League Play-Off

Conca Del Sole
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Fortunato Mazzone started the match with the kick off. Cartusia's attentive Edmondo Ferri managed to snatch the ball when Christian Ubriaco made a throw-in in the 5th minute of the game. Edmondo Ferri fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ermanno Tiburtini having to interfere. Florian Barducci took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fortunato Mazzone, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 11 minutes, Fortunato Mazzone took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Florian Barducci to make any attempt to save it. After a rather tough play, Conca Del Sole's Fausto Di Nucci got a free kick in the 14th minute. Conca Del Sole's Ermanno Tiburtini played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edmondo Ferri in the 16th minute of play. If Edmondo Ferri had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Filippo Tabacchi in the 18th minute of play forced Conca Del Sole's goalkeeper Ermanno Tiburtini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 18 minutes of play, Cartusia's Filippo Tabacchi made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ermanno Tiburtini was left in no man's land by his defense there! Florian Barducci was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Christian Ubriaco. Ermanno Tiburtini made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Antonello Di Girolamo in the 25th minute of play. Christian Ubriaco kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. Conca Del Sole's Ermanno Tiburtini played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Filippo Tabacchi in the 29th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Filippo Tabacchi in the 37th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ermanno Tiburtini saved Conca Del Sole from getting behind. 43 minutes into the game, Fausto Di Nucci recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Florian Barducci. Fausto Di Nucci showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-1. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Filippo Tabacchi to make the kick off. Cartusia's Florian Barducci played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fausto Di Nucci in the 52nd minute of play. Florian Barducci showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fortunato Mazzone, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. After some careless play in the Conca Del Sole defense, Edmondo Ferri kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ermanno Tiburtini. The Conca Del Sole fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ermanno Tiburtini should have stopped the shot. 62 minutes into the match, Cartusia's goal looked a bit too open when Fortunato Mazzone came free, but Florian Barducci reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Conca Del Sole getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Alberto Sampo hit a great ball. 69 minutes into the match, Filippo Tabacchi notched a goal, 2-3, to the right of Conca Del Sole's Ermanno Tiburtini. Ermanno Tiburtini was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Florian Barducci took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fortunato Mazzone, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Cartusia's Filippo Tabacchi in the 78th minute got a chance for a shot 78th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Conca Del Sole's goalie prevented a goal. Amedeo Restaino's late challenge caught a Cartusia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Amedeo Restaino helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Conca Del Sole getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Amedeo Restaino hit a great ball. If Fulvio Minichiello had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Conca Del Sole's Corrado Navarra got a free kick in the 83rd minute. Conca Del Sole's Ermanno Tiburtini proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save Conca Del Sole from getting a goal against them. In the 88th match minute, Cartusia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cesare Baruffa to maneuver through the defense. In the 90th minute of the match Alberto Sampo sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Florian Barducci skillfully saved the ball. Filippo Tabacchi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Fausto Di Nucci recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 95th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The Conca Del Sole fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Cartusia were clearly better and deserved to take the win.