League Play-Off

Stadio Pinarella
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Daniele Balboni started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Emanuele Piccioli sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 10th minute, Daniele Balboni left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Passo Oscuro fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Damiano Laudadio was a little too slow when Ercole Lancia got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 14th minute. The score was now 1-1. The audience was convinced that Ercole Lancia's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Damiano Laudadio was relentless in the 19th minute of the game. Alberto Montanari took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 21st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Cristoforo Guerrieri. Pinarella AFC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Cristoforo Guerrieri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniele Balboni, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 24 played minutes Pinarella AFC got a freekick which was hit by Alexander De Rubeis. In the 25th minute, Daniele Balboni ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cristoforo Guerrieri was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Ercole Lancia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in Passo Oscuro's zone, Arrigo Di Giovanni stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Damiano Laudadio came out of the goal and Arrigo Di Giovanni tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ercole Lancia made a kick off. Damiano Laudadio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ercole Lancia in the 52nd minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Passo Oscuro's Daniele Balboni slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Cristoforo Guerrieri. That made the score 1-3 after 57 minutes of play. Cristoforo Guerrieri made an important save on a dangerous shot by Emanuele Piccioli in the 62nd minute. In the 70th minute, one of Passo Oscuro:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Passo Oscuro. Ercole Lancia received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Damiano Laudadio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cristoforo Guerrieri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniele Balboni in the 77th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emanuele Piccioli in the 78th minute of play forced Pinarella AFC's goalkeeper Cristoforo Guerrieri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Damiano Laudadio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ercole Lancia, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. Damiano Laudadio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ercole Lancia, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Passo Oscuro walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.