U18 League

Maksimir
Spectators: 175 (Terracing: 132, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Anfilogino Benvenuto got the match started through his kick off. Concetto Curti sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Concetto Curti came up free with the goalie in the 8th minute, the AC Morena 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 Concetto Curti couldn't finish the play. In the 9th minute, Adolf Tepšić hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Lipovljani's zone, Concetto Curti stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lino Crnogaj came out of the goal and Concetto Curti tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 15 minutes, Filip Poslek mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Lipovljani and the AC Morena players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 15 played minutes Lipovljani got a freekick which was hit by Filip Poslek. Dado Glavota charged in rather forcefully in the 17th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dado Glavota the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Lipovljani's Dado Glavota got a free kick in the 17th minute. 21 minutes into the game, Alvise Di Francesco cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Lino Crnogaj was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 25 minutes into the match, Anfilogino Benvenuto notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Lipovljani's Lino Crnogaj. Lino Crnogaj was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A collision led to Lipovljani getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Adolf Tepšić hit a great ball. Christian Mariotti charged in rather forcefully in the 33rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Christian Mariotti the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Christian Mariotti hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. A hard shot 34 in the game by Gradimir Kadija from a close distance when the talented Cristiano Ruggieri managed to make a qualified save. AC Morena's players were relieved. The supporters of AC Morena booed when Lipovljani was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Erik Ljumezi didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 40th minute Anfilogino Benvenuto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lino Crnogaj saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 43 minutes into the game, Anfilogino Benvenuto cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Lino Crnogaj was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 48 minutes of play, AC Morena's Concetto Curti made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lino Crnogaj was left in no man's land by his defense there! After the first half AC Morena were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Erik Ljumezi made the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute, Adolf Tepšić hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 57th minute, Gradimir Kadija ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cristiano Ruggieri was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-4. Concetto Curti scored 1-5 in the 59th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Lino Crnogaj, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 63rd minute of the match, Daniele Minichiello tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Lino Crnogaj saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Lino Crnogaj showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anfilogino Benvenuto in the 65th minute of the match. 69 minutes into the match, Erik Ljumezi notched a goal, 2-5, to the right of AC Morena's Cristiano Ruggieri. Cristiano Ruggieri was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Concetto Curti hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. In the 79th match minute, AC Morena was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emiliano Gentile to maneuver through the defense. 82 minutes into the match, Anfilogino Benvenuto notched a goal, 2-7, to the right of Lipovljani's Lino Crnogaj. Lino Crnogaj was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. With a little luck, Lipovljani's Lino Crnogaj got control of the ball when Alvise Di Francesco tried to sneak it across the goal line.