U18 World League

Terreno Baldio
Spectators: 7695 (Terracing: 5772, Seating: 1770, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Biagio Dorigatti started the match with the kick off. After 5 minutes, Jardel Mula mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Coice de Mula and the I ritirandi di Canaus players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a defensive mix-up in Coice de Mula's zone, Alvise Testi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pedro Lucas came out of the goal and Alvise Testi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Bianco Roberto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Rezende in the 10th minute of play. The supporters of I ritirandi di Canaus booed when Coice de Mula was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jardel Mula didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 13th match minute, I ritirandi di Canaus was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ciro Colagrossi to maneuver through the defense. Wanderson da Mata took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 14th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Bianco Roberto. I ritirandi di Canaus's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. With a little luck, I ritirandi di Canaus's Bianco Roberto got control of the ball when Pedro Paulo Pombal tried to sneak it across the goal line. After some careless play in the I ritirandi di Canaus defense, Haroldo Pires kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bianco Roberto. The I ritirandi di Canaus fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bianco Roberto should have stopped the shot. If Andrea Tagliente had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Alvise Testi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 33 played minutes I ritirandi di Canaus got a freekick which was hit by Ciro Colagrossi. Pedro Lucas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andrea Tagliente, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Alfonso Simeoni's late challenge caught a Coice de Mula's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alfonso Simeoni helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Coice de Mula booed when I ritirandi di Canaus was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alfonso Simeoni didn't get a good kick on the ball. The long shot by Joel Rezende in the 47th minute really tested Bianco Roberto's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jardel Mula was the one to do the kick off. Joel Rezende hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. Andrea Tagliente's late challenge caught a Coice de Mula's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Andrea Tagliente helped the player get up and apologised. Andrea Tagliente kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. Bianco Roberto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jardel Mula, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 61 played minutes I ritirandi di Canaus got a freekick which was hit by Alfonso Simeoni. Pedro Paulo Pombal hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. When Ciro Colagrossi was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 68 minutes had been played. Ciro Colagrossi hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. Bianco Roberto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Haroldo Pires in the 73rd minute of the match. A collision led to I ritirandi di Canaus getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Alvise Testi hit a great ball. In the 78th minute the ball was on its way in behind Coice de Mula's goalkeeper Pedro Lucas, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 79 played minutes Coice de Mula got a freekick which was hit by Wanderson da Mata. When Biagio Dorigatti came up free with the goalie in the 91st minute, the I ritirandi di Canaus 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 Biagio Dorigatti couldn't finish the play. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Coice de Mula had won after a very even match.