U18 League

De Sanctis Montenero
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Alexander De Lucia made the kick off which started today's match. When the match had gone on for 7 minutes, Alexander De Lucia took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Florian Causio to make any attempt to save it. After a rather tough play, Zola Predosa FC's Donato Villani got a free kick in the 13th minute. 16 minutes into the game, Alexander De Lucia recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Florian Causio. Alexander De Lucia showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-0. After having played for 22 minutes, Dino Cala managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Zola Predosa FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dino Cala was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Fabrizio Mariotti didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dino Cala went, in the 24th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. 27 minutes into the match, Black Mount™'s goal looked a bit too open when Dino Cala came free, but Fabrizio Mariotti reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ettore Leopardi was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 30th minute. Black Mount™'s manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. With his leg Florian Causio managed to avoid a goal in the 30thth minute, when Black Mount™'s Alexander De Lucia fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Ettore Leopardi kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. Fabrizio Mariotti came out of the goal in the 40th minute to try and stop a shot by Zola Predosa FC's Dino Cala. But to his dismay, Dino Cala quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-2. After having played for 44 minutes, Alfonso Frasca managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Zola Predosa FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alfonso Frasca was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 45th match minute, Black Mount™ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Biagio Giorda to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dino Cala in the 46th minute of play forced Black Mount™'s goalkeeper Fabrizio Mariotti to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 4-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Dino Cala to make the kick off. Fabrizio Mariotti made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dino Cala in the 52nd minute. After having played for 56 minutes, Corrado Di Federico managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Black Mount™'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Corrado Di Federico was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 58th minute, Alfonso Frasca 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. Florian Causio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ettore Leopardi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexander De Lucia in the 61st minute of play forced Zola Predosa FC's goalkeeper Florian Causio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Florian Causio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alexander De Lucia in the 64th minute of play. In the 68th minute, Alexander De Lucia left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Black Mount™ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-2. 72 minutes into the match, Corrado Di Federico notched a goal, 6-2, to the right of Zola Predosa FC's Florian Causio. Florian Causio was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Alfonso Frasca kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. Zola Predosa FC's Florian Causio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alexander De Lucia in the 78th minute of play. 84 minutes into the match, Alexander De Lucia notched a goal, 7-2, to the right of Zola Predosa FC's Florian Causio. Florian Causio was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexander De Lucia in the 88th minute of play forced Zola Predosa FC's goalkeeper Florian Causio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 92 minutes into the match, Alexander De Lucia had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Florian Causio. Zola Predosa FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alexander De Lucia was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 8-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ettore Leopardi in the 96th minute of play forced Zola Predosa FC's goalkeeper Florian Causio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zola Predosa FC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.