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Del Diavolo
Spectators: 7666 (Terracing: 5751, Seating: 1762, VIP seats: 153) After a rather tough play, Cosenza Calcio F.C's Arturo Del Gatto got a free kick in the 4th minute. Frank Persichetti received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Alessandro Ciccone tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the Stile Diverso defense, Diego Di Berardino kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Antonio Pani. The Stile Diverso fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Antonio Pani should have stopped the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Frank Persichetti got free with Alessandro Ciccone in the 21st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 22nd minute Alfredo De Toni shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alessandro Ciccone saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 24th minute of the match Stile Diverso got a corner. Cosenza Calcio F.C's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Emanuele Biondi ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led Stile Diverso's Emanuele Biondi to fire away a dangerous shot which Alessandro Ciccone despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Alessandro Ciccone stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Frank Persichetti's shot from short distance in the 26th minute. Alessandro Ciccone stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Frank Persichetti's shot from short distance in the 29th minute. In the 30thth minute of the game Frank Persichetti who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cosenza Calcio F.C's Alessandro Ciccone was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Cosimo Moretta came up free with the goalie in the 31st minute, the Stile Diverso 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 Cosimo Moretta couldn't finish the play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Frank Persichetti in the 34th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Alessandro Ciccone saved Cosenza Calcio F.C from getting behind. Frank Persichetti who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 35thth minute tested the skills of Alessandro Ciccone when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Emanuele Biondi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alessandro Ciccone having to interfere. In the 38th minute, Frank Persichetti 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. Alfonso Caligaris charged in rather forcefully in the 42nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alfonso Caligaris the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 43 played minutes Cosenza Calcio F.C got a freekick which was hit by Alfonso Caligaris. The audience was convinced that Frank Persichetti's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alessandro Ciccone was relentless in the 45th minute of the game. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

After having played for 52 minutes, Diego Di Berardino managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Cosenza Calcio F.C's supporters crossed their fingers, but Diego Di Berardino was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Stile Diverso's Bianco Sabatino suffered a sore thigh after 54 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Ferdinando Altobelli charged in rather forcefully in the 54th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ferdinando Altobelli the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 55th minute, Ferdinando Altobelli hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 56 minutes into the game, Arturo Del Gatto was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Cosenza Calcio F.C's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Stile Diverso the free kick. Arturo Del Gatto hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. Diego Di Berardino succeeded in the game's 58th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-2. After 61 minutes of play, Cosenza Calcio F.C's Diego Di Berardino made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Antonio Pani was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 66th match minute, Cosenza Calcio F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Diego Di Berardino to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frank Persichetti in the 71st minute of play forced Cosenza Calcio F.C's goalkeeper Alessandro Ciccone to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Diego Di Berardino had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 76 played minutes Stile Diverso got a freekick which was hit by Emanuele Biondi. After 81 played minutes Cosenza Calcio F.C got a freekick which was hit by Arturo Del Gatto. Alessandro Ciccone showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Achille Tornese, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. If Achille Tornese had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Alessandro Ciccone showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Frank Persichetti, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. Achille Tornese recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 95th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Chants of Cosenza Calcio F.C echoed around the stadium as the match drew to a close. Supporters and players were both delighted with the win, as Stile Diverso had held the ball for most of the match.