U18 World League

Stadio Delle Aquile
Spectators: 7703 (Terracing: 5779, Seating: 1771, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Tod Mosley made the kick off which started today's match. A collision led to New England Minas getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Kaba Sø hit a great ball. In the 5th minute, Kaba Sø left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The New England Minas fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Ferruccio Costanzo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tobias Herrington in the 19th minute of the match. New England Minas's Winford Taylor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Franco Catena in the 20th minute of play. After 24 minutes of play, New England Minas's Tobias Herrington made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ferruccio Costanzo was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 27th minute, Pere Ba hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Tobias Herrington during the 34th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, New England Minas's Tobias Herrington got a free kick in the 34th minute. After 35 played minutes FC Aquile Azzurre got a freekick which was hit by Cristoforo Caretti. In the 38th minute of the match Hans Morrow shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ferruccio Costanzo showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After the first half New England Minas were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Angelo Scarinci to make the kick off. Winford Taylor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Angelo Scarinci in the 52nd minute of the match. A collision led to New England Minas getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Pere Ba hit a great ball. When Kaba Sø fell near the penalty area in the 68th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored New England Minas's protests and gave Kaba Sø a yellow card for diving instead. After 68 played minutes New England Minas got a freekick which was hit by Kaba Sø. New England Minas's Winford Taylor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emanuele Pollastrini in the 73rd minute of play. Ferruccio Costanzo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tod Mosley, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. In the 80th minute, Edoardo Proia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ferruccio Costanzo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tod Mosley, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. The audience was convinced that Angelo Scarinci's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Winford Taylor was relentless in the 85th minute of the game. Tod Mosley received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Ferruccio Costanzo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Angelo Scarinci took the ball and in the 94 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Winford Taylor. Winford Taylor dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. New England Minas's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.