U23 League

HeLl oF yOuR DrEaMs
Spectators: 158 (Terracing: 119, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Ennio Marcantonio started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After some careless play in the INTERISTAS defense, Alex De Toni kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Kamer Işıner. The INTERISTAS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Kamer Işıner should have stopped the shot. Ennio Guidoni recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 7th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 8th minute, Alex De Toni ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Kamer Işıner was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. After 11 minutes, Alex De Toni made it 0-3 with a short kick to the right side. INTERISTAS's Kamer Işıner tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Kamer Işıner showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ennio Marcantonio, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Fanis Zavantias's late challenge caught a Merceron United's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fanis Zavantias helped the player get up and apologised. After 20 played minutes INTERISTAS got a freekick which was hit by Fanis Zavantias. In the 21st minute Alex De Toni shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kamer Işıner saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 27 minutes into the game, Ennio Marcantonio cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-5. Kamer Işıner was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alex De Toni in the 31st minute of play forced INTERISTAS's goalkeeper Kamer Işıner to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 33 minutes, Ennio Marcantonio made it 0-6 with a short kick to the right side. INTERISTAS's Kamer Işıner tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 36 minutes into the match, Petros Moustogiannis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dario Gelsomini. Merceron United's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Petros Moustogiannis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-6. Disappointed in the 1-7 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Petros Moustogiannis to strike the kick off in the second half. Kamer Işıner made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alex De Toni in the 54th minute of play. INTERISTAS's defense didn't have a chance, in the 56th minute, when Alex De Toni scored to the left of an out of position Kamer Işıner, making the score, 1-8. INTERISTAS's defense didn't have a chance, in the 59th minute, when Ennio Marcantonio scored to the left of an out of position Kamer Işıner, making the score, 1-9. In the 63rd minute, Antonello Falone hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 64th minute, Merceron United's Alex De Toni dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-10. Ennio Marcantonio recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 67th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Kamer Işıner stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alex De Toni's shot from short distance in the 70th minute. Alex De Toni did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-11 to the left of a surprised Kamer Işıner 73 minutes into the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Merceron United's Ennio Marcantonio slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Kamer Işıner. That made the score 1-12 after 78 minutes of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Antonello Falone in the 85th minute of play forced INTERISTAS's goalkeeper Kamer Işıner to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kamer Işıner showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alex De Toni, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Kamer Işıner took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alex De Toni, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Merceron United's Dario Gelsomini played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Petros Moustogiannis in the 94th minute of play. The INTERISTAS fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Merceron United were clearly better and deserved to take the win.