U18 World League

C.S. Comunale
Spectators: 7545 (Terracing: 5660, Seating: 1735, VIP seats: 150) Andrea Landolfi made the kick off and thus started the match. Calenzano's Enrico Di Gennaro pulled a muscle in his back after 6 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Mats Bollström charged in rather forcefully in the 6th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Mats Bollström the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 7th match minute, Yung Gunners FK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mats Bollström to maneuver through the defense. After 9 minutes, Eraldo Cagnetta mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Calenzano and the Yung Gunners FK players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 9th minute, Eraldo Cagnetta hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jonathan Karlstedt kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. 12 minutes into the match, Arrigo Ragusa dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Markus Nordlund, 2-0. If Ulf Hedman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Yung Gunners FK's Markus Nordlund proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save Yung Gunners FK from getting a goal against them. Markus Nordlund made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when Anfilogino Traini sent off a good shot on target. Sebastian Berglund's late challenge caught a Calenzano's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sebastian Berglund helped the player get up and apologised. In the 27th minute, Sebastian Berglund hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Andrea Landolfi's late challenge caught a Yung Gunners FK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Andrea Landolfi helped the player get up and apologised. Andrea Landolfi hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Calenzano defense, Klas Rudqvist kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alfonso Festa. The Calenzano fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alfonso Festa should have stopped the shot. In the 35th match minute, Calenzano was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andrea Landolfi to maneuver through the defense. After 37 minutes of play, Yung Gunners FK's Ulf Hedman made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Alfonso Festa was left in no man's land by his defense there! Eraldo Cagnetta lost his temper 42 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After 41 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Calenzano! Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 2-4 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ulf Hedman to strike the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Calenzano booed when Yung Gunners FK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sebastian Berglund didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 56th minute, Ulf Hedman got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After a rather tough play, Calenzano's Arrigo Ragusa got a free kick in the 64th minute. When Mats Bollström came up free with the goalie in the 66th minute, the Yung Gunners FK fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Mats Bollström couldn't finish the play. If Jonathan Karlstedt had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 74 minutes into the match, Calenzano's goalkeeper Alfonso Festa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mats Bollström. The supporters of Calenzano booed when Yung Gunners FK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mats Bollström didn't get a good kick on the ball. Antonio Gizzi's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Markus Nordlund read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 80th minute of play. After 83 minutes of play, Yung Gunners FK's Mats Bollström made it 2-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Alfonso Festa was left in no man's land by his defense there! The supporters of Calenzano booed when Yung Gunners FK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mats Bollström didn't get a good kick on the ball. Yung Gunners FK played a much better game than Calenzano and deserved their victory. The Calenzano players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.