World League

Stadio Avenza
Spectators: 7596 (Terracing: 5698, Seating: 1747, VIP seats: 151) KS Bukowe's Gianluca Lapadula 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. 4 minutes into the match, Gianluca Lapadula had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Emiliano Polito. Duri come il marmo's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gianluca Lapadula was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. 8 minutes into the match, Gianluca Lapadula notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Duri come il marmo's Emiliano Polito. Emiliano Polito was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 12 minutes Duri come il marmo's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Wieslaw Czajka who took care of the corner kick. Cankut Urgun was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Gianluca Lapadula fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emiliano Polito having to interfere. Emiliano Polito made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gianluca Lapadula in the 15th minute of play. In the 17th minute Alberigo Addari shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jerzy Dudek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Gianluca Lapadula had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Emiliano Polito made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gianluca Lapadula in the 20th minute of play. Ludvig Rudkvist sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of Duri come il marmo booed when KS Bukowe was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lukasz Walczyk didn't get a good kick on the ball. Fabio Presutti made in the 33rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by KS Bukowe's Wieslaw Czajka. The audience was convinced that Gianluca Lapadula's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Emiliano Polito was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. When the match clock showed 38 minutes, the score became 0-3 when Gianluca Lapadula sped through Duri come il marmo's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Emiliano Polito. If Gianluca Lapadula had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 45thth minute of the game Gianluca Lapadula who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Duri come il marmo's Emiliano Polito was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A collision led to KS Bukowe getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Gianluca Lapadula hit a great ball.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Emilio Rizzo to make the kick off. Alberigo Addari received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Jerzy Dudek tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 54 minutes into the match, KS Bukowe's Gianluca Lapadula sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Emiliano Polito narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 56th minute of the match KS Bukowe 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. Wieslaw Czajka ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Marian Mondrowski almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Duri come il marmo's Emiliano Polito did a great save. The crowd rose to their feet as Marian Mondrowski kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Emiliano Polito. That made the score 0-4 in the 56 minute of play. 58 minutes into the match, KS Bukowe's goal looked a bit too open when Emilio Rizzo came free, but Jerzy Dudek reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 69 minutes into the game, Gianluca Lapadula cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-5. Emiliano Polito was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Emiliano Polito showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gianluca Lapadula in the 75th minute of the match. After 75 played minutes Duri come il marmo got a freekick which was hit by Ludvig Rudkvist. Emiliano Polito took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gianluca Lapadula, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jerzy Dudek showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carter Romanese in the 77th minute of the match. Emilio Rizzo scored 1-5 in the 79th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jerzy Dudek, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gianluca Lapadula in the 85th minute of play forced Duri come il marmo's goalkeeper Emiliano Polito to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 86 minutes, Cankut Urgun took a quick shot and it went in 1-6 without a chance for Emiliano Polito to make any attempt to save it. Jerzy Dudek stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alberigo Addari's shot from short distance in the 88th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 93rd minute, Gianluca Lapadula managed to get in a good position for a shot. KS Bukowe's supporters rose to their feet, but Gianluca Lapadula was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Emiliano Polito breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 95th minute Gianluca Lapadula 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. The KS Bukowe supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing KS Bukowe would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.