U18 World League

Stadio Viola Sensi
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Anthony Tonon made the kick off which started today's match. After a defensive mix-up in LEBEG Team's zone, Anfilogino Zico stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Armin Di Falco came out of the goal and Anfilogino Zico tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Achille Di Cesare sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 12 minutes into the match, Anfilogino Zico notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of LEBEG Team's Armin Di Falco. Armin Di Falco was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Villa Gordiani's Ferruccio Gelsomini got a good chance for a goal in the 15th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 18thth minute of the game Anthony Tonon who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Villa Gordiani's Fabrizio Melfi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 21 minutes into the match, Achille Di Cesare had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fabrizio Melfi. Villa Gordiani's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Achille Di Cesare was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. In the 24th minute, Anthony Bellomo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Villa Gordiani fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. After 28 played minutes Villa Gordiani got a freekick which was hit by Amerigo Montaldi. Christian Gallucci took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 30th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Fabrizio Melfi. Villa Gordiani's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. When Alberigo Biscotti fell near the penalty area in the 31st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Villa Gordiani's protests and gave Alberigo Biscotti a yellow card for diving instead. In the 31st minute, Alberigo Biscotti hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Christian Gallucci took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 31st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Fabrizio Melfi. Villa Gordiani's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. With a little luck, LEBEG Team's Armin Di Falco got control of the ball when Anfilogino Zico tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the match had gone on for 35 minutes, Anthony Tonon put it in 2-2 from a short distance just to the right of Fabrizio Melfi. Fabrizio Melfi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anthony Tonon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 47th minute of the match Christian Gallucci sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Fabrizio Melfi skillfully saved the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 2-3.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Anthony Bellomo made a kick off. In the 66th minute, Amerigo Montaldi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to LEBEG Team getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Ermanno Montanari hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 71st minute, Anthony Bellomo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Villa Gordiani's supporters rose to their feet, but Anthony Bellomo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Armin Di Falco breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Anfilogino Zico received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Armin Di Falco tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 77th minute Anthony Tonon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabrizio Melfi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With his leg Fabrizio Melfi managed to avoid a goal in the 79thth minute, when LEBEG Team's Anthony Tonon fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Fabrizio Melfi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anthony Tonon in the 88th minute of play. The LEBEG Team players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Villa Gordiani from taking control. The game ends in a draw.