U21 World League

Caipiriñha
Spectators: 8011 (Terracing: 6010, Seating: 1842, VIP seats: 159) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Fulvio Tosi got the match started through his kick off. Flavio Martini's late challenge caught a ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Flavio Martini helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Medoacus Maior's Flavio Martini got a free kick in the 3rd minute. After some careless play in the Medoacus Maior defense, Matai Tsipas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eugenio Ricciuti. The Medoacus Maior fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eugenio Ricciuti should have stopped the shot. With a little luck, Medoacus Maior's Eugenio Ricciuti got control of the ball when Blaise Bergkamp tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 20 played minutes, ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's Matai Tsipas shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Eugenio Ricciuti came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ reached it. The audience thought a goal was coming when Xu Zhen Ping got free with Eugenio Ricciuti in the 22nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 25 minutes into the match, Xu Zhen Ping notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Medoacus Maior's Eugenio Ricciuti. Eugenio Ricciuti was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's Angelo Bertoni played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Camillo Tolin in the 27th minute of play. Fulvio Tosi hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. Matai Tsipas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 31st minute of the match, but Eugenio Ricciuti made a huge save. ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's Xu Zhen Ping was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 31st play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's Angelo Bertoni played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Camillo Tolin in the 34th minute of play. 37 minutes into the match, Medoacus Maior's goalkeeper Eugenio Ricciuti had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Xu Zhen Ping. A collision led to Medoacus Maior getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Fabio Baresi hit a great ball. Through an outstanding action, after 41 minutes, Eugenio Ricciuti successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Xu Zhen Ping to make the kick off. The audience was convinced that Matai Tsipas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eugenio Ricciuti was relentless in the 51st minute of the game. Eugenio Ricciuti showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Xu Zhen Ping in the 52nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Blaise Bergkamp in the 53rd minute of play forced Medoacus Maior's goalkeeper Eugenio Ricciuti to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ennio Troiani during the 56th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Medoacus Maior getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Ennio Troiani hit a great ball. In the 59th match minute, Medoacus Maior was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arrigo Apicella to maneuver through the defense. Angelo Bertoni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Camillo Tolin in the 65th minute of play. The supporters of Medoacus Maior booed when ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Matai Tsipas didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 68 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ! Anselmo Signori shot the penalty kick right outside the post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Camillo Tolin in the 71st minute of play forced ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's goalkeeper Angelo Bertoni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Medoacus Maior booed when ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Diguinho Pitta didn't get a good kick on the ball. Eugenio Ricciuti didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Xu Zhen Ping went, in the 85th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-1 was the resulting score. 88 minutes into the match, Medoacus Maior's goal looked a bit too open when Demetrio Paolini came free, but Eugenio Ricciuti reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 89 minutes into the match, Medoacus Maior's goal looked a bit too open when Matai Tsipas came free, but Eugenio Ricciuti reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Camillo Tolin got free with Angelo Bertoni in the 92nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Xu Zhen Ping's late challenge caught a Medoacus Maior's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Xu Zhen Ping helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's Xu Zhen Ping got a free kick in the 94th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Camillo Tolin got free with Angelo Bertoni in the 95th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arrigo Apicella in the 96th minute of play forced ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's goalkeeper Angelo Bertoni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.