U21 World League

Saracino Stadium
Spectators: 7778 (Terracing: 5834, Seating: 1789, VIP seats: 155) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Lawrence De Marco got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes into the game, Grimório's Erkki Leesment nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Amadeo Rapinett made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Uudo Lant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Thomas Zrinzo in the 8th minute of play. Amadeo Rapinett showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erkki Leesment, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. 12 minutes into the match, Väino Kartul notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Attard Gunners's Amadeo Rapinett. Amadeo Rapinett was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 20 played minutes Grimório got a freekick which was hit by Thomás Carneiro. In the 23rdth minute of the game Emanuel Holm who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Attard Gunners's Amadeo Rapinett was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Grimório's Uudo Lant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 26th minute of the match, managed to save Grimório from getting a goal against them. If Emanuel Holm had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 31st match minute, Grimório was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Janar Kirst to maneuver through the defense. Amadeo Rapinett took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Erkki Leesment, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Erkki Leesment in the 37th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Amadeo Rapinett saved Attard Gunners from getting behind. Uudo Lant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lawrence De Marco in the 38th minute of the match. After 44 minutes of play, Grimório's Erkki Leesment made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Amadeo Rapinett was left in no man's land by his defense there! Amadeo Rapinett took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Väino Kartul, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Emanuel Holm to make the kick off. 55 minutes into the game, Attard Gunners's Thomas Zrinzo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Uudo Lant made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. In the 58th minute, Thomas Zrinzo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Uudo Lant was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-3. Uudo Lant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thomas Zrinzo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Emanuel Holm got free with Amadeo Rapinett in the 74th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 75th minute, Josh Triganza hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Amadeo Rapinett was out of position in the 78 minute of play, and Väino Kartul capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Väino Kartul really showed his touch with that goal: 2-4. Amadeo Rapinett made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Erkki Leesment in the 82nd minute of play. Uudo Lant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lawrence De Marco, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. Thomas Zrinzo hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. Kajar Jaama was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 89th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erkki Leesment in the 94th minute of play forced Attard Gunners's goalkeeper Amadeo Rapinett to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Grimório getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. 나 난 hit a great ball. Attard Gunners's Albert Diacono was substituted for Andrea Xuereb. After 97 played minutes Grimório got a freekick which was hit by 나 난.