League Play-Off

Virgiliana
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Alberigo Marrone started the match with the kick off. Ciro Di Rocco received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Amerigo Liaci tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Alberigo Marrone came up free with the goalie in the 5th minute, the Virgiliana FC 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 Alberigo Marrone couldn't finish the play. Ciro Di Rocco in the 10thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Amerigo Liaci, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Beppe Ucci kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. Corrado Carlucci fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carmine Di Meo having to interfere. In the 21st match minute, Virgiliana FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bernardo Perilli to maneuver through the defense. Dennis Palombi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Bernardo Perilli charged in rather forcefully in the 25th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bernardo Perilli the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Dennis Palombi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Amerigo Liaci was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 29th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Dino Bardella. Alberigo Marrone received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Amerigo Liaci tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 38 minutes into the match, Alberto Bocchi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Amerigo Liaci. Morosolo AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alberto Bocchi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Carmine Di Meo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Corrado Carlucci went, in the 44th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Corrado Carlucci to make the kick off. In the 62nd match minute, Morosolo AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Damiano Sabatini to maneuver through the defense. When Corrado Carlucci came up free with the goalie in the 66th minute, the Morosolo 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 Corrado Carlucci couldn't finish the play. Carmine Di Meo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Corrado Carlucci's shot from short distance in the 73rd minute. 75 minutes into the game, Morosolo AFC's Dennis Palombi nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Carmine Di Meo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. Amerigo Liaci made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberigo Marrone in the 83rd minute of play. In the 88th play minute Dennis Palombi came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Carmine Di Meo. 1-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberigo Marrone in the 93rd minute of play forced Morosolo AFC's goalkeeper Amerigo Liaci to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Morosolo AFC had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.