U18 World League

HARAKIRI
Spectators: 7522 (Terracing: 5642, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Bianco Caroselli took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 2nd minute, Eugeniusz Komanski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 3 minutes into the game, Ermanno Grimaldi was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. forsal FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Zgierskie Zlewy the free kick. Ermanno Grimaldi hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Bianco Caroselli during the 4th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Konstanty Puch came out of the goal in the 7th minute to try and stop a shot by forsal FC's Carmine Alati. But to his dismay, Carmine Alati quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. 12 minutes into the game, Ferdinando Furino cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Konstanty Puch was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a defensive mix-up in forsal FC's zone, Zachary Wincek stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Augusto Massa came out of the goal and Zachary Wincek tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When the match had gone on for 18 minutes, Zachary Wincek put it in 1-2 from a short distance just to the right of Augusto Massa. Eugeniusz Komanski's late challenge caught a forsal FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Eugeniusz Komanski helped the player get up and apologised. Eugeniusz Komanski kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. Konstanty Puch didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Carmine Alati went, in the 28th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-4 was the resulting score. Konstanty Puch took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ferdinando Furino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bianco Caroselli took the ball and in the 35 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Konstanty Puch. Konstanty Puch dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-5. 40 minutes into the match, Zgierskie Zlewy's goal looked a bit too open when Ferdinando Furino came free, but Konstanty Puch reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bianco Caroselli scored 1-6 in the 45th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Konstanty Puch, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-6 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Zachary Wincek made a kick off. Janusz Skikiewicz hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 57th minute, Ferdinando Furino managed to get in a good position for a shot. forsal FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Ferdinando Furino was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Konstanty Puch breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 64th minute Carmine Alati shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Konstanty Puch saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bianco Caroselli took the ball and in the 65 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Konstanty Puch. Konstanty Puch dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-8. In the 68th minute, Carmine Alati got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After 74 played minutes forsal FC got a freekick which was hit by Amedeo Bottega. If Wasyl Penkalski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Zachary Wincek's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Augusto Massa was relentless in the 76th minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ferdinando Furino got free with Konstanty Puch in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, forsal FC's Armando Taglieri got a free kick in the 79th minute. Eugeniusz Komanski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Augusto Massa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ferdinando Furino in the 87th minute of play forced Zgierskie Zlewy's goalkeeper Konstanty Puch to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Konstanty Puch showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ferdinando Furino, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 95th minute, Wasyl Penkalski managed to get in a good position for a shot. Zgierskie Zlewy's supporters rose to their feet, but Wasyl Penkalski was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Augusto Massa breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. forsal FC's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.