U18 League

DW Arena
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Christian Vieri took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Coriano FC's zone, Arturo Papetti stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dino Cara came out of the goal and Arturo Papetti tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Aldo Marulli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christian Vieri, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. After a rather tough play, Monkey D.Luffy's Fabrizio Lizzi got a free kick in the 13th minute. 18 minutes into the match, Christian Vieri notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Monkey D.Luffy's Aldo Marulli. Aldo Marulli was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 23rd minute Christian Vieri shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aldo Marulli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Anfilogino Vago came up free with the goalie in the 24th minute, the Coriano FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Anfilogino Vago couldn't finish the play. 0-2 became the score in the 26th minute when Christian Vieri elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. A collision led to Coriano FC getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Fortunato Del Pizzo hit a great ball. Aldo Marulli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christian Vieri in the 31st minute of the match. Monkey D.Luffy's Arturo Papetti got a good chance for a goal in the 33rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Aldo Marulli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christian Vieri in the 35th minute of play. Ciro Grieco kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. In the 38th minute, Arturo Papetti hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Aldo Marulli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christian Vieri in the 43rd minute of the match. Aldo Marulli came out of the goal in the 46th minute to try and stop a shot by Coriano FC's Christian Vieri. But to his dismay, Christian Vieri quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

Arturo Papetti scored 1-3 in the 53rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dino Cara, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 57 minutes into the game, Andrea De Angelis was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Monkey D.Luffy's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Coriano FC the free kick. Andrea De Angelis kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. With an all-out effort, Coriano FC's Aldo Marulli threw himself towards the right post 61 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Christian Vieri, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. A collision led to Monkey D.Luffy getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Demetrio Giampieri hit a great ball. Aldo Marulli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christian Vieri, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match clock showed 64 minutes, the score became 1-4 when Christian Vieri sped through Monkey D.Luffy's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Aldo Marulli. Aldo Marulli made an important save on a dangerous shot by Christian Vieri in the 68th minute. In the 69th minute, Anfilogino Vago 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. Monkey D.Luffy's Aldo Marulli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christian Vieri in the 71st minute of play. With a little luck, Monkey D.Luffy's Aldo Marulli got control of the ball when Emanuele Boccanera tried to sneak it across the goal line. Aldo Marulli made an important save on a dangerous shot by Christian Vieri in the 75th minute. Monkey D.Luffy's Aldo Marulli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emanuele Boccanera in the 78th minute of play. 79 minutes into the match, Monkey D.Luffy's goalkeeper Aldo Marulli had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Christian Vieri. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anfilogino Vago in the 84th minute of play forced Monkey D.Luffy's goalkeeper Aldo Marulli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 89th minute of the match, Christian Vieri got a very nice opportunity to score, but Aldo Marulli was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. When the final whistle sounded Coriano FC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Monkey D.Luffy.