VASTOGIRARDI – The spirits of the match start immediately with a thousand formations that push to look for an opportunity from the first minutes. After a few dangerous counterattacks, it was New Florida who took the right lead on a turnover on the right wing, which Miola tried to score but was blocked by Ruggieri. The red and whites complain about a hand ball but for the match director the match can continue: Menghi gets a yellow card for protests. We are at 9’pt. Subsequent corner easily defused by Petriccione who intervenes with his fists and removes the danger. Vastogirardi stung shortly after, on 23’pt, with Fiori receiving an excellent ball on the right and dribbling past several opponents before attempting a nice angled shot from him, just wide at the far post. Not even five minutes after another very special occasion for Vastogirardi which unfortunately vanishes. Still on the half hour Canale tries again from the right but goes high over the crossbar. At 36’pt Del Bello recovers a ball lost in the center and tries to finish but the ball goes wide outside the far post. At 40’pt Sebastiano tries again from the same position but goes off the rails and gets it all wrong. With just a few turns left before the interval, Iacullo gets a yellow card and Kovacevic imposes a free kick. Moretti at the serve but Petriccione comes out well and stops the ball firmly. All to the locker room on 0-0.
Back to play and Mr. Coletti puts fresh energy with Calemme and Gargiulo right away. And Vastogirardi immediately set off with a bomb with Hernandez who sprinted on the wing and slipped in but was brought down in opposition, for Kovacevic without fail even if the intervention of the medical unit was requested. Two minutes later Hernandez again in a photocopy action this time verticalizes for Fiori who would need a header to conclude but that missing centimeter does not arrive. We are not even at the 5’st that the newcomer Calemme tries a very poisonous spoon which mockingly laps the outside of the post. However, the law of football is ruthless and Sebastiani just needs a minimal mistake from the Alto Molisana defense to slip well angled to the left and score, freezing the hosts’ stands, when the clock doesn’t even strike the 55th. It doesn’t end here: after a few minutes Sebastiani always exploits the moment of distraction to mock the home defense again and Petriccione with a lob that ends up in the net again. Coletti runs for cover with two new substitutions, but there is an unexpected thrill: Calemme is brought down in the area in full action and Kovacevic inflicts the maximum punishment, also booking Giordani for protesting. At the penalty spot Makni takes responsibility for shooting: he gets the red and white goalkeeper drunk and shortens the distance. It starts again with new blood for the Alto Molises so that Fiori, on the edge of the half hour, finds space with Makni twice but without success. The Gialloblù push again and in the 39th minute there is even the equalizer but the offside flag says otherwise. Gargiulo tries again from distance but shoots too high. After 4 minutes of continuous hammering unfortunately without result, Coletti’s team had to give in to New Florida in a result that paid for two moments of distraction and perhaps didn’t do justice to what was seen on the pitch.
TABLE
Asd Vastogirardi 1-2 New Florida
Serie D Championship day 20 – Group F
22 January 2023, Stadio ‘M. Del Prete’ – Venafro
ASD VASTOGIRARDI: Petriccione, Canale, Solimeno (Panaro 25’st), Modesti (Gargiulo 1’st), Ruggieri, Grandis, Fiori, Bentos (Calemme 1’st), Iacullo (Antogiovanni 38’st), Hernandez (Sergio 25′ st), Makni. Available Piga, Panaro, D’Angelo, Donatelli, Sergio, Ortu. Herds Coletti
NEW FLORIDA: Giordani, Moretti, Miola (Muzzi 43’st), Tarbullani, Menghi, Conti, Spina, Zitelli, Del Bello (Pacillo 32’st), De Martino, Sebastiani. Available Cason, Spadini, Ferrari, Cappiello, Qui Nterno, Vari, Mocanu. All. Boccolini
The referee trio: Kovacevic (Arco Riva), Piedipalumbo (Torre Ann.), Santoriello (Nocera inf.)
Reti: Sebastiani (NF.)(9’st, 16’st), Makni (V.) (28’st R)
Notes: adm. Menghi (NF.), Iacullo (V.), Giglio (director V.), Giordani (NF.), Calemme (V.)
