League Play-Off

Stadio Aurelia
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) 2 minutes into the match, Montesicuro's goal looked a bit too open when Ciro De Santis came free, but Florian Brini reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Edmondo Rava received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Florian Brini tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Montesicuro's Cristoforo Marzoli got a free kick in the 7th minute. Flavio Vitucci, 8 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Alvise Granato took the ball and in the 12 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Alvise Salemme. Alvise Salemme dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Dario De Carolis charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dario De Carolis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 16 played minutes Aurelia AFC got a freekick which was hit by Dario De Carolis. If Alvise Granato had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ciro De Santis's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Florian Brini read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 26th minute of play. A collision led to Montesicuro getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Cristoforo Marzoli hit a great ball. Alvise Granato's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Alvise Salemme read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 31st minute of play. After 35 played minutes Aurelia AFC got a freekick which was hit by Armin De Cristofaro. Alvise Granato fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alvise Salemme having to interfere. Edmondo Rava fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Florian Brini having to interfere. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ciro De Santis to strike the kick off in the second half. After having played for 64 minutes, Edmondo Rava managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Aurelia AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Edmondo Rava was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Florian Brini showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edmondo Rava, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edmondo Rava in the 68th minute of play forced Montesicuro's goalkeeper Florian Brini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Francesco Santovito blasted a shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Alvise Salemme having to make a save. In the 75th minute Francesco Santovito shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alvise Salemme saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 82nd minute, Montesicuro's Francesco Santovito ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Alvise Salemme. Alvise Salemme yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-2. Edmondo Rava received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Florian Brini tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Florian Brini made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edmondo Rava in the 96th minute of play. When Edmondo Rava came up free with the goalie in the 97th minute, the Aurelia 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 Edmondo Rava couldn't finish the play. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Montesicuro walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.