes ASROMA1927 got a freekick which was hit by Diego Taccone. Amedeo Ursini showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bobby Portway, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Bobby Portway stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, Stra AFC's Amedeo Ursini got control of the ball when Corrado Hell tried to sneak it across the goal line. 57 minutes into the match, Dave Carciofo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alessio Piano. ASROMA1927's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dave Carciofo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Through an outstanding action, after 65 minutes, Amedeo Ursini successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After some fancy dribbling in the 67th minute, Corrado Bardella managed to get in a good position for a shot. Stra AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Corrado Bardella was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alessio Piano breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Amedeo Ursini took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bobby Portway, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. ASROMA1927's Alessio Piano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dave Carciofo in the 76th minute of play. With an all-out effort, ASROMA1927's Amedeo Ursini threw himself towards the right post 78 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Bobby Portway, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Bobby Portway in the 83rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Amedeo Ursini prevented the ball from getting in the gole. If Corrado Hell had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The audience was convinced that Bobby Portway's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Amedeo Ursini was relentless in the 85th minute of the game. Fausto Vettori got his second yellow card in the match during the 86th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Fausto Vettori hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. Corrado Hell fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Amedeo Ursini having to interfere. Corrado Hell fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Amedeo Ursini having to interfere. After 96 minutes of play, ASROMA1927's Bobby Portway made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Amedeo Ursini was left in no man's land by his defense there! ASROMA1927's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because Stra AFC had won, even though ASROMA1927 had held more of the ball.