League Play-Off

La DEA
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Amerigo Imperatore took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 6th minute Donato Tofani shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antonio Ursini saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of www.malga.gigacenter.it booed when Civitas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Anfilogino Zappacosta didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Donato Tofani came up free with the goalie in the 9th minute, the www.malga.gigacenter.it 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 Donato Tofani couldn't finish the play. Concetto Ruggieri sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Concetto Ruggieri came up free with the goalie in the 17th minute, the Civitas 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 Concetto Ruggieri couldn't finish the play. When the match had gone on for 20 minutes, Amerigo Imperatore took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Davide Tana to make any attempt to save it. 23 minutes into the game, Florian Cattaneo was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. www.malga.gigacenter.it's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Civitas the free kick. A collision led to www.malga.gigacenter.it getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Florian Cattaneo hit a great ball. After 30 played minutes Civitas got a freekick which was hit by Augusto Fontanive. Alberto Panico blasted a shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Antonio Ursini having to make a save. After some careless play in the Civitas defense, Alberto Panico kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Antonio Ursini. The Civitas fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Antonio Ursini should have stopped the shot. The supporters of www.malga.gigacenter.it booed when Civitas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 39 match minutes in a wonderful position. Amerigo Imperatore didn't get a good kick on the ball. Alberto Panico fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Antonio Ursini having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Civitas's zone, Florian Cattaneo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Antonio Ursini came out of the goal and Florian Cattaneo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Alberto Panico received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Antonio Ursini tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Alberto Panico to make the kick off. Davide Tana showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anfilogino Zappacosta in the 51st minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Civitas's zone, Donato Tofani stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Antonio Ursini came out of the goal and Donato Tofani tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 56th minute, Florian Cattaneo 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. Davide Tana made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Concetto Ruggieri in the 63rd minute of play. An unexpected shot in the 67th minute by Alberto Panico got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Davide Tana took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Amerigo Imperatore, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Donato Tofani during the 73rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Donato Tofani hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Panico in the 79th minute of play forced Civitas's goalkeeper Antonio Ursini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of www.malga.gigacenter.it booed when Civitas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Amerigo Imperatore didn't get a good kick on the ball. Davide Tana came out of the goal in the 89th minute to try and stop a shot by Civitas's Concetto Ruggieri. But to his dismay, Concetto Ruggieri quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. If Donato Tofani had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the referee blew the final whistle, Civitas could leave the field as winners, despite www.malga.gigacenter.it having more of the ball for most of the match.