World League

Preatorum
Spectators: 7628 (Terracing: 5722, Seating: 1754, VIP seats: 152) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Torbjörn Nilsson made the kick off which started today's match. When Horia Tătaru came up free with the goalie in the 5th minute, the Preator Edikt 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 Horia Tătaru couldn't finish the play. Alberigo Addari fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jan Pihlberg having to interfere. Jan Pihlberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emilio Rizzo, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Jan Pihlberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emilio Rizzo in the 9th minute of the match. Ludvig Rudkvist sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Emiliano Polito took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Horia Tătaru, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 16th minute, Cosimo Finocchio left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Duri come il marmo fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Through an outstanding action, after 19 minutes, Emiliano Polito successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 21st minute Horia Tătaru shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emiliano Polito saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Horia Tătaru could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 25th minute of the match, but Emiliano Polito made a huge save. The audience was convinced that Emilio Rizzo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jan Pihlberg was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. 28 minutes into the match, Preator Edikt's Horia Tătaru sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Emiliano Polito narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Duri come il marmo's Emiliano Polito proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to save Duri come il marmo from getting a goal against them. After a defensive mix-up in Duri come il marmo's zone, Horia Tătaru stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Emiliano Polito came out of the goal and Horia Tătaru tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 34th minute the ball was on its way in behind Duri come il marmo's goalkeeper Emiliano Polito, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Duri come il marmo's Emilio Rizzo got a free kick in the 36th minute. When Preator Edikt's Horia Tătaru in the 41st minute got a chance for a shot 41st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Duri come il marmo's goalie prevented a goal. After a defensive mix-up in Duri come il marmo's zone, Horia Tătaru stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Emiliano Polito came out of the goal and Horia Tătaru tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Cosimo Finocchio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Emilio Rizzo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, Preator Edikt's goal looked a bit too open when Emilio Rizzo came free, but Jan Pihlberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Duri come il marmo defense, Torbjörn Nilsson kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Emiliano Polito. The Duri come il marmo fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Emiliano Polito should have stopped the shot. When the match had gone on for 59 minutes, Cosimo Finocchio took a quick shot and it went in 1-2 without a chance for Jan Pihlberg to make any attempt to save it. Preator Edikt made a substitution. Joseph Nordlander replaced Torbjörn Nilsson. Emiliano Polito made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Horia Tătaru in the 65th minute of play. After some careless play in the Duri come il marmo defense, Horia Tătaru kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Emiliano Polito. The Duri come il marmo fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Emiliano Polito should have stopped the shot. Preator Edikt made a substitution. Michael Stor replaced Horia Tătaru. In the 72nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Duri come il marmo's goalkeeper Emiliano Polito, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Michael Stor's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Emiliano Polito read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 75th minute of play. In the 77th minute Michael Stor shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emiliano Polito saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Preator Edikt's Jan Pihlberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberigo Addari in the 80th minute of play. 80 minutes into the match, Alberigo Addari had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jan Pihlberg. Preator Edikt's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alberigo Addari was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-3. Emiliano Polito took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joseph Nordlander, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 84thth minute of the game Michael Stor who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Duri come il marmo's Emiliano Polito was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Preator Edikt's Jan Pihlberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberigo Addari in the 85th minute of play. Jan Pihlberg stood somewhat misplaced when Alberigo Addari came free in front of goal and shot 3-4 to the left of him in the 86 minute. Emiliano Polito took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Michael Stor, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jan Pihlberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberigo Addari, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 93rd minute of the match Duri come il marmo got a corner. Preator Edikt's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Fabiano Natale ran over to the corner to take the kick. Duri come il marmo's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.