League Play-Off

Stadio Travalle
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Alfredo Varglien showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Armin Di Cristofaro, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. 14 minutes into the match, FC MOTTOLA's goal looked a bit too open when Ferruccio Colonna came free, but Ferdinando Di Liddo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 18 minutes into the match, FC MOTTOLA's goal looked a bit too open when Ferruccio Colonna came free, but Ferdinando Di Liddo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. FC MOTTOLA's Ferdinando Di Liddo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 19th minute of the match, managed to save FC MOTTOLA from getting a goal against them. After some fancy dribbling in the 27th minute, Emiliano Polimeno managed to get in a good position for a shot. Travalle's supporters rose to their feet, but Emiliano Polimeno was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ferdinando Di Liddo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Alexander Guerrieri lost his temper 30 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 29th minute, one of FC MOTTOLA:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for FC MOTTOLA. An unexpectedly hard shot by Corrado Di Pietrantonio in the 40th minute of play forced Travalle's goalkeeper Alfredo Varglien to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With his leg Ferdinando Di Liddo managed to avoid a goal in the 41stth minute, when Travalle's Federico Pizzi fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Ermanno Albani charged in rather forcefully in the 45th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ermanno Albani the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Travalle booed when FC MOTTOLA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ermanno Albani didn't get a good kick on the ball.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ferruccio Colonna to make the kick off. Ferdinando Di Liddo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Federico Pizzi went, in the 53rd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. Ferruccio Colonna fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ferdinando Di Liddo having to interfere. In the 59th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC MOTTOLA's goalkeeper Ferdinando Di Liddo, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 60th minute Travalle were awarded a corner. Antonio Saraceni went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 62nd minute of the match Travalle got a corner. FC MOTTOLA's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Antonio Saraceni ran over to the corner to take the kick. Corrado Di Pietrantonio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Corrado Di Pietrantonio struck a weak shot in the 71st minute. Alfredo Varglien didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for FC MOTTOLA. Ferdinando Di Liddo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ferruccio Colonna, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ferruccio Colonna received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Ferdinando Di Liddo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ferdinando Di Liddo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Federico Pizzi in the 86th minute of play. After some careless play in the FC MOTTOLA defense, Federico Pizzi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ferdinando Di Liddo. The FC MOTTOLA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ferdinando Di Liddo should have stopped the shot. The supporters of FC MOTTOLA booed when Travalle was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ferruccio Colonna didn't get a good kick on the ball.