League Play-Off

Stadio Niguarda
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Armando Di Pietrantonio started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Claudio Pala was out of position in the 5 minute of play, and Achille Pich capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Achille Pich really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. Achille Pich received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Claudio Pala tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 12th minute, Cesare Pietrini left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Niguarda FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Christian Di Nardo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andrea Papa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 23 minutes into the match, Niguarda FC's goal looked a bit too open when Andrea Papa came free, but Christian Di Nardo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Christian Di Nardo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Armando Di Pietrantonio, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. In the 31st minute Armando Di Pietrantonio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Christian Di Nardo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Andrea Papa 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. If Andrea Papa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Christian Di Nardo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andrea Papa in the 36th minute of play. Christian Di Nardo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andrea Papa in the 45th minute of play. If Andrea Papa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Biagio Lepre made the kick off in the second half. Cesare Pietrini fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Claudio Pala having to interfere. Claudio Pala stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Biagio Lepre's shot from short distance in the 58th minute. Palidoro's Claudio Pala played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cesare Pietrini in the 62nd minute of play. In the 66th minute, Biagio Lepre ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Claudio Pala was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. In the 78thth minute of the game Biagio Lepre who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Palidoro's Claudio Pala was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Cesare Pietrini recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 79th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Andrea Tieri charged in rather forcefully in the 80th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Andrea Tieri the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Andrea Tieri kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. Niguarda FC's Christian Di Nardo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Armando Di Pietrantonio in the 85th minute of play. 92 minutes into the match, Niguarda FC's goal looked a bit too open when Armando Di Pietrantonio came free, but Christian Di Nardo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 93rd minute, Biagio Lepre 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. 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. Niguarda FC fully deserved thier win.