U18 World League

Stadio Mirko Fersini
Spectators: 7701 (Terracing: 5777, Seating: 1771, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Dave Berardini started the match with the kick off. Antonio Di Gennaro didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Róbson Bittencourt went, in the 3rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. A collision led to Seggiano getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Alexander Saturno hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Matías Botelho in the 12th minute of play forced Seggiano's goalkeeper Antonio Di Gennaro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ermanno Lemme charged in rather forcefully in the 21st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ermanno Lemme the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 21st match minute, Seggiano was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ermanno Lemme to maneuver through the defense. Antonio Di Gennaro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Róbson Bittencourt in the 23rd minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 23rd minute, Róbson Bittencourt managed to get in a good position for a shot. Vila Industrial FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Róbson Bittencourt was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Antonio Di Gennaro breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Matías Botelho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Antonio Di Gennaro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Caco da Rocha blasted a shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Antonio Di Gennaro having to make a save. Abel Garcia made in the 33rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Seggiano's Andrea Di Lullo. After a rather tough play, Vila Industrial FC's Caco da Rocha got a free kick in the 34th minute. The supporters of Seggiano booed when Vila Industrial FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Matías Botelho didn't get a good kick on the ball.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Róbson Bittencourt made a kick off. A collision led to Vila Industrial FC getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Emanuel Rodrigues hit a great ball. Matías Botelho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Antonio Di Gennaro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Antonio Di Gennaro made an important save on a dangerous shot by Matías Botelho in the 67th minute. When Emanuel Rodrigues fell near the penalty area in the 72nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Vila Industrial FC's protests and gave Emanuel Rodrigues a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Seggiano booed when Vila Industrial FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emanuel Rodrigues didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 75th minute, Eraldo Giammaria ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Chiquinho Porto was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Eraldo Giammaria received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Chiquinho Porto tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dave Berardini's late challenge caught a Vila Industrial FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dave Berardini helped the player get up and apologised. Dave Berardini hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. In the 97th minute Eraldo Giammaria shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Chiquinho Porto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Seggiano fans cheered their team off the field, for while Vila Industrial FC had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.