League Play-Off

Asti
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) C.A. Nueva Chicago's Ovando Bermudez 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. Felice Barducci made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Amedeo Guerriero in the 10th minute of play. If Anselmo Manna had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ovando Bermudez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Angelo Boldrini having to interfere. Edmondo Varglien succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 19th playminute. Edmondo Varglien received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Angelo Boldrini tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 27 minutes into the match, C.A. Nueva Chicago's goal looked a bit too open when Amedeo Guerriero came free, but Felice Barducci reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Ovando Bermudez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 30th minute, Edmondo Varglien managed to get in a good position for a shot. C.A. Nueva Chicago's supporters rose to their feet, but Edmondo Varglien was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Angelo Boldrini breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Amedeo Guerriero sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Oslavia's Bianco Carlini got a free kick in the 34th minute. In the 35th minute, Edmondo Varglien 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. 37 minutes into the game, Ovando Bermudez cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Angelo Boldrini was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 41 minutes into the match, Oslavia's Elia Apolloni sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Felice Barducci narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When Elia Apolloni came up free with the goalie in the 44th minute, the Oslavia 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 Elia Apolloni couldn't finish the play. When the match had gone on for 47 minutes, Ovando Bermudez took a quick shot and it went in 3-0 without a chance for Angelo Boldrini to make any attempt to save it. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Amedeo Guerriero stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a defensive mix-up in Oslavia's zone, Ovando Bermudez stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Angelo Boldrini came out of the goal and Ovando Bermudez tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Edmondo Varglien had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. C.A. Nueva Chicago's Felice Barducci played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carlo Schiacciacasse in the 57th minute of play. 58 minutes into the match, C.A. Nueva Chicago's goal looked a bit too open when Amedeo Guerriero came free, but Felice Barducci reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Oslavia's Angelo Boldrini played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edmondo Varglien in the 61st minute of play. Angelo Boldrini stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ovando Bermudez's shot from short distance in the 66th minute. Oslavia's Angelo Boldrini played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edmondo Varglien in the 67th minute of play. After 69 minutes of play, Oslavia's Bianco Carlini made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Felice Barducci was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ovando Bermudez's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Angelo Boldrini read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 72nd minute of play. Oslavia's Angelo Boldrini played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edmondo Varglien in the 76th minute of play. In the 77th match minute, Oslavia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Amedeo Guerriero to maneuver through the defense. Edmondo Varglien sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. If Edmondo Varglien had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 85th minute Edmondo Varglien shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Angelo Boldrini saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 92 played minutes Oslavia got a freekick which was hit by Carlo Schiacciacasse. After 94 played minutes Oslavia got a freekick which was hit by Amos Albanesi. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. C.A. Nueva Chicago fully deserved thier win.