U18 World League

Del Piero Alessandro
Spectators: 7564 (Terracing: 5674, Seating: 1739, VIP seats: 151) Mannie Abella made the kick off and thus started the match. Carlo Pelati took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mannie Abella, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Carlo Pelati made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adriano Abeijon in the 5th minute of play. After 6 played minutes Medoacus Maior got a freekick which was hit by Emilio Campoli. Medoacus Maior's Carlo Pelati played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mannie Abella in the 8th minute of play. When the match clock showed 9 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Mannie Abella sped through Medoacus Maior's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Carlo Pelati. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Carlo Di Blasio during the 14th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Carlo Di Blasio hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. After 15 played minutes, Deportivo Empate's Adriano Abeijon shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Carlo Pelati came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Deportivo Empate reached it. Adriano Abeijon kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. Carlo Pelati made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Franco Abascal in the 18th minute of play. A collision led to Deportivo Empate getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Mannie Abella hit a great ball. Franco Abascal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Carlo Pelati tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fabrizio Piccirilli kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. 28 minutes into the game, Franco Abascal cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Carlo Pelati was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tiadoro Abadia in the 31st minute of play forced Medoacus Maior's goalkeeper Carlo Pelati to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Carlo Pelati showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adriano Abeijon in the 35th minute of the match. In the 46th minute, Medoacus Maior's Ettore Zollino seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Ettore Zollino the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Medoacus Maior protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Ettore Zollino had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 46th minute, one of Medoacus Maior:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Medoacus Maior. The referee gave Deportivo Empate a penalty, 48 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Mikel Abechuco, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Medoacus Maior's Carlo Pelati. 0-5.

Carlo Pelati showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mannie Abella in the 54th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Medoacus Maior's Fulvio Scoca got a free kick in the 55th minute. Adriano Abeijon received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Carlo Pelati came out and tried to block the shot, but Adriano Abeijon slotted it home off the left post making it 0-6 in the 57th minute. When the match had gone on for 61 minutes, Adriano Abeijon took a quick shot and it went in 0-7 without a chance for Carlo Pelati to make any attempt to save it. After 71 played minutes Medoacus Maior got a freekick which was hit by Carlo Di Blasio. When Fulvio Scoca fell near the penalty area in the 76th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Medoacus Maior's protests and gave Fulvio Scoca a yellow card for diving instead. Fulvio Scoca hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. A collision led to Medoacus Maior getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Antonello Garibaldi hit a great ball. Cristoforo Barbanti kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. Mikel Abechuco recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 80th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Medoacus Maior's defense didn't have a chance, in the 83rd minute, when Mannie Abella scored to the left of an out of position Carlo Pelati, making the score, 0-9. In the 87th minute, Adriano Abeijon ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Carlo Pelati was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-10. Carlo Pelati was out of position in the 93 minute of play, and Adriano Abeijon capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Adriano Abeijon really showed his touch with that goal: 0-11. When the final whistle sounded Deportivo Empate left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Medoacus Maior.