League Play-Off

Stadio Bollate
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, 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. Alfonso La Marca started the match with the kick off. Enzo Gori received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Cesare Cirelli tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bianco De Rubeis's late challenge caught a Bollate AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bianco De Rubeis helped the player get up and apologised. After 5 played minutes Livorno AFC got a freekick which was hit by Bianco De Rubeis. Enzo Gori blasted a shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Cesare Cirelli having to make a save. Biagio Salerni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alfonso La Marca in the 9th minute of play. Bianco De Rubeis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Biagio Salerni having to interfere. Bianco De Rubeis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Biagio Salerni having to interfere. In the 18th minute, Alfonso La Marca got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 20th minute Alfonso La Marca shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Biagio Salerni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Biagio Salerni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bianco De Rubeis, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Armin Di Natale kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. Antonello Mazzocchetti hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. Francesco Santini hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Alfonso La Marca in the 47th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Biagio Salerni prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The score stood at 0-0 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 Dino Zola to make the kick off. Dino Zola blasted a shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Cesare Cirelli having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dino Zola in the 52nd minute of play forced Livorno AFC's goalkeeper Cesare Cirelli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Bollate AFC getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Bruno Di Giulio hit a great ball. Bollate AFC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 57th minute, when Alfonso La Marca scored to the left of an out of position Biagio Salerni, making the score, 0-1. When Bianco De Rubeis came up free with the goalie in the 64th minute, the Livorno 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 Bianco De Rubeis couldn't finish the play. 67 minutes into the match, Dino Zola notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Livorno AFC's Cesare Cirelli. Cesare Cirelli was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Bianco De Rubeis scored 1-2 in the 75th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Biagio Salerni, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Bianco De Rubeis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Biagio Salerni took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alfonso La Marca, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 94th match minute, Livorno AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edoardo Zinni to maneuver through the defense. In the 97th minute Bollate AFC were awarded a corner. Bruno Di Giulio went to the cornerflag to take it.