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Match Report
San Nicolo
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26,
Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) San Nicolo's Ciro Marzulli started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Ciro Marzulli received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Demetrio Ranalli tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. San Nicolo's Comunardo Gerola played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Donato Scudieri in the 6th minute of play. After a rather tough play, San Nicolo's Alvaro Di Iulio got a free kick in the 6th minute. Comunardo Gerola took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fabio Santucci, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to San Nicolo getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Alvaro Di Iulio hit a great ball. 14 minutes into the match, Fabio Santucci notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of San Nicolo's Comunardo Gerola. Comunardo Gerola was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Demetrio Ranalli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ciro Marzulli in the 20th minute of play. Comunardo Gerola showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fabio Santucci, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Ferdinando Coco hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. Armin Di Dio took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 27th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Comunardo Gerola. San Nicolo's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Comunardo Gerola took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bernardo Briganti, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fabio Santucci sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Alvaro Di Iulio's late challenge caught a Tivoli's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alvaro Di Iulio helped the player get up and apologised. In the 37th match minute, San Nicolo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alvaro Di Iulio to maneuver through the defense. If Bernardo Briganti had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ciro Marzullis short, quick shot in the 43rdth minute got Demetrio Ranalli to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Comunardo Gerola showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fabio Santucci, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.
The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Fabio Santucci stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. If Ciro Marzulli had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 57 played minutes Tivoli got a freekick which was hit by Armin Di Dio. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ciro Marzulli in the 58th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Demetrio Ranalli prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 63 minutes into the match, Bernardo Briganti notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of San Nicolo's Comunardo Gerola. Comunardo Gerola was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 67th minute Fabio Santucci shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Comunardo Gerola saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabio Santucci in the 69th minute of play forced San Nicolo's goalkeeper Comunardo Gerola to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Demetrio Ranalli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ciro Marzulli in the 71st minute of the match. Ciro Marzulli received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Demetrio Ranalli tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Demetrio Ranalli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ciro Marzulli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Demetrio Ranalli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ciro Marzulli in the 83rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabio Santucci in the 85th minute of play forced San Nicolo's goalkeeper Comunardo Gerola to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Comunardo Gerola showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fabio Santucci, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabio Santucci in the 95th minute of play forced San Nicolo's goalkeeper Comunardo Gerola to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tivoli's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.
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