League Play-Off

San Carpegna
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, 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. Domenico Coccolone started the match with the kick off. After 3 minutes of play, Deportivo la Carpegna's Camillo Di Santo made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cristoforo Di Pietrantonio was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Domenico Coccolone fell near the penalty area in the 13th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Statua FC's protests and gave Domenico Coccolone a yellow card for diving instead. Domenico Coccolone hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ferdinando Casciano got free with Cristoforo Di Pietrantonio in the 16th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Ferdinando Casciano had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ferdinando Casciano blasted a shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Cristoforo Di Pietrantonio having to make a save. Camillo Di Santo might have been able to make a better finish in the 22nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Cristoforo Di Pietrantonio. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Camillo Di Santo ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 24th minute, Ferdinando Casciano made a precise shot to the right of Cristoforo Di Pietrantonio. Statua FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. 3-0 became the score in the 27th minute when Ferdinando Casciano elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Ferdinando Casciano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Cristoforo Di Pietrantonio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 32nd minute, Ferdinando Casciano reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Cristoforo Di Pietrantonio. The goal made the score 4-0. After 34 played minutes Statua FC got a freekick which was hit by Ennio Nardone. When Camillo Di Santo came up free with the goalie in the 37th minute, the Deportivo la Carpegna 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 Camillo Di Santo couldn't finish the play. In the 40th play minute Ferdinando Casciano came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Cristoforo Di Pietrantonio. 5-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 5-0.

The wind increased when Ferdinando Casciano made the kick off in the second half. Camillo Di Santo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 66 minutes into the match, Ferdinando Casciano notched a goal, 6-0, to the right of Statua FC's Cristoforo Di Pietrantonio. Cristoforo Di Pietrantonio was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After having played for 73 minutes, Ferdinando Casciano managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Deportivo la Carpegna's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ferdinando Casciano was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After having played for 75 minutes, Ferdinando Casciano managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Deportivo la Carpegna's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ferdinando Casciano was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 82nd minute, Ferdinando Casciano 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. Cristoforo Di Pietrantonio came out of the goal in the 90th minute to try and stop a shot by Deportivo la Carpegna's Camillo Di Santo. But to his dismay, Camillo Di Santo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 8-0. In the 95th minute Emiliano Finocchio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristoforo Di Pietrantonio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. There was no doubt that Deportivo la Carpegna were the better team. Deportivo la Carpegna's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.