League Play-Off

Cormano
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Cristiano Guaita got the match started through his kick off. Andrea Pomponio in the 6thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Carmine De Gregorio, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Carmine De Gregorio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alessio Onori, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. In the 10th match minute, Lomazzo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Attilio Candeloro to maneuver through the defense. In the 11th minute, Carmine Luciano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Camillo Forte shot from long distance in the 12th minute, but Carmine De Gregorio was prepared and stopped the ball at the left post. Alfredo Gallucci showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arrigo Giordano in the 14th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Cristiano Guaita's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alfredo Gallucci was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. The supporters of Lomazzo booed when Cormano FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ciro De Filippo didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Cristiano Guaita's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alfredo Gallucci was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. In the 30th minute, Arrigo Giordano left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Lomazzo fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Ermanno Juliano's late challenge caught a Lomazzo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ermanno Juliano helped the player get up and apologised. In the 33rd match minute, Cormano FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ermanno Juliano to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Lomazzo getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Cristiano Guaita hit a great ball. If Alessio Onori had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cristiano Guaita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alfredo Gallucci having to interfere. Alfredo Gallucci made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carmine Luciano in the 48th minute of play. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Alessio Onori to strike the kick off in the second half. Cormano FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Camillo Forte in the 54th minute. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Lomazzo's goalie and right to Fausto Pasquino. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Lomazzo's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alessio Onori in the 57th minute of play forced Lomazzo's goalkeeper Carmine De Gregorio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Carmine Luciano during the 60th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 61st minute of the match Camillo Forte sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Carmine De Gregorio skillfully saved the ball. Alessio Onori sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Arrigo Giordano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Alfredo Gallucci tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Attilio Candeloro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Alfredo Gallucci tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 68th minute of the game, Carmine Luciano landed unfortunately after trying to head the ball, and pulled a muscle in the back, so badly that he had to leave the field. Andrea Pomponio's late challenge caught a Lomazzo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Andrea Pomponio helped the player get up and apologised. Alfredo Gallucci made a fantastic save in the 81st minute, when Arrigo Giordano sent off a good shot on target. After having played for 89 minutes, Attilio Candeloro managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Lomazzo's supporters crossed their fingers, but Attilio Candeloro was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Adriano Berardi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alfredo Gallucci having to interfere. 95 minutes into the match, Lomazzo's goal looked a bit too open when Ferruccio Michelini came free, but Carmine De Gregorio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lomazzo's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.