U21 World League

Juventus Stadium
Spectators: 7523 (Terracing: 5643, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Diego Balendin started the match with the kick off. 5 minutes into the match, Tello AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Bruno Tomasso came free, but Mariano Caton reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 5th minute of the match, Bruno Tomasso tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Mariano Caton saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. When the match had gone on for 7 minutes, Emiliano Feltrin took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Mariano Caton to make any attempt to save it. In the 17th minute, Pascual Gonsalvo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Tello AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. After a defensive mix-up in Tello AFC's zone, Amerigo Cesarini stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mariano Caton came out of the goal and Amerigo Cesarini tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After having played for 26 minutes, Pascual Gonsalvo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Tello AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Pascual Gonsalvo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ettore Puglielli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nicasio Ezkerra in the 27th minute of the match. In the 29th minute, Bruno Tomasso ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mariano Caton was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Tello AFC's Mariano Caton proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save Tello AFC from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Tello AFC getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Isaias Michael hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emiliano Feltrin in the 35th minute of play forced Tello AFC's goalkeeper Mariano Caton to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bruno Tomasso in the 40thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Mariano Caton, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After 41 played minutes Tello AFC got a freekick which was hit by Diego Balendin. After 44 played minutes Juventus F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Antonello Pittelli. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 44th minute of the game. One of Juventus F.C.:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Tello AFC:s goal. In the 46th minute there was a penalty for Tello AFC. Diego Balendin stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Ettore Puglielli. 2-2. The first half was very even, with the score at 2-2 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Paolo Rossi stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 60th minute, Tello AFC's Pascual Gonsalvo dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-3. After a rather tough play, Juventus F.C.'s Antoni Cabrini got a free kick in the 64th minute. With a little luck, Juventus F.C.'s Ettore Puglielli got control of the ball when Justino Kismi tried to sneak it across the goal line. Juventus F.C.'s Ettore Puglielli proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 80th minute of the match, managed to save Juventus F.C. from getting a goal against them. The crowd rose to their feet as Tello AFC's Diego Balendin slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ettore Puglielli. That made the score 2-4 after 82 minutes of play. If Justino Kismi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Juventus F.C.'s Ettore Puglielli proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 91st minute of the match, managed to save Juventus F.C. from getting a goal against them. After 94 played minutes Juventus F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Emanuele Iovine.