U18 World League

La Maremma Toscana
Spectators: 7607 (Terracing: 5706, Seating: 1750, VIP seats: 151) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Anthony Di Muzio started the match with the kick off. Whitney Pelletier recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 8th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Anthony Di Muzio struck a weak shot in the 9th minute. Rusty Deering didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for AC Civetta Notturna. 11 minutes into the game, AC Civetta Notturna's Domenico Allegretti nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Rusty Deering made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. A collision led to ForestFire getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Aurelio Hart hit a great ball. Alvaro Zaccardi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Whitney Pelletier in the 15th minute of play. Domenico Allegretti's late challenge caught a ForestFire's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Domenico Allegretti helped the player get up and apologised. Alvaro Zaccardi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tuan Zimmerman in the 18th minute of play. ForestFire's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cary Griggs in the 20th minute. The corner ended in Cary Griggs almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but AC Civetta Notturna's Alvaro Zaccardi did a great save. Max Hawthorne fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alvaro Zaccardi having to interfere. Alvaro Zaccardi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Whitney Pelletier, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Rusty Deering showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dennis Grassi, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. When Emiliano Puja fell near the penalty area in the 44th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored AC Civetta Notturna's protests and gave Emiliano Puja a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, ForestFire's Whitney Pelletier got a free kick in the 47th minute. In the 48th minute, Whitney Pelletier hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tuan Zimmerman stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Alvaro Zaccardi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Max Hawthorne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rusty Deering showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dennis Grassi in the 59th minute of the match. After 59 minutes, Dennis Grassi made it 2-0 with a short kick to the right side. ForestFire's Rusty Deering tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Alvaro Zaccardi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tuan Zimmerman in the 68th minute of play. When Anthony Di Muzio fell near the penalty area in the 70th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored AC Civetta Notturna's protests and gave Anthony Di Muzio a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, AC Civetta Notturna's Anthony Di Muzio got a free kick in the 70th minute. AC Civetta Notturna's Cristiano Baresi was substituted for Demetrio Colelli. In the 76th minute, Domenico Allegretti ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rusty Deering was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. Whitney Pelletier fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alvaro Zaccardi having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Domenico Allegretti in the 85th minute of play forced ForestFire's goalkeeper Rusty Deering to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Max Hawthorne in the 88th minute of play forced AC Civetta Notturna's goalkeeper Alvaro Zaccardi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 89th minute Tuan Zimmerman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alvaro Zaccardi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Whitney Pelletier kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match.