U23 World League

El Corralon
Spectators: 7665 (Terracing: 5751, Seating: 1764, VIP seats: 150) In the 3rdth minute of the game Carlo Donati who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but corralon AFC's Radu Proca was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carlo Donati in the 7th minute of play forced corralon AFC's goalkeeper Radu Proca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 7 minutes into the match, Carlo Donati notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of corralon AFC's Radu Proca. Radu Proca was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 12 minutes into the game, Carlo Donati cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Radu Proca was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Old BaoBaB Accademy's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Arrigo Tesone in the 17th minute. After taking down the ball on Old BaoBaB Accademy's corner Arrigo Tesone fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Radu Proca quite easily take care of the ball. A collision led to corralon AFC getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Angelo Frans hit a great ball. If Tomas Rufo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 26th minute Carlo Donati shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Radu Proca saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 32nd minute, Claudio Lenci ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Radu Proca was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. In the 37th minute Carlo Donati shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Radu Proca saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Radu Proca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Claudio Lenci in the 39th minute of play. In the 44th minute, Carlo Donati made a precise shot to the right of Radu Proca. corralon AFC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5. After the first half Old BaoBaB Accademy were leading 0-5. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Claudio Lenci stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Dino Losito showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomas Rufo, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. 54 minutes had been played when some careless play by Old BaoBaB Accademy's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Hugo Ganix was slow to take the kick. During this time corralon AFC's players had a chance to rest. corralon AFC's Hugo Ganix was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Dino Losito in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Arrigo Tesone charged in rather forcefully in the 55th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Arrigo Tesone the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 55th match minute, Old BaoBaB Accademy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arrigo Tesone to maneuver through the defense. After 65 played minutes corralon AFC got a freekick which was hit by Osmar Baiano. 68 minutes into the match, corralon AFC's goalkeeper Radu Proca had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Claudio Lenci. In the 70th match minute, Old BaoBaB Accademy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arrigo Tesone to maneuver through the defense. When corralon AFC's Tomas Rufo in the 72nd minute got a chance for a shot 72nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Old BaoBaB Accademy's goalie prevented a goal. Radu Proca came out of the goal in the 76th minute to try and stop a shot by Old BaoBaB Accademy's Claudio Lenci. But to his dismay, Claudio Lenci quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-6. 88 minutes into the match, Carlo Donati dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Radu Proca, 0-8. When Carlo Donati came up free with the goalie in the 91st minute, the Old BaoBaB Accademy 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 Carlo Donati couldn't finish the play. Arrigo Tesone kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. When the final whistle sounded Old BaoBaB Accademy left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than corralon AFC.