League Play-Off

CONCORDIA STADIUM
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, 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. Amedeo Scalabrino started the match with the kick off. Rescalda were furious when Alexander Daniele was red carded, 5 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. In a very dangerous position, a player in Rescalda fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 4th minute. Penalty! Rescalda:s Edoardo Basso showed great skill when he stopped Elia Catapano:s penalty. In the 10th minute, Alvise Tonon ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cosimo Montanari was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Amedeo Scalabrino's late challenge caught a Rescalda's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Amedeo Scalabrino helped the player get up and apologised. In the 18th minute, Amedeo Scalabrino hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 19th minute, Alvise Tonon 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. Edoardo Basso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Amedeo Scalabrino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of A.S.P CONCORDIESE booed when Rescalda was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arrigo Checchia didn't get a good kick on the ball. A.S.P CONCORDIESE's Elia Catapano couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 25th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Rescalda. Diego Buonanno sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Edoardo Basso was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Fedele Mingione showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-1 in the 29 minute of play. In the 32nd minute Alessio Cieri shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cosimo Montanari saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, A.S.P CONCORDIESE's Frank Melito got a free kick in the 42nd minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Diego Buonanno made a kick off. After 51 minutes, Domenico Petricca mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the A.S.P CONCORDIESE and the Rescalda players grew even worse after the yellow card. Domenico Petricca hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. 54 minutes into the match, Rescalda's goal looked a bit too open when Amedeo Scalabrino came free, but Edoardo Basso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 58th minute Diego Buonanno shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cosimo Montanari saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Domenico Petricca in the 59th minute of play forced Rescalda's goalkeeper Edoardo Basso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 60th minute Fedele Mingione shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edoardo Basso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alvise Tonon could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 64th minute of the match, but Cosimo Montanari made a huge save. Edoardo Basso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fedele Mingione in the 67th minute of play. Edoardo Basso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Domenico Petricca, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. If Diego Buonanno had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpected shot in the 77th minute by Alvise Tonon got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. In the 79th minute, Ercole Pan ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Edoardo Basso was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. Alvise Tonon sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Amedeo Scalabrino fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Edoardo Basso having to interfere. A.S.P CONCORDIESE were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Rescalda for a fine match.