World League

Perry Hall Park
Spectators: 7491 (Terracing: 5619, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) Jude Bonham stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Emilio Rizzo's shot from short distance in the 3rd minute. The audience was convinced that Alberigo Addari's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jude Bonham was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. Jude Bonham made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberigo Addari in the 7th minute of play. 8 minutes into the match, Duri come il marmo's goalkeeper Emiliano Polito had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jamie Mayfield. Barr Point's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by CJ Street in the 10th minute. After a rather tough play, Barr Point's Kev Granger got a free kick in the 10th minute. The audience was convinced that Alberigo Addari's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jude Bonham was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. Jude Bonham made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emilio Rizzo in the 15th minute of play. Jude Bonham showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emilio Rizzo, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. After a rather tough play, Barr Point's CJ Street got a free kick in the 17th minute. Den Newland received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Emiliano Polito tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jude Bonham made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emilio Rizzo in the 27th minute of play. Duri come il marmo's Emiliano Polito proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to save Duri come il marmo from getting a goal against them. When Duri come il marmo's Emilio Rizzo in the 32nd minute got a chance for a shot 32nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Barr Point's goalie prevented a goal. If Den Newland had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Duri come il marmo's Emiliano Polito played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chris Bowler in the 39th minute of play. Den Newland sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Duri come il marmo were awarded a corner in the 49th minute after Barr Point's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Mary Cau took the corner. After the first half Duri come il marmo were leading 0-1. 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 Den Newland stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute of the match Barr Point got a corner. Duri come il marmo's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. CJ Street ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Barr Point's corner Chris Bowler fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Emiliano Polito quite easily take care of the ball. In the 57th minute Den Newland shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emiliano Polito saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 60thth minute of the game Alberigo Addari who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Barr Point's Jude Bonham was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 66th match minute, Duri come il marmo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ludvig Rudkvist to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 68th minute, Corrado Contestabile managed to get in a good position for a shot. Duri come il marmo's supporters rose to their feet, but Corrado Contestabile was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jude Bonham breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Duri come il marmo made a substitution. Cristoforo Di Loreto replaced Mary Cau. The supporters of Duri come il marmo booed when Barr Point was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Den Newland didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jude Bonham showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alberigo Addari, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. Emilio Rizzo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jude Bonham having to interfere. Barr Point's Jude Bonham proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 90th minute of the match, managed to save Barr Point from getting a goal against them. Jude Bonham took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carter Romanese, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.