U18 World League

Sconvols Arena
Spectators: 7751 (Terracing: 5815, Seating: 1782, VIP seats: 154) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Eulalio Pitin took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 4th minute Biagio Tarantini shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gogo Gimenez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 6th minute, Biagio Tarantini got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Sconvols United's Alfredo Trombetta played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gabriel Evis in the 9th minute of play. Damiano Rosato received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Gogo Gimenez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 17 minutes into the match, Sconvols United's goal looked a bit too open when Gabriel Evis came free, but Alfredo Trombetta reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 18 minutes into the match, Sconvols United's goal looked a bit too open when Eulalio Pitin came free, but Alfredo Trombetta reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fortunato Domina in the 24th minute of play forced Imperio Académico's goalkeeper Gogo Gimenez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Ettore Di Renzo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gogo Gimenez was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. If Gabriel Evis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gogo Gimenez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Damiano Rosato in the 31st minute of play. Gogo Gimenez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Biagio Tarantini, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Sconvols United's Cesare De Lorenzi got a free kick in the 35th minute. Ettore Di Renzo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gogo Gimenez having to interfere. Damiano Rosato received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Gogo Gimenez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gogo Gimenez made an important save on a dangerous shot by Damiano Rosato in the 44th minute.

Alfredo Trombetta made an important save on a dangerous shot by Eulalio Pitin in the 51st minute. Ettore Di Renzo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gogo Gimenez having to interfere. In the 54th minute, Edgardo Lobo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Biagio Tarantini in the 56th minute of play forced Imperio Académico's goalkeeper Gogo Gimenez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fortunato Domina sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 64 minutes, Biagio Tarantini managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sconvols United's supporters crossed their fingers, but Biagio Tarantini was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 67th match minute, Sconvols United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fabio Aceto to maneuver through the defense. Imperio Académico's Filomeno Isusko was substituted for Eulalio Pitin. A collision led to Sconvols United getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Fabio Aceto hit a great ball. Gogo Gimenez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Damiano Rosato, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Anacleto Hulberto hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. 72 minutes into the match, Ettore Di Renzo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gogo Gimenez. Imperio Académico's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ettore Di Renzo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Ettore Di Renzo might have been able to make a better finish in the 79th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gogo Gimenez. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ettore Di Renzo ran back to his position shaking his head. When the match had gone on for 79 minutes, Damiano Rosato put it in 2-0 from a short distance just to the right of Gogo Gimenez. Gogo Gimenez didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Damiano Rosato went, in the 86th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Alfredo Trombetta was a little too slow when Gabriel Evis got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 90th minute. The score was now 3-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gabriel Evis in the 95th minute of play forced Sconvols United's goalkeeper Alfredo Trombetta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sconvols United's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.