League Play-Off

Freedom
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Augusto Pasinati took the kick off in the first half of the match. When SerretaFC's Augusto Pasinati in the 9th minute got a chance for a shot 9th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Stradella's goalie prevented a goal. Augusto Pasinati received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Corrado Ballerini tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 14th match minute, Stradella was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ettore Saturno to maneuver through the defense. Amerigo Cino was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 15th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. 0-1 became the score in the 18th minute when Alvaro Pala elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. SerretaFC's Anthony Tullo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Enzo Cherubini in the 23rd minute of play. After having played for 24 minutes, Alvaro Pala managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Stradella's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alvaro Pala was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a rather tough play, Stradella's Demetrio Cavallucci got a free kick in the 27th minute. When Stradella's Enzo Cherubini in the 32nd minute got a chance for a shot 32nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SerretaFC's goalie prevented a goal. If Augusto Pasinati had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Anthony Tullo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alvaro Pala's shot from short distance in the 37th minute. The audience was convinced that Augusto Pasinati's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Corrado Ballerini was relentless in the 40th minute of the game. If Augusto Pasinati had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After a defensive mix-up in SerretaFC's zone, Enzo Cherubini stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Anthony Tullo came out of the goal and Enzo Cherubini tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Alvaro Pala stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alvaro Pala in the 68th minute of play forced SerretaFC's goalkeeper Anthony Tullo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 69 minutes into the match, SerretaFC's Ciccio Mussi sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Corrado Ballerini narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Ciccio Mussi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Corrado Ballerini tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 80 minutes into the game, Enrico Santovito was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Stradella's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave SerretaFC the free kick. The referee gave SerretaFC a penalty, 82 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Amerigo Cino, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Stradella's Corrado Ballerini. 1-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Enzo Cherubini got free with Anthony Tullo in the 88th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Corrado Ballerini took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ciccio Mussi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 91st minute, Ciccio Mussi managed to get in a good position for a shot. SerretaFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Ciccio Mussi was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Corrado Ballerini breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. SerretaFC were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.