U23 League

Tamsus Miškas
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Saúl Gentiletti kicked off to start the match. A collision led to Ssc Napoli getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Harvey Frost hit a great ball. 6 minutes into the match, Ssc Napoli's goal looked a bit too open when Saúl Gentiletti came free, but Dino Zoff reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Saúl Gentiletti came up free with the goalie in the 8th minute, the FC Žalia Giria 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 Saúl Gentiletti couldn't finish the play. With a little luck, Ssc Napoli's Dino Zoff got control of the ball when Saúl Gentiletti tried to sneak it across the goal line. Vilmantas Matulas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leigh Fearns in the 14th minute of the match. When Ssc Napoli's Leigh Fearns in the 17th minute got a chance for a shot 17th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Žalia Giria's goalie prevented a goal. FC Žalia Giria's Vilmantas Matulas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Spike Wardell in the 21st minute of play. Alfredo Fetor fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vilmantas Matulas having to interfere. Saúl Gentiletti recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 26th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Saúl Gentiletti's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Dino Zoff read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 27th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Leigh Fearns in the 30th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Vilmantas Matulas prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Leigh Fearns sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. FC Žalia Giria made a substitution. Jack Grealish replaced Vytautas Petkus. Jack Grealish sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dino Zoff stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Saúl Gentiletti's shot from short distance in the 38th minute. 41 minutes into the match, Jack Grealish notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Ssc Napoli's Dino Zoff. Dino Zoff was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 44th minute, Jack Grealish ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dino Zoff was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Leigh Fearns to make the kick off. In the 54th minute Spike Wardell shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vilmantas Matulas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 57th minute Leigh Fearns shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vilmantas Matulas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Ssc Napoli defense, Jack Grealish kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dino Zoff. The Ssc Napoli fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dino Zoff should have stopped the shot. Saúl Gentiletti sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 64 played minutes Ssc Napoli got a freekick which was hit by Mick Boulding. If Saúl Gentiletti had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. FC Žalia Giria made a substitution. Algitas Kimbartas replaced Dovydas Varnas. FC Žalia Giria's Augustinas Baltramaitis was substituted for Saúl Gentiletti. 71 minutes into the match, Ssc Napoli's goal looked a bit too open when Jack Grealish came free, but Dino Zoff reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Ssc Napoli getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Spike Wardell hit a great ball. Spike Wardell hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. In the 76th minute Augustinas Baltramaitis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dino Zoff saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 78 minutes, Jack Grealish mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Žalia Giria and the Ssc Napoli players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Ssc Napoli booed when FC Žalia Giria was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jack Grealish didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 81st minute, Alfredo Fetor hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Jack Grealish's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dino Zoff was relentless in the 82nd minute of the game. Alfie Gol hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. Augustinas Baltramaitis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Dino Zoff tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 87 played minutes Ssc Napoli got a freekick which was hit by Leigh Fearns. Dino Zoff showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jack Grealish in the 88th minute of the match. FC Žalia Giria's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Avram Lupoaia in the 89th minute. The corner led FC Žalia Giria's Avram Lupoaia to fire away a dangerous shot which Dino Zoff despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Zaq Parsons's late challenge caught a FC Žalia Giria's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Zaq Parsons helped the player get up and apologised. Ramūnas Lipskis hit a great freekick 97 minutes into the match. FC Žalia Giria's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.