U21 World League

Broom Stadium
Spectators: 7465 (Terracing: 5600, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) Broom of the System DA13's Emanuele Fata started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After a rather tough play, LOS MENTI's Natalio Guillelmus got a free kick in the 3rd minute. After 9 minutes of play, LOS MENTI's Anacleto Mikolas made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Francesco Ali was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Anacleto Mikolas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Eraldo Fantauzzi's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Teodosio Isauro firmly grabbed it by the left post. After some fancy dribbling in the 14th minute, Anacleto Mikolas managed to get in a good position for a shot. LOS MENTI's supporters rose to their feet, but Anacleto Mikolas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Francesco Ali breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a rather tough play, Broom of the System DA13's Alessandro Donato got a free kick in the 18th minute. After 19 minutes, Alessandro Donato mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Broom of the System DA13 and the LOS MENTI players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 27 played minutes Broom of the System DA13 got a freekick which was hit by Emanuele Fata. In the 29th minute, Broom of the System DA13's Dino Cannavacciuolo seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Dino Cannavacciuolo the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Broom of the System DA13 protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Dino Cannavacciuolo had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 28th minute of the game. One of Broom of the System DA13:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of LOS MENTI:s goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emanuele Fata in the 43rd minute of play forced LOS MENTI's goalkeeper Teodosio Isauro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 47thth minute of the game Emanuele Fata who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but LOS MENTI's Teodosio Isauro was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Anacleto Mikolas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 51 played minutes Broom of the System DA13 got a freekick which was hit by Emanuele Fata. Teodosio Isauro came out of the goal in the 61st minute to try and stop a shot by Broom of the System DA13's Emanuele Fata. But to his dismay, Emanuele Fata quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. Emanuele Fata received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Teodosio Isauro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Teodosio Isauro came out of the goal in the 66th minute to try and stop a shot by Broom of the System DA13's Emanuele Fata. But to his dismay, Emanuele Fata quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. 70 minutes into the game, Anacleto Mikolas cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-3. Francesco Ali was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. LOS MENTI's Teodosio Isauro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emanuele Fata in the 75th minute of play. Teodosio Isauro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emanuele Fata, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Emanuele Fata recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 79th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Prudencio Roano during the 80th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 80 played minutes LOS MENTI got a freekick which was hit by Prudencio Roano. Natalio Guillelmus kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. Francesco Ali acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 92nd minute, took the ball on the long shot from Prudencio Roano. Broom of the System DA13's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Anacleto Mikolas 93 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 2-4. The Broom of the System DA13 manager could be seen shouting at his players as they walked down the tunnel after the match. He was clearly angry that they had squandered their superior possession, allowing LOS MENTI to win.