League Play-Off

Colle Verde
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Florian Tatangelo made the kick off which started today's match. Flavio Falcone made a fantastic save in the 6th minute, when Eraldo Baciadonne sent off a good shot on target. In the 8th minute, Fedele Massa made a precise shot to the right of Cristoforo Miccoli. Colle Verde's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Fedele Massa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 12th minute Enrico Orecchioni shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristoforo Miccoli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 13th minute of the game, Ettore Olmi landed unfortunately after trying to head the ball, and pulled a muscle in the back, so badly that he had to leave the field. When Flavio Bocchi fell near the penalty area in the 13th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Graham FC's protests and gave Flavio Bocchi a yellow card for diving instead. Flavio Bocchi hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. Eraldo Baciadonne received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Flavio Falcone tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 19 minutes, Dennis Sciotto mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Colle Verde and the Graham FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Dennis Sciotto kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. Cristoforo Miccoli didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Fedele Massa went, in the 26th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Fedele Massa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Cristoforo Miccoli tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Flavio Falcone acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 35th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Anfilogino Felli. Dennis Sciotto fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Flavio Falcone having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fedele Massa in the 46th minute of play forced Colle Verde's goalkeeper Cristoforo Miccoli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Fedele Massa stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Eraldo Baciadonne hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Florian Tatangelo during the 53rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Colle Verde's Florian Tatangelo got a free kick in the 53rd minute. When the match clock showed 56 minutes, the score became 2-2 when Eraldo Baciadonne sped through Graham FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Flavio Falcone. Flavio Falcone took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eraldo Baciadonne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Eraldo Baciadonne's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Flavio Falcone was relentless in the 61st minute of the game. Flavio Falcone came out of the goal in the 65th minute to try and stop a shot by Colle Verde's Florian Tatangelo. But to his dismay, Florian Tatangelo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-2. Felice Marsilio charged in rather forcefully in the 68th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Felice Marsilio the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fedele Massa in the 71st minute of play forced Colle Verde's goalkeeper Cristoforo Miccoli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eraldo Baciadonne took the ball and in the 72 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Flavio Falcone. Flavio Falcone dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fedele Massa in the 80th minute of play forced Colle Verde's goalkeeper Cristoforo Miccoli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eraldo Baciadonne received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Flavio Falcone tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cristoforo Miccoli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fedele Massa in the 85th minute of play. When Eraldo Baciadonne came up free with the goalie in the 88th minute, the Colle Verde fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Eraldo Baciadonne couldn't finish the play. In the 91st minute, Fedele Massa reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Cristoforo Miccoli. The goal made the score 4-3. When Dennis Sciotto came up free with the goalie in the 94th minute, the Colle Verde fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Dennis Sciotto couldn't finish the play. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Colle Verde fans cheered their team off the field, for while Graham FC had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.