League Play-Off

S. Giorgio del Drago
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Franco Selvi made the kick off and thus started the match. After 4 played minutes F.A.C Erculea got a freekick which was hit by Antonio Fasciani. Demetrio Bianco got in the 6th a clear chance and fired away a hard shot against goal, but Dennis Tamburrini handled the situation perfectly and made a save by the crossbar. Marina di Schiavonea's Fedele Mori got a good chance for a goal in the 9th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Christian Bottone hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Dennis Tamburrini stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Demetrio Bianco's shot from short distance in the 13th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fedele Mori in the 18th minute of play forced F.A.C Erculea's goalkeeper Dennis Tamburrini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ciro Miconi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Ciccio Tabacchi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Corrado Fontana charged in rather forcefully in the 27th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Corrado Fontana the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Corrado Fontana kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. F.A.C Erculea's Anthony Benarrivo couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 28th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Marina di Schiavonea. Fabio Gentili hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Demetrio Bianco in the 35th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dennis Tamburrini saved F.A.C Erculea from getting behind. F.A.C Erculea's Dennis Tamburrini played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fedele Mori in the 37th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Fedele Mori received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Dennis Tamburrini tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 57th play minute Fedele Mori came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Dennis Tamburrini. 0-2. In the 64th minute, Marina di Schiavonea's Demetrio Bianco dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-3. Demetrio Bianco kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. F.A.C Erculea's Dennis Tamburrini played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Demetrio Bianco in the 73rd minute of play. If Franco Selvi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Antonio Fasciani hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Demetrio Bianco's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dennis Tamburrini was relentless in the 77th minute of the game. Fedele Mori was extremely unlucky when he, in the 85th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. F.A.C Erculea's Dennis Tamburrini proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 87th minute of the match, managed to save F.A.C Erculea from getting a goal against them. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Elia Gava during the 92nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. It was beautiful to see F.A.C Erculea's Christian Bottone in action when he in the 94th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! Ciccio Tabacchi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Franco Selvi went, in the 96th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-4 was the resulting score. Marina di Schiavonea's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.