League Play-Off

Comunale di Acerra
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Bernardo Morini kicked off to start the match. Francesco Rocco received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Antonio Varglien tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Spakka Mattun's zone, Florian Minotti stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Antonio Varglien came out of the goal and Florian Minotti tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, Spakka Mattun's Eraldo Abbagnale got a free kick in the 7th minute. If Florian Minotti had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Alex Rocchetti showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bernardo Morini, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. After a rather tough play, S.P.Acerrana's Roque Gaskon got a free kick in the 16th minute. Antonio Varglien showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Florian Minotti in the 20th minute of the match. In the 23rd match minute, Spakka Mattun was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alessio Di Meo to maneuver through the defense. Antonio Varglien was a little too slow when Florian Minotti got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 23rd minute. The score was now 1-0. 26 minutes into the game, Carter Fanfarone was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. S.P.Acerrana's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Spakka Mattun the free kick. After a rather tough play, S.P.Acerrana's Carter Fanfarone got a free kick in the 26th minute. In the 28th minute of the match Emiliano Renzi shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Alex Rocchetti showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 39 minutes into the match, Spakka Mattun's goal looked a bit too open when Florian Minotti came free, but Antonio Varglien reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 42nd minute, Spakka Mattun's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Francesco Rocco fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Alex Rocchetti showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alessio Di Meo, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. When the match clock showed 45 minutes, the score became 2-1 when Alessio Di Meo sped through S.P.Acerrana's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Alex Rocchetti. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Francesco Rocco to make the kick off. Eugenio Macchia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alex Rocchetti having to interfere. Antonio Varglien made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Florian Minotti in the 55th minute of play. 3-1 became the score in the 57th minute when Florian Minotti elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Roque Gaskon hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. Eugenio Macchia kicked a quick shot right in front of the goal in the 61stth minute. Though ot was a great shot S.P.Acerrana's keeper Alex Rocchetti was sill able to block leaving the score board unchanged. The audience was convinced that Florian Minotti's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Antonio Varglien was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. Bernardo Morini sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. S.P.Acerrana made a substitution. Dino Fernandez replaced Francesco Rocco. When Florian Minotti fell near the penalty area in the 83rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored S.P.Acerrana's protests and gave Florian Minotti a yellow card for diving instead. In the 84th minute, Florian Minotti hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Florian Minotti kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. Florian Minotti fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Antonio Varglien having to interfere. 94 minutes into the game, Bernardo Morini recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Alex Rocchetti. Bernardo Morini showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 4-2. Dino Fernandez scored 5-2 in the 97th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Antonio Varglien, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.