U23 League

OldHighbury
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) Cristo Kane made the kick off and thus started the match. A collision led to Sao Brasola getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Damiano Iacovella hit a great ball. 3 minutes into the match, Sao Brasola's goal looked a bit too open when Ian Stam came free, but Anthony Falcioni reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. OldHighburyInvincibles's Frank Di Cristofaro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anthony Barbato in the 5th minute of play. Sao Brasola's Anthony Falcioni played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Amos Arcangeli in the 6th minute of play. In the 7th minute, Anthony Barbato ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Frank Di Cristofaro was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 15 minutes into the match, Sao Brasola's goal looked a bit too open when Aloísio Lima came free, but Anthony Falcioni reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Anthony Barbato had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 19th minute, Cristo Kane ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Frank Di Cristofaro was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. In the 26th minute Anthony Barbato shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Frank Di Cristofaro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Donato Carosella hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. Anthony Falcioni didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Aloísio Lima went, in the 33rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. Anthony Falcioni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aloísio Lima, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. Anthony Falcioni was a little too slow when Aloísio Lima got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 46th minute. The score was now 3-3. The first half was very even, with the score at 3-3 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Aloísio Lima stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Anthony Falcioni didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Angelo Bracco went, in the 53rd minute, to the upper right corner, 4-3 was the resulting score. Florian Paolucci hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. In the 58th minute, Aloísio Lima left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The OldHighburyInvincibles fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-3. Anthony Falcioni came out of the goal in the 66th minute to try and stop a shot by OldHighburyInvincibles's Aloísio Lima. But to his dismay, Aloísio Lima quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-3. Anthony Falcioni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aloísio Lima in the 69th minute of the match. Anthony Falcioni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aloísio Lima, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. In the 75th minute, Damiano Iacovella hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Anthony Falcioni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Donato Carosella, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. In the 78th minute Anthony Barbato shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Frank Di Cristofaro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sao Brasola's Anthony Falcioni played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aloísio Lima in the 81st minute of play. When the match had gone on for 83 minutes, Anthony Barbato took a quick shot and it went in 7-4 without a chance for Frank Di Cristofaro to make any attempt to save it. Sao Brasola's Anthony Falcioni played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aloísio Lima in the 86th minute of play. 87 minutes into the match, Anthony Barbato notched a goal, 7-5, to the right of OldHighburyInvincibles's Frank Di Cristofaro. Frank Di Cristofaro was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Anthony Falcioni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aloísio Lima in the 91st minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Sao Brasola's Anthony Tristezza got a free kick in the 91st minute. Fulvio Sannas short, quick shot in the 94thth minute got Frank Di Cristofaro to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After 96 minutes, Amos Arcangeli mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the OldHighburyInvincibles and the Sao Brasola players grew even worse after the yellow card.