U18 World League

Romolo Di Reto
Spectators: 7454 (Terracing: 5591, Seating: 1714, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Fulvio Sanna took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute, Fulvio Sanna reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Walentin Attermann. The goal made the score 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Michel Helbro in the 7th minute of play forced Sao Brasola's goalkeeper Anthony Falcioni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Walentin Attermann made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fulvio Sanna in the 21st minute of play. After a rather tough play, Sletteenge's Gustav Balkov got a free kick in the 22nd minute. In the 24th minute, Cristo Kane hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Anthony Falcioni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Michel Helbro in the 25th minute of the match. After 28 minutes, Michel Helbro mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sletteenge and the Sao Brasola players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Sletteenge's Michel Helbro got a free kick in the 28th minute. In the 30th minute Cosimo Colecchia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Walentin Attermann saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fulvio Sanna in the 33rd minute of play forced Sletteenge's goalkeeper Walentin Attermann to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Walentin Attermann made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fulvio Sanna in the 37th minute of play. Anthony Falcioni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Michel Helbro in the 40th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 43rd minute, Cosimo Colecchia managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sao Brasola's supporters rose to their feet, but Cosimo Colecchia was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Walentin Attermann breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Sletteenge's Walentin Attermann proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 46th minute of the match, managed to save Sletteenge from getting a goal against them. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

With a little luck, Sao Brasola's Anthony Falcioni got control of the ball when Torleif Stegmann tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 61 played minutes Sletteenge got a freekick which was hit by Michel Helbro. In the 66th minute, Fulvio Sanna hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Absalon Domini in the 70th minute of play forced Sao Brasola's goalkeeper Anthony Falcioni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Sao Brasola's Anthony Tristezza got a free kick in the 71st minute. In the 73rd minute Torleif Stegmann shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anthony Falcioni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Michel Helbro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anthony Falcioni having to interfere. Christian Guerrini received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Walentin Attermann tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fulvio Sanna in the 84th minute of play forced Sletteenge's goalkeeper Walentin Attermann to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Torleif Stegmann was extremely unlucky when he, in the 86th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. After a rather tough play, Sletteenge's Phillip Thiel got a free kick in the 92nd minute. If Christian Guerrini had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Sao Brasola had won after a very even match.