U23 World League

Adriatico Arena
Spectators: 7983 (Terracing: 5988, Seating: 1836, VIP seats: 159) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Sydney Quirino started the match with the kick off. CANIL VON ZAATARI™️'s Emerson Leão played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fabiano Domenici in the 3rd minute of play. When Arturo Castagna fell near the penalty area in the 4th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Montesacro FC's protests and gave Arturo Castagna a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Montesacro FC getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Arturo Castagna hit a great ball. After 5 minutes, Teofil Zjawin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the CANIL VON ZAATARI™️ and the Montesacro FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to CANIL VON ZAATARI™️ getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Teofil Zjawin hit a great ball. Emerson Leão showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fabiano Domenici, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. In the 12th minute Teofil Zjawin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Daniele Monzeglio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Daniele Monzeglio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Teofil Zjawin in the 13th minute of play. Daniele Monzeglio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Teofil Zjawin, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Daniele Monzeglio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sydney Quirino, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Daniele Monzeglio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sydney Quirino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 20th minute Teofil Zjawin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Daniele Monzeglio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Emerson Leão took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arturo Pellecchia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Teofil Zjawin in the 23rd minute of play forced Montesacro FC's goalkeeper Daniele Monzeglio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Osvaldo Shantala in the 25th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Daniele Monzeglio prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Emerson Leão took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fabiano Domenici, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Daniele Monzeglio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Teofil Zjawin, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Montesacro FC's Daniele Monzeglio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Osvaldo Shantala in the 34th minute of play. CANIL VON ZAATARI™️'s Emerson Leão proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 35th minute of the match, managed to save CANIL VON ZAATARI™️ from getting a goal against them. 40 minutes into the match, Osvaldo Shantala had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Daniele Monzeglio. Montesacro FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Osvaldo Shantala was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. In the 45th minute, Alberigo Colaneri hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Matías Marques came up free with the goalie in the 45th minute, the CANIL VON ZAATARI™️ fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Matías Marques couldn't finish the play.

After 52 minutes of play CANIL VON ZAATARI™️'s Teofil Zjawin was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. A collision led to CANIL VON ZAATARI™️ getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Teofil Zjawin hit a great ball. Sydney Quirino could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Daniele Monzeglio made a huge save. Emerson Leão made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fabiano Domenici in the 62nd minute of play. 63 minutes into the match, Montesacro FC's goal looked a bit too open when Osvaldo Shantala came free, but Daniele Monzeglio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fabiano Domenici fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emerson Leão having to interfere. Daniele Monzeglio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Osvaldo Shantala in the 84th minute of play. When Arturo Castagna was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 89 minutes had been played. In the 89th minute, Arturo Castagna hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 90th minute, Matías Marques got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After 95 minutes of play, CANIL VON ZAATARI™️'s Elder Pena made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Daniele Monzeglio was left in no man's land by his defense there! The CANIL VON ZAATARI™️ supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing CANIL VON ZAATARI™️ would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.