League Play-Off

Stadio Roversano
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Arturo Galeone made the kick off and thus started the match. Carmine Sessa's late challenge caught a Ravalle's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Carmine Sessa helped the player get up and apologised. In the 3rd minute, Carmine Sessa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ciro Del Nero came out of the goal in the 5th minute to try and stop a shot by Ravalle's Alexander Troiani. But to his dismay, Alexander Troiani quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Ciro Del Nero made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alexander Troiani in the 8th minute of play. Cristoforo Taccone took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Felice Franceschelli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Felice Franceschelli fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cristoforo Taccone having to interfere. Felice De Marco hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. Ravalle's Cristoforo Taccone played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Felice Franceschelli in the 36th minute of play. Carmine Sessa recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 38th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After some careless play in the Roversano defense, Alexander Troiani kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ciro Del Nero. The Roversano fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ciro Del Nero should have stopped the shot. In the 48th minute Alexander Troiani shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ciro Del Nero saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After the first half Ravalle were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Felice Franceschelli to make the kick off. Elia Santalucia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cristoforo Taccone having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arturo Galeone in the 59th minute of play forced Roversano's goalkeeper Ciro Del Nero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 60 minutes into the match, Ravalle's goal looked a bit too open when Felice Franceschelli came free, but Cristoforo Taccone reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Elia Santalucia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cristoforo Taccone having to interfere. Amos Di Camillo lost his temper 72 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. 72 minutes into the game, one of Roversano:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Elia Santalucia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cristoforo Taccone having to interfere. Arturo Galeone sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Alexander Troiani could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 85th minute of the match, but Ciro Del Nero made a huge save. Roversano's Elia Santalucia got a good chance for a goal in the 88th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Carmine Sessa came up free with the goalie in the 91st minute, the Roversano 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 Carmine Sessa couldn't finish the play. Cristoforo Taccone showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elia Santalucia in the 93rd minute of the match. Felice Castellazzi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 99th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ciro Del Nero having to interfere. The Roversano supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Ravalle's performance. The match ended with a win for Ravalle.