League Play-Off

LAURA ARENA
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Bianco Placidi took the kick off in the first half of the match. Cristiano Stumpo came out of the goal in the 3rd minute to try and stop a shot by Pozzo AFC's Alvaro Di Battista. But to his dismay, Alvaro Di Battista quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Cristiano Stumpo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alvaro Di Battista, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Biagio Bartolomucci showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bianco Placidi in the 12th minute of the match. Alvaro Di Battista struck a weak shot in the 15th minute. Cristiano Stumpo didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Pozzo AFC. Pozzo AFC's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Bianco Placidi 18 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-1. Cristiano Stumpo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alvaro Di Battista, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alvaro Di Battista in the 32nd minute of play forced A.C. C U R E's goalkeeper Cristiano Stumpo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alexander Zacchia kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. Cristiano Stumpo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alvaro Di Battista in the 35th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dario Di Tommaso in the 40th minute of play forced A.C. C U R E's goalkeeper Cristiano Stumpo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alvaro Di Battista fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cristiano Stumpo having to interfere. Alvaro Di Battista fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cristiano Stumpo having to interfere. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Alvaro Di Battista stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The crowd rose to their feet as Alvaro Di Battista kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Cristiano Stumpo. That made the score 1-2 in the 53 minute of play. If Alvaro Di Battista had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 78th minute, Fabio Di Martino hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Biagio Bartolomucci showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bianco Placidi in the 83rd minute of the match. Biagio Bartolomucci didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bianco Placidi went, in the 92nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score.