U21 World League

CLC Winter
Spectators: 7518 (Terracing: 5639, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Conrado Miranda kicked off to start the match. Arrigo Righi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Conrado Miranda's shot from short distance in the 3rd minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Emanuele Cosi during the 3rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Itajaí Football Club booed when CLC Winter was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emanuele Cosi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Arrigo Righi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Conrado Miranda's shot from short distance in the 5th minute. A collision led to CLC Winter getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Emanuele Cosi hit a great ball. Arrigo Righi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Conrado Miranda's shot from short distance in the 7th minute. 9 minutes into the match, Itajaí Football Club's goalkeeper Christiano Cearense had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cosimo Epifani. Cosimo Epifani's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 10thth minute, Christiano Cearense skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After a rather tough play, Itajaí Football Club's Andreas Piovezan got a free kick in the 14th minute. After a rather tough play, CLC Winter's Armando Melis got a free kick in the 18th minute. Arrigo Righi didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Itajaí Football Club's Conrado Miranda shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-1 in the ordered_time% minute. 24 minutes into the match, CLC Winter's goal looked a bit too open when Conrado Miranda came free, but Arrigo Righi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Conrado Miranda's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arrigo Righi was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. After 29 played minutes Itajaí Football Club got a freekick which was hit by André Piovezan. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Conrado Miranda in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Arrigo Righi saved CLC Winter from getting behind. In the 34th minute, Luís Paulo de Castro made a precise shot to the right of Arrigo Righi. CLC Winter's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Arrigo Righi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luís Paulo de Castro, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. CLC Winter's Ercole Polo got a good chance for a goal in the 41st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristoforo Balboni got free with Christiano Cearense in the 44th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Cosimo Epifani made the kick off in the second half. Arrigo Righi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luís Fabiano Corrêa in the 54th minute of play. The supporters of CLC Winter booed when Itajaí Football Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. André Piovezan didn't get a good kick on the ball. CLC Winter's Arrigo Righi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 59th minute of the match, managed to save CLC Winter from getting a goal against them. The supporters of CLC Winter booed when Itajaí Football Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Andreas Piovezan didn't get a good kick on the ball. With his leg Arrigo Righi managed to avoid a goal in the 64thth minute, when Itajaí Football Club's Conrado Miranda fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 65th match minute, Itajaí Football Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andreas Piovezan to maneuver through the defense. CLC Winter's Arrigo Righi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save CLC Winter from getting a goal against them. Conrado Mirandas short, quick shot in the 71stth minute got Arrigo Righi to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Arrigo Righi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Luís Fabiano Corrêa's shot from short distance in the 72nd minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Conrado Miranda got free with Arrigo Righi in the 74th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 77 minutes into the game, Itajaí Football Club's Conrado Miranda nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Arrigo Righi made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Conrado Miranda in the 80th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Arrigo Righi prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Luís Fabiano Corrêa's late challenge caught a CLC Winter's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Luís Fabiano Corrêa helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Itajaí Football Club getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Luís Fabiano Corrêa hit a great ball. When Itajaí Football Club's Conrado Miranda in the 85th minute got a chance for a shot 85th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye CLC Winter's goalie prevented a goal. A hard shot 86 in the game by Conrado Miranda from a close distance when the talented Arrigo Righi managed to make a qualified save. CLC Winter's players were relieved. Arrigo Righi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Conrado Miranda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Conrado Miranda scored 0-4 in the 92nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Arrigo Righi, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 96th minute Conrado Miranda shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arrigo Righi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.