U23 World League

Stadio Viola Sensi
Spectators: 7448 (Terracing: 5587, Seating: 1713, VIP seats: 148) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Natã de Salles took the kick off in the first half of the match. Villa Gordiani were furious when Attilio Iob was red carded, 3 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. In the 3rd minute, one of Villa Gordiani:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Villa Gordiani. After a rather tough play, Villa Gordiani's Edmondo Del Duca got a free kick in the 7th minute. A collision led to Villa Gordiani getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Fabiano Di Lullo hit a great ball. Sarracino Abad sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Villa Gordiani's Alex Madonna played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sarracino Abad in the 17th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sarracino Abad in the 20th minute of play forced Villa Gordiani's goalkeeper Alex Madonna to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Villa Gordiani booed when Escuadrón Mercenario was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Columbo Abellaneda didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Villa Gordiani getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Dennis Stumpo hit a great ball. After 30 minutes, Sarracino Abad made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Villa Gordiani's Alex Madonna tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Alex Madonna stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sarracino Abad's shot from short distance in the 38th minute. The audience was convinced that Sarracino Abad's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alex Madonna was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. Alex Madonna showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sarracino Abad, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Alex Madonna showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sarracino Abad, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. The Villa Gordiani players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Escuadrón Mercenario were winning 0-1.

With a little luck, Villa Gordiani's Alex Madonna got control of the ball when Sarracino Abad tried to sneak it across the goal line. 54 minutes had been played when some careless play by Villa Gordiani's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Sarracino Abad was slow to take the kick. During this time Escuadrón Mercenario's players had a chance to rest. Alex Madonna made a fantastic save in the 60th minute, when Cristo Abalos sent off a good shot on target. Columbo Abellaneda kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. Sarracino Abad fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alex Madonna having to interfere. In the 72nd minute, Sarracino Abad left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Escuadrón Mercenario fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dennis Stumpo in the 80th minute of play forced Escuadrón Mercenario's goalkeeper Gorka Abel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fedele Colombi hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. An unexpected shot in the 82nd minute by Sarracino Abad got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. 83 minutes into the match, Sarracino Abad had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alex Madonna. Villa Gordiani's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sarracino Abad was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. After a rather tough play, Escuadrón Mercenario's Perpinya Abeita got a free kick in the 93rd minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 94th minute, Linus Blomqvist managed to get in a good position for a shot. Villa Gordiani's supporters rose to their feet, but Linus Blomqvist was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gorka Abel breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 95 minutes into the game, Dennis Stumpo was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Villa Gordiani's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Escuadrón Mercenario the free kick. When the final whistle sounded Escuadrón Mercenario left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Villa Gordiani.