League Play-Off

Latina Scalo
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Mellaredo AFC's Emiliano Maia started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 2 minutes into the match, Mellaredo AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Carlo Cavanna came free, but Carlo De Lucia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 7thth minute of the game Enzo Mannucci who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Latina Scalo's Ernesto Pascali was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 10th minute, Elia Valletta reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Carlo De Lucia. The goal made the score 1-0. Enzo Mannucci kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. Aldo Brillante recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 23rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 35thth minute of the game Aldo Brillante who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Mellaredo AFC's Carlo De Lucia was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ernesto Pascali showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Domenico Toschi, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Aldo Brillante made a kick off. 58 minutes into the match, Mellaredo AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Aldo Brillante came free, but Carlo De Lucia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Domenico Toschi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Ernesto Pascali tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Domenico Toschi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Armando Santovito took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 64th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Carlo De Lucia. Mellaredo AFC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Carlo De Lucia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aldo Brillante, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 68th match minute, Mellaredo AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Enzo Mannucci to maneuver through the defense. Carlo De Lucia came out of the goal in the 74th minute to try and stop a shot by Latina Scalo's Carlo Cavanna. But to his dismay, Carlo Cavanna quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. After having played for 86 minutes, Domenico Toschi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mellaredo AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Domenico Toschi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Domenico Toschi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Ernesto Pascali tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ernesto Pascali didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Enzo Mannucci went, in the 91st minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Latina Scalo fans cheered their team off the field, for while Mellaredo AFC had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.