U21 World League

Acilia Arena
Spectators: 7495 (Terracing: 5622, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ivo Vošický made the kick off which started today's match. Acilia Town's Beppe Scannella played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Josef Slepička in the 5th minute of play. When Josef Slepička fell near the penalty area in the 7th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Kopeto's protests and gave Josef Slepička a yellow card for diving instead. Josef Slepička hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. In the 8th minute, Alessandro Checchia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 11th minute, Zdeněk Skalník made a precise shot to the right of Beppe Scannella. Acilia Town's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zdeněk Skalník in the 15th minute of play forced Acilia Town's goalkeeper Beppe Scannella to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Acilia Town's Alessandro Checchia got a free kick in the 18th minute. After a rather tough play, Acilia Town's Alessandro Checchia got a free kick in the 25th minute. In the 26th minute Ivo Vošický shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Beppe Scannella saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 27th minute, Dario Bussi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 32nd match minute, FC Kopeto was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Josef Vokurka to maneuver through the defense. 33 minutes into the match, Acilia Town's Cristiano Falone broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. 34 minutes into the game, Andrea Odisio was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Acilia Town's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC Kopeto the free kick. Beppe Scannella made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from František Žiga in the 39th minute of play. Alberto Diana didn't miss a given chance and shot in short distance 1-1 via right post in the game's 43rd minute. Acilia Town's supporters showed their exhuberating excitement! The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Alberto Diana to make the kick off. Alberto Diana sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Acilia Town's Alessandro Checchia got a good chance for a goal in the 55th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Josef Slepička hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. Beppe Scannella took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Václav Plášil, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Beppe Scannella was a little too slow when Zdeněk Skalník got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 73rd minute. The score was now 1-3. František Žiga kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. Acilia Town's Alberto Diana got a good chance for a goal in the 79th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Aurelio Corvasce lost his temper 86 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After a rather tough play, Acilia Town's Aurelio Corvasce got a free kick in the 87th minute. Beppe Scannella acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 88th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Tomáš Berousek. Hanuš Holan hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. Armando Villa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Jakub Picka tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jakub Picka came out of the goal in the 96th minute to try and stop a shot by Acilia Town's Armando Villa. But to his dismay, Armando Villa quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-4. FC Kopeto's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.