U23 World League

Estadio Dragones
Spectators: 7498 (Terracing: 5624, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Urbano Medina got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd minute, Patrick Izzo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Patricio Nofre was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Patrick Izzo took the ball and in the 6 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Patricio Nofre. Patricio Nofre dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. In the 9th minute, Patrick Izzo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Attard Gunners fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. After 14 minutes of play, Attard Gunners's Andrea Xuereb made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Patricio Nofre was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 18 played minutes Attard Gunners got a freekick which was hit by Andrea Xuereb. In the 20th minute, Andrea Xuereb made a precise shot to the right of Patricio Nofre. LARRY FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5. 22 minutes into the match, Michael Testaferrata Olivier had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Patricio Nofre. LARRY FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Michael Testaferrata Olivier was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-6. When the match had gone on for 26 minutes, Patrick Izzo put it in 0-7 from a short distance just to the right of Patricio Nofre. When the match clock showed 31 minutes, the score became 0-8 when Michael Testaferrata Olivier sped through LARRY FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Patricio Nofre. The supporters of LARRY FC booed when Attard Gunners was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nigel Apap didn't get a good kick on the ball. Patricio Nofre made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Michael Testaferrata Olivier in the 36th minute of play. After 37 minutes, Patrick Izzo made it 0-9 with a short kick to the right side. LARRY FC's Patricio Nofre tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Patricio Nofre stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Patrick Izzo's shot from short distance in the 41st minute. When Michael Testaferrata Olivier came up free with the goalie in the 45th minute, the Attard Gunners 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 Michael Testaferrata Olivier couldn't finish the play. Patricio Nofre didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Attard Gunners's Michael Testaferrata Olivier shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-10 in the ordered_time% minute. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-10 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Patrick Izzo to strike the kick off in the second half. Patricio Nofre made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Patrick Izzo in the 54th minute of play. When Attard Gunners's Patrick Izzo in the 56th minute got a chance for a shot 56th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye LARRY FC's goalie prevented a goal. Patrick Izzo in the 57thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Patricio Nofre, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Patricio Nofre was a little too slow when Patrick Izzo got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 60th minute. The score was now 0-11. The crowd rose to their feet as Attard Gunners's Michael Testaferrata Olivier slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Patricio Nofre. That made the score 0-12 after 62 minutes of play. In the 65th minute, Nigel Apap hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Patrick Izzo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Patricio Nofre tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Patrick Izzo took the ball and in the 71 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Patricio Nofre. Patricio Nofre dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-13. In the 73rd minute, Andrea Xuereb ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Patricio Nofre was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-14. When Michael Testaferrata Olivier came up free with the goalie in the 77th minute, the Attard Gunners 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 Michael Testaferrata Olivier couldn't finish the play. Patricio Nofre made an important save on a dangerous shot by Andrea Xuereb in the 80th minute. Michael Testaferrata Olivier hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. LARRY FC's Patricio Nofre proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save LARRY FC from getting a goal against them. 87 minutes into the game, Michael Testaferrata Olivier recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Patricio Nofre. Michael Testaferrata Olivier showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-16. After 92 played minutes LARRY FC got a freekick which was hit by Zacarias Ramirez.