League Play-Off

La Barriera
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) AC Male's Federico Mussi 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. The AC Male fans' excitement grew in the 9th match minute when AC Male's Concetto Ruzzi looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 15th minute Filippo Gervasi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Francesco Fata saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Adriano Di Pietro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Adriano Di Pietro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Francesco Fata tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Filippo Gervasi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 38th minute, Federico Mussi made a precise shot to the right of Cesare Felicetti. The Eleven Paü's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. In the 45th match minute, The Eleven Paü was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alex Ramoser to maneuver through the defense. Cesare Felicetti made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anthony De Gregorio in the 46th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Concetto Ruzzi in the 48th minute of play forced The Eleven Paü's goalkeeper Cesare Felicetti to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After the first half AC Male were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Cesare Felicetti showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Federico Mussi in the 51st minute of the match. Filippo Gervasi scored 2-2 in the 53rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Francesco Fata, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Alessandro Paoletti during the 60th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Filippo Gervasi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Francesco Fata tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 77 minutes, Adriano Di Pietro managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. The Eleven Paü's supporters crossed their fingers, but Adriano Di Pietro was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Adriano Di Pietro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Francesco Fata having to interfere. After 81 minutes of play, The Eleven Paü's Filippo Gervasi made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Francesco Fata was left in no man's land by his defense there! Emilio Coscarella hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. AC Male's Concetto Ruzzi got a good chance for a goal in the 87th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Francesco Fata showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Filippo Gervasi in the 91st minute of the match. When Alex Lucidi fell near the penalty area in the 91st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored AC Male's protests and gave Alex Lucidi a yellow card for diving instead. After 91 played minutes AC Male got a freekick which was hit by Alex Lucidi. The Eleven Paü's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.