League Play-Off

Sasso Marconi
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Fabrizio Bani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aurelio Mauro in the 4th minute of play. Torino's Andrea Rucci proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 5th minute of the match, managed to save Torino from getting a goal against them. Aurelio Mauro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dino Lusi charged in rather forcefully in the 10th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dino Lusi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 10th minute, Dino Lusi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 11th minute, Demetrio Balestra sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Sasso Marconi AFC's Fabrizio Bani didn't even have to move. Ciro Santovito fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fabrizio Bani having to interfere. In the 14th match minute, Torino was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Federico Olivieri to maneuver through the defense. Fabrizio Bani showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ciro Santovito, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. In the 25th minute, Francesco Manzo fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Francesco Manzo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Andrea Rucci tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 43 minutes into the match, Torino's goal looked a bit too open when Alvise Nardi came free, but Andrea Rucci reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Sasso Marconi AFC getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Alfredo Gerola hit a great ball. The Sasso Marconi AFC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Torino were winning 0-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Aurelio Mauro to strike the kick off in the second half. Ciro Villa hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. Andrea Rucci didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Carmine Giardini went, in the 59th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Fabrizio Bani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aurelio Mauro in the 64th minute of the match. In the 70th minute the ball was on its way in behind Torino's goalkeeper Andrea Rucci, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 72nd minute, Demetrio Balestra hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 73rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Torino's goalkeeper Andrea Rucci, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Sasso Marconi AFC's Fabrizio Bani proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save Sasso Marconi AFC from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, Sasso Marconi AFC's Edoardo Zollino got a free kick in the 79th minute. Ciro Santovito sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 83rd minute, Ciro Santovito left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Torino fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. If Aurelio Mauro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 91st minute, Aurelio Mauro fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Fabrizio Bani, passed just outside the right post. Torino's Ciro Santovito got a good chance for a goal in the 93rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Sasso Marconi AFC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 95th minute, when Aurelio Mauro scored to the left of an out of position Fabrizio Bani, making the score, 1-3.