League Play-Off

Stadio Stra
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) If Arrigo Madaio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 10 minutes, Enzo Chizzo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Stra's supporters crossed their fingers, but Enzo Chizzo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Through an outstanding action, after 16 minutes, Alvaro De Rossi successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 19th minute Arrigo Madaio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alvaro De Rossi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ercole Molinaro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Ennio Di Persio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 25th minute Cristoforo Giardini shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ennio Di Persio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 27 minutes into the match, Stra's goal looked a bit too open when Ercole Molinaro came free, but Ennio Di Persio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Enzo Chizzo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 28th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A collision led to Monzoro getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Fabrizio Di Croce hit a great ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Arrigo Madaio in the 31st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Alvaro De Rossi saved Monzoro from getting behind. When Arrigo Madaio came up free with the goalie in the 34th minute, the Stra 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 Arrigo Madaio couldn't finish the play. In the 35th minute, Alessandro Balboni hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ettore Falone kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. In the 44th minute Arrigo Madaio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alvaro De Rossi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alvaro De Rossi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arrigo Madaio in the 46th minute of the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Arrigo Madaio to strike the kick off in the second half. Stra's Arrigo Madaio got a good chance for a goal in the 52nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 55th minute, Monzoro's Ercole Molinaro ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Ennio Di Persio. Ennio Di Persio yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. Fabrizio Di Croce hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Alfredo Gizzi during the 61st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 61 played minutes Monzoro got a freekick which was hit by Alfredo Gizzi. Amerigo Venditti took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 62nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Alvaro De Rossi. Monzoro's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 64 minutes had been played when some careless play by Monzoro's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Amerigo Venditti was slow to take the kick. During this time Stra's players had a chance to rest. Monzoro's Alvaro De Rossi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Enzo Chizzo in the 65th minute of play. In the 68th minute, Enzo Chizzo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alvaro De Rossi was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Enzo Chizzo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alvaro De Rossi having to interfere. Arrigo Madaio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Edoardo Pili charged in rather forcefully in the 81st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Edoardo Pili the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In a very dangerous position, a player in Monzoro fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 81st minute. Penalty! The referee gave Stra a penalty, 83 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Amerigo Venditti, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Monzoro's Alvaro De Rossi. 3-1. Alvaro De Rossi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arrigo Madaio in the 86th minute of play. Arrigo Madaio scored 4-1 in the 90th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Alvaro De Rossi, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Enzo Chizzo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Enzo Chizzo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 98th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alvaro De Rossi having to interfere. When the referee ended the match the Stra players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.