U18 World League

Colpo in canna
Spectators: 7444 (Terracing: 5584, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 148) Zola Predosa FC's Aurelio Ragusa started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Zola Predosa FC's Domenico Varglien got a good chance for a goal in the 3rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 4thth minute of the game Aurelio Ragusa who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Li Archibugieri's Filippo Diana was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Cristoforo Sammartano kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. Li Archibugieri's Ermanno Fracassi suffered a concussion in the 7th minute, after a hard challenge, and had to leave the field. Li Archibugieri's Corrado Spada was substituted for Ermanno Fracassi. Emilio Anzolin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Florian Causio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 11th minute, Armin Banana hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Filippo Diana showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aurelio Ragusa in the 15th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 16th minute, Cristoforo Sammartano managed to get in a good position for a shot. Li Archibugieri's supporters rose to their feet, but Cristoforo Sammartano was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Florian Causio breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Florian Causio was a little too slow when Cristoforo Sammartano got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 18th minute. The score was now 1-0. Li Archibugieri's Filippo Diana played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aurelio Ragusa in the 21st minute of play. The audience was convinced that Aurelio Ragusa's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Filippo Diana was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. Aurelio Ragusa scored 1-1 in the 28th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Filippo Diana, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Emilio Anzolin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Florian Causio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 35th match minute, Li Archibugieri was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emilio Anzolin to maneuver through the defense. When Zola Predosa FC's Aurelio Ragusa in the 38th minute got a chance for a shot 38th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Li Archibugieri's goalie prevented a goal. When the match had gone on for 39 minutes, Aurelio Ragusa put it in 1-2 from a short distance just to the right of Filippo Diana. Filippo Diana didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Aurelio Ragusa went, in the 42nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aurelio Ragusa in the 47th minute of play forced Li Archibugieri's goalkeeper Filippo Diana to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Li Archibugieri players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Zola Predosa FC were winning 1-3.

The wind increased when Emilio Anzolin made the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute, Alex Giusto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Aurelio Ragusa in the 60thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Filippo Diana, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Filippo Diana stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Aurelio Ragusa's shot from short distance in the 62nd minute. Zola Predosa FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Armando Fiori in the 64th minute. Li Archibugieri's Filippo Diana played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aurelio Ragusa in the 66th minute of play. In the 66th match minute, Li Archibugieri was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Beppe Luongo to maneuver through the defense. In the 67th minute, Aurelio Ragusa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Filippo Diana was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-4. 71 minutes into the match, Li Archibugieri's goal looked a bit too open when Aurelio Ragusa came free, but Filippo Diana reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Filippo Diana showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aurelio Ragusa, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. In the 82nd minute Aurelio Ragusa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Filippo Diana saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Li Archibugieri's Corrado Spada got a free kick in the 84th minute. A collision led to Zola Predosa FC getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Federico Toto hit a great ball. Ettore Marinelli charged in rather forcefully in the 93rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ettore Marinelli the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Li Archibugieri booed when Zola Predosa FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ettore Marinelli didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 95th minute, Emilio Anzolin managed to get in a good position for a shot. Li Archibugieri's supporters rose to their feet, but Emilio Anzolin was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Florian Causio breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The Li Archibugieri fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Zola Predosa FC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.