League Play-Off

Stadio Mandriole
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) F.C. Ikarux's Federico Tagliente 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. When the match clock showed 4 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Aurelio Minati sped through F.C. Ikarux's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Felice De Paolis. 8 minutes into the match, Campoverardo AFC's Aurelio Minati sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Felice De Paolis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Ferdinando Martorella blasted a shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Felice De Paolis having to make a save. In the 12th minute of the match Alexander Bonelli sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Felice De Paolis skillfully saved the ball. 13 minutes into the match, Campoverardo AFC's Ferdinando Martorella sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Felice De Paolis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. F.C. Ikarux's Felice De Paolis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ferdinando Martorella in the 15th minute of play. Dennis Pallotta showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Federico Tagliente in the 17th minute of the match. 19 minutes into the match, F.C. Ikarux's goal looked a bit too open when Ferdinando Martorella came free, but Felice De Paolis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Felice De Paolis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aurelio Minati, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Francesco Cattaneo might have been able to make a better finish in the 22nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dennis Pallotta. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Francesco Cattaneo ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 26th play minute Francesco Cattaneo came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Dennis Pallotta. 1-1. Ferdinando Martorella received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Felice De Paolis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Aurelio Minati's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Felice De Paolis was relentless in the 40th minute of the game. Alexander Bonelli kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. Dennis Pallotta was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 45th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Diego Selvi. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ferdinando Martorella to make the kick off. Campoverardo AFC's Dennis Pallotta played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Federico Tagliente in the 52nd minute of play. Ferdinando Martorella fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Felice De Paolis having to interfere. Federico Tagliente recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 57th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After recieving a nice pass, F.C. Ikarux's Diego Selvi tried to score from far away in the 63rd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 65th minute of the game. One of F.C. Ikarux:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Campoverardo AFC:s goal. Felice De Paolis went to the wrong direction when Emiliano Guerini was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. F.C. Ikarux's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Ferdinando Martorella 70 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-2. After a rather tough play, Campoverardo AFC's Enrico Cala got a free kick in the 77th minute. Aurelio Minati fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Felice De Paolis having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Angelo Arcangeli during the 87th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Angelo Arcangeli kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. In the 95th minute, Fulvio Catini hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Felice De Paolis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Aurelio Minati in the 98th minute.