U21 World League

Kyrandia Stadium
Spectators: 7490 (Terracing: 5618, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) After 5 minutes, Claudio Ruggeri mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Zola Predosa FC and the El Stradivarius players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Zola Predosa FC getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Claudio Ruggeri hit a great ball. If Dino Teodori had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 9 minutes into the match, Claudio Ruggeri had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Melchor Medero. El Stradivarius's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Claudio Ruggeri was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. In the 13th minute, Moises Sauveur hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Zola Predosa FC's Biagio Sessa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adan Pereyra in the 15th minute of play. Dino Teodori received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Melchor Medero tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Zola Predosa FC's Flavio Trotta got a free kick in the 31st minute. After a rather tough play, El Stradivarius's Ovidio Pepillo got a free kick in the 32nd minute. 34 minutes into the game, Claudio Ruggeri cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-0. Melchor Medero was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Melchor Medero made an important save on a dangerous shot by Claudio Ruggeri in the 44th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Cirilo Escobar made the kick off in the second half. Ennio Scafati might have been able to make a better finish in the 56th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Melchor Medero. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ennio Scafati ran back to his position shaking his head. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cirilo Escobar got free with Biagio Sessa in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Claudio Ruggeri sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dino Teodori received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Melchor Medero tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Zola Predosa FC's Claudio Ruggeri got a good chance for a goal in the 72nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Melchor Medero showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Claudio Ruggeri in the 76th minute of the match. When Zola Predosa FC's Claudio Ruggeri, in the 81st minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for Zola Predosa FC. The Zola Predosa FC fans' excitement grew in the 86th match minute when Zola Predosa FC's Ennio Scafati looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 6-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Melchor Medero showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ennio Scafati in the 90th minute of the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 91st minute of the game. One of El Stradivarius:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Zola Predosa FC:s goal. The referee gave Zola Predosa FC a penalty, 93 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Ennio Scafati, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of El Stradivarius's Melchor Medero. 7-0. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Zola Predosa FC fully deserved thier win.