U21 World League

Academy Arena
Spectators: 7491 (Terracing: 5619, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) Juventus F.C.'s Bruno Tomasso started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 3 minutes of play, Juventus F.C.'s Ciro Cirone made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Almiro Benevides was left in no man's land by his defense there! Antero Rebocho recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 7th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Bruno Tomasso in the 10th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Almiro Benevides prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Amerigo Cesarini in the 13th minute of play forced Stars Academy's goalkeeper Almiro Benevides to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Bruno Tomasso in the 14th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Almiro Benevides prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Almiro Benevides stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bruno Tomasso's shot from short distance in the 14th minute. If Amerigo Cesarini had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Ciro Cirone's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Almiro Benevides was relentless in the 19th minute of the game. Ciro Cirone scored 0-3 in the 22nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Almiro Benevides, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 24 minutes into the game, Amado Leite was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Stars Academy's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Juventus F.C. the free kick. The supporters of Juventus F.C. booed when Stars Academy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Amado Leite didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Antonello Pittelli in the 25th minute of play forced Stars Academy's goalkeeper Almiro Benevides to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Amado Leite was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 26 minutes had been played. A collision led to Stars Academy getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Amado Leite hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ciro Cirone in the 28th minute of play forced Stars Academy's goalkeeper Almiro Benevides to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Almiro Benevides showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bruno Tomasso in the 29th minute of the match. In the 30th minute, Bruno Tomasso left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Juventus F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. Almiro Benevides made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ciro Cirone in the 35th minute of play. Ciro Cirone blasted a shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Almiro Benevides having to make a save. In the 43rd minute Amerigo Cesarini shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Almiro Benevides saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Antero Rebocho hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Juventus F.C.'s Ciro Cirone got a free kick in the 45th minute. Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

After 51 minutes of play, Juventus F.C.'s Amerigo Cesarini made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Almiro Benevides was left in no man's land by his defense there! Almiro Benevides didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bruno Tomasso went, in the 56th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score. In the 62nd minute, Juventus F.C.'s Bruno Tomasso ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Almiro Benevides. Almiro Benevides yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-7. An unexpectedly hard shot by Homero Brochado in the 68th minute of play forced Juventus F.C.'s goalkeeper Ettore Puglielli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Juventus F.C. booed when Stars Academy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Homero Brochado didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 78th minute, Juventus F.C.'s Amerigo Cesarini dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-8. A collision led to Juventus F.C. getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Ciro Cirone hit a great ball. 85 minutes into the match, Bruno Tomasso had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Almiro Benevides. Stars Academy's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bruno Tomasso was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-9. Almiro Benevides made a fantastic save in the 89th minute, when Amerigo Cesarini sent off a good shot on target. 91 minutes into the match, Bruno Tomasso dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Almiro Benevides, 0-10. Bruno Tomasso received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Almiro Benevides came out and tried to block the shot, but Bruno Tomasso slotted it home off the left post making it 0-11 in the 95th minute. Juventus F.C.'s fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.