League Play-Off

Stadio Ferno
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Eraldo Marcucci kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alessandro Coscia in the 6th minute of play forced Ferno's goalkeeper Alex Di Rado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 6 minutes into the game, Alex Finocchio was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Ferno's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Montiano the free kick. In the 6th minute, Alex Finocchio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Eraldo Marcucci had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Alessandro Coscia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 11 minutes into the match, Ferno's goal looked a bit too open when Eraldo Marcucci came free, but Alex Di Rado reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alex Di Rado showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alessandro Coscia, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. In the 19th match minute, Ferno was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arturo Staniscia to maneuver through the defense. Alex Di Rado showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eraldo Marcucci in the 25th minute of the match. In the 26th minute of the match Camillo De Carolis shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Alex Di Rado showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, Montiano's Camillo De Carolis got a free kick in the 29th minute. After recieving a nice pass, Ferno's Aldo Danza tried to score from far away in the 30th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. 37 minutes into the match, Francesco Galli notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Montiano's Alessandro Di Campli. Alessandro Di Campli was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Alex Finocchio hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ercole Martorella to strike the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Ferno's Alex Finocchio got a free kick in the 53rd minute. Montiano's Donato Mandara shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 54th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Alex Di Rado but with some difficulty. After 56 played minutes Ferno got a freekick which was hit by Domenico Trombetta. 57 minutes into the game Donato Mandara kicked a great long shot which passed Alex Di Rado straight ahead into the goal, Result 1-1. One couldn't see Donato Mandara behind all of his teammates who surrounded to congratulate him. After 60 played minutes Ferno got a freekick which was hit by Alex Finocchio. After some careless play in the Montiano defense, Ercole Martorella kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alessandro Di Campli. The Montiano fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alessandro Di Campli should have stopped the shot. If Ercole Martorella had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Alex Di Rado didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Alessandro Coscia went, in the 77th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. Ciccio Fava kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. 84 minutes into the match, Alessandro Coscia had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alex Di Rado. Ferno's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alessandro Coscia was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. With his leg Alex Di Rado managed to avoid a goal in the 89thth minute, when Montiano's Alessandro Coscia fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After 93 played minutes, Montiano's Carlo Galdi shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Alex Di Rado came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Montiano reached it. Montiano's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.