League Play-Off

Zola Predosa
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Achille Rinaldi got the match started through his kick off. Amerigo Zarrella came out of the goal in the 3rd minute to try and stop a shot by Zola Predosa AFC's Emanuele Vulcano. But to his dismay, Emanuele Vulcano quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. When Emanuele Vulcano came up free with the goalie in the 8th minute, the Zola Predosa AFC 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 Emanuele Vulcano couldn't finish the play. Amerigo Zarrella made a fantastic save in the 10th minute, when Emanuele Vulcano sent off a good shot on target. If Emanuele Vulcano had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With his leg Amerigo Zarrella managed to avoid a goal in the 16thth minute, when Zola Predosa AFC's Fabrizio Bertolini fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. If Cesare Bani had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Achille Rinaldi charged in rather forcefully in the 25th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Achille Rinaldi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Carter Teti hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. Dennis Tarquini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cesare Bani in the 30th minute of the match. Achille Rinaldi 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. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Cesare Bani in the 36th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Dennis Tarquini prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Dennis Tarquini made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Achille Rinaldi in the 40th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Achille Rinaldi in the 44th minute of play forced Zola Predosa AFC's goalkeeper Dennis Tarquini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fabrizio Bertolini received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Amerigo Zarrella tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Fabrizio Bertolini was the one to do the kick off. Asti AFC's Amerigo Zarrella played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fabrizio Bertolini in the 53rd minute of play. If Achille Rinaldi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 60th minute, Asti AFC's Concetto Crisantemo dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 64th minute, Emanuele Vulcano managed to get in a good position for a shot. Zola Predosa AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Emanuele Vulcano was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Amerigo Zarrella breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 65 played minutes Asti AFC got a freekick which was hit by Eraldo Masi. Carter Teti was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 66th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cesare Bani got free with Dennis Tarquini in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 79 minutes, Carmine Colaussi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Zola Predosa AFC and the Asti AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Cesare Bani could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 85th minute of the match, but Dennis Tarquini made a huge save. Achille Rinaldi might have been able to make a better finish in the 88th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dennis Tarquini. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Achille Rinaldi ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 90th minute, Cesare Bani ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dennis Tarquini was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Amerigo Zarrella showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emanuele Vulcano in the 94th minute of the match. Asti AFC's Achille Rinaldi got a good chance for a goal in the 96th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The Zola Predosa AFC supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Asti AFC's performance. The match ended with a win for Asti AFC.