League Play-Off

Caselle Torinese
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Ferruccio Iacovella made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alex Bassani in the 4th minute of play. In the 7th minute, Ciro Frabetti 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. After 10 minutes, Achille Troiani mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Cassano Magnago FC and the Caselle Torinese FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. If Francesco Liberti had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ciro Frabetti sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Francesco Liberti got free with Demetrio Borgatello in the 33rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ciro Frabetti sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After recieving a nice pass, Caselle Torinese FC's Felice Campoli tried to score from far away in the 41st minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Francesco Liberti sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 46th minute, Caselle Torinese FC's Achille Bizzarri seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Achille Bizzarri the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Caselle Torinese FC protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Achille Bizzarri had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. 46 minutes into the game, one of Caselle Torinese FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee gave Cassano Magnago FC a penalty, 49 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Fortunato Centofanti, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Caselle Torinese FC's Ferruccio Iacovella. 1-1. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Francesco Liberti made the kick off in the second half. In the 54thth minute of the game Alex Bassani who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Caselle Torinese FC's Ferruccio Iacovella was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 55th match minute, Caselle Torinese FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Franco Fallito to maneuver through the defense. Francesco Liberti might have been able to make a better finish in the 59th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Demetrio Borgatello. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Francesco Liberti ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 61st minute, Francesco Liberti got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Carmine Pan took the ball and in the 65 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ferruccio Iacovella. Ferruccio Iacovella dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. A collision led to Cassano Magnago FC getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Eraldo De Sanctis hit a great ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Alessandro Di Persio during the 71st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 71st match minute, Caselle Torinese FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alessandro Di Persio to maneuver through the defense. In the 73rd match minute, Cassano Magnago FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eraldo De Sanctis to maneuver through the defense. Biagio Marinelli fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Demetrio Borgatello having to interfere. Demetrio Borgatello showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Francesco Liberti in the 80th minute of the match. Ferruccio Iacovella made a fantastic save in the 91st minute, when Carmine Pan sent off a good shot on target. Biagio Marinelli sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Francesco Liberti sent away a hard shot on goal in the 97th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the referee blew the final whistle jeers and boos were heard from the home team's supporters. They were angered to see Caselle Torinese FC lose a match they had controlled from the kick-off.