U18 World League

XMAS park
Spectators: 7538 (Terracing: 5655, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) Clapham Rovers's Freddy Blakewell 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. Eugenio Casiraghi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 2nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Conan Worth having to interfere. Conan Worth showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eugenio Casiraghi in the 4th minute of the match. Conan Worth made a fantastic save in the 7th minute, when Eugenio Casiraghi sent off a good shot on target. Ennio De Nardis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Eugenio Casiraghi scored 1-0 in the 13th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Conan Worth, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Concetto Garibaldi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Freddy Blakewell in the 16th minute of the match. Conan Worth made a fantastic save in the 19th minute, when Ennio De Nardis sent off a good shot on target. In the 20th minute of the match XMAS got a corner. Clapham Rovers's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Domenico Mantini ran over to the corner to take the kick. Alvaro Marinucci was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Ennio De Nardis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Conan Worth having to interfere. Eugenio Casiraghi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 30th minute of the match, but Conan Worth made a huge save. Conan Worth made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Domenico Mantini in the 35th minute of play. Ennio De Nardis did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-0 to the left of a surprised Conan Worth 37 minutes into the match. In the 40th minute, XMAS's Eugenio Casiraghi dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-0. 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.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ennio De Nardis made a kick off. After 53 minutes Clapham Rovers's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Domenico Mantini who took care of the corner kick. Marty Child struck a weak shot in the 54th minute. Concetto Garibaldi didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Clapham Rovers. Sammy Pilgrim's late challenge caught a XMAS's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sammy Pilgrim helped the player get up and apologised. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 57th minute of the game. One of Clapham Rovers:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of XMAS:s goal. In the 59th minute there was a penalty for XMAS. Domenico Mantini stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Conan Worth. 4-0. Glenn Osmond hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. In the 64th minute Ennio De Nardis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Conan Worth saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Shane Howden hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. In the 69th minute, Domenico Mantini made a precise shot to the right of Conan Worth. Clapham Rovers's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-0. If Ennio De Nardis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 77th minute, Domenico Mantini made a precise shot to the right of Conan Worth. Clapham Rovers's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 7-0. After some careless play in the Clapham Rovers defense, Ennio De Nardis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Conan Worth. The Clapham Rovers fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Conan Worth should have stopped the shot. 9-0 became the score in the 83rd minute when Ennio De Nardis elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Clapham Rovers's Conan Worth played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eugenio Casiraghi in the 87th minute of play. Clapham Rovers's Conan Worth played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Domenico Mantini in the 88th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eugenio Casiraghi in the 93rd minute of play forced Clapham Rovers's goalkeeper Conan Worth to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Conan Worth showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ennio De Nardis in the 96th minute of the match. XMAS walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.