U21 League

Artemio Franchi
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Ambrosio Bernat made the kick off and thus started the match. Wlodzimierz Januszewski's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but La Georg read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 4th minute of play. Maximo Gasteiz made in the 9th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Northern California's Evandro Secco. When Northern California's Wlodzimierz Januszewski in the 15th minute got a chance for a shot 15th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ACF Fiorentina's goalie prevented a goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 18th minute, Wlodzimierz Januszewski managed to get in a good position for a shot. Northern California's supporters rose to their feet, but Wlodzimierz Januszewski was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. La Georg breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. ACF Fiorentina's La Georg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wlodzimierz Januszewski in the 23rd minute of play. 24 minutes into the match, Northern California's Wlodzimierz Januszewski sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that La Georg narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Wlodzimierz Januszewski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. La Georg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wlodzimierz Januszewski, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. 33 minutes into the match, ACF Fiorentina's goal looked a bit too open when Wlodzimierz Januszewski came free, but La Georg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Inocencio Loco hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. La Georg didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Wlodzimierz Januszewski went, in the 34th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. 38 minutes into the match, Northern California's goalkeeper Domingos Savier had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gerardo Cresenciano. La Georg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Faustino Charro, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Samuel Phelipe got free with Domingos Savier in the 48th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After the first half Northern California were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Wlodzimierz Januszewski made the kick off in the second half. After a defensive mix-up in ACF Fiorentina's zone, Faustino Charro stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. La Georg came out of the goal and Faustino Charro tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Thanks to some nice moves Wlodzimierz Januszewski could shoot a difficult shot in the 54th minute, which La Georg however easily saved by the left post. Wlodzimierz Januszewski who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 55thth minute tested the skills of La Georg when he managed to save the team from getting behind. A collision led to ACF Fiorentina getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Salvador Maraman hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wlodzimierz Januszewski in the 65th minute of play forced ACF Fiorentina's goalkeeper La Georg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 66th minute Northern California were awarded a corner. Luciano Goizeder went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Luciano Goizeder got away a dangerous shot. Despite this La Georg quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After having played for 69 minutes, Wlodzimierz Januszewski managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Northern California's supporters crossed their fingers, but Wlodzimierz Januszewski was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. La Georg came out of the goal in the 71st minute to try and stop a shot by Northern California's Wlodzimierz Januszewski. But to his dismay, Wlodzimierz Januszewski quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. After 74 minutes, Faustino Charro mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Northern California and the ACF Fiorentina players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 74th minute, Faustino Charro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Domingos Savier took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ambrosio Bernat, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 78th minute Ambrosio Bernat shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Domingos Savier saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Domingos Savier showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ambrosio Bernat, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. 84 minutes into the match, Samuel Phelipe notched a goal, 2-3, to the right of Northern California's Domingos Savier. Domingos Savier was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Domingos Savier made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ambrosio Bernat in the 92nd minute of play. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Northern California had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.