U18 World League

Stadio Montesacro
Spectators: 7755 (Terracing: 5818, Seating: 1783, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Bernardo Garofoli got the match started through his kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Claudio Simonetti during the 6th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Talenti Roma Calcio getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Claudio Simonetti hit a great ball. Karl-Magnus Tillman's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ercole Pacella read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 9th minute of play. Axel Martinsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Francesco Giorgi in the 11th minute of the match. Axel Martinsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ettore Pietrini in the 13th minute of play. The attack was good, but when Osvald Biörk in the 19th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. In the 27thth minute of the game Bernardo Garofoli who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Sundens BK's Axel Martinsson was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Talenti Roma Calcio's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cristiano Rullo in the 30th minute. Talenti Roma Calcio's Francesco Giorgi got a good chance for a goal in the 32nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Frank Odén during the 33rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Talenti Roma Calcio booed when Sundens BK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Frank Odén didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Talenti Roma Calcio's Ettore Pietrini got a free kick in the 40th minute. A collision led to Sundens BK getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Tommy Isaksson hit a great ball. The long shot by Amedeo Epifani in the 43rd minute really tested Axel Martinsson'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. Ercole Pacella showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Frank Odén, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. 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 away team seemed most concentrated when Osvald Biörk stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After taking down the ball on Sundens BK's corner Conny Mårtensson fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ercole Pacella quite easily take care of the ball. 57 minutes into the match, Sundens BK's goal looked a bit too open when Francesco Giorgi came free, but Axel Martinsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ercole Pacella showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Conny Mårtensson in the 58th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ettore Pietrini in the 59th minute of play forced Sundens BK's goalkeeper Axel Martinsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Joar Fredriksson kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. Talenti Roma Calcio's Ercole Pacella played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Osvald Biörk in the 67th minute of play. In the 70th match minute, Talenti Roma Calcio was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ettore Pietrini to maneuver through the defense. Ercole Pacella came out of the goal in the 83rd minute to try and stop a shot by Sundens BK's Conny Mårtensson. But to his dismay, Conny Mårtensson quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Niklas Skålberg's late challenge caught a Talenti Roma Calcio's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Niklas Skålberg helped the player get up and apologised. In the 87th minute, Niklas Skålberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After recieving a nice pass, Talenti Roma Calcio's Cristiano Rullo tried to score from far away in the 88th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Ettore Pietrini received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Axel Martinsson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 95 minutes, Emilio Raiola mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Talenti Roma Calcio and the Sundens BK players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 95th match minute, Talenti Roma Calcio was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emilio Raiola to maneuver through the defense. Talenti Roma Calcio's Ercole Pacella proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 96th minute of the match, managed to save Talenti Roma Calcio from getting a goal against them. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.