U18 World League

Stadio Avenza
Spectators: 7659 (Terracing: 5746, Seating: 1761, VIP seats: 152) Duri come il marmo's Fulvio Di Crescenzo 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. With his leg Jeronimo Abella managed to avoid a goal in the 5thth minute, when Duri come il marmo's Fulvio Di Crescenzo fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Arrigo Del Grosso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Martin Erramu in the 7th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Martin Erramu in the 7th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Arrigo Del Grosso prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Arrigo Del Grosso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Martin Erramu in the 9th minute of play. In the 11th match minute, INDEPENDIENTE F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomas Mikeldi to maneuver through the defense. Fortunato Malvezzi hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. With his leg Jeronimo Abella managed to avoid a goal in the 20thth minute, when Duri come il marmo's Fulvio Di Crescenzo fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Fulvio Di Crescenzo succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 21st playminute. The audience cheered when Attilio Feliziani's long shot passed Jeronimo Abella's right side. It was 2-0, 24 minutes into the match. In the 31stth minute of the game Martin Erramu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Duri come il marmo's Arrigo Del Grosso was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A collision led to Duri come il marmo getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Anfilogino Giammarino hit a great ball. In the 35th match minute, Duri come il marmo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Frank Rago to maneuver through the defense. In the 40th minute, Fulvio Di Crescenzo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Duri come il marmo fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. With an all-out effort, Duri come il marmo's Jeronimo Abella threw himself towards the right post 46 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Fortunato Malvezzi, which otherwise would have been placed in the net.

The wind increased when Martin Erramu made the kick off in the second half. Fortunato Malvezzi scored 4-0 in the 55th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jeronimo Abella, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Candido Arias fell near the penalty area in the 61st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored INDEPENDIENTE F.C.'s protests and gave Candido Arias a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to INDEPENDIENTE F.C. getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Candido Arias hit a great ball. In the game's 62nd minute Duri come il marmo's Attilio Feliziani took a hard shot from long distance, a kick which went into the net just to the right of Jeronimo Abella and thus the score was 5-0. Jeronimo Abella made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fulvio Di Crescenzo in the 68th minute of play. 72 minutes into the match, INDEPENDIENTE F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Fortunato Malvezzi came free, but Jeronimo Abella reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 76th minute Frank Rago shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jeronimo Abella saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jeronimo Abella didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Duri come il marmo's Fulvio Di Crescenzo shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 6-0 in the ordered_time% minute. After 85 minutes of play, Duri come il marmo's Fortunato Malvezzi made it 7-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jeronimo Abella was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 90th minute Fortunato Malvezzi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jeronimo Abella saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 91st minute, Tomas Mikeldi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 92nd minute, Fortunato Malvezzi 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. In the 96thth minute of the game Fulvio Di Crescenzo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but INDEPENDIENTE F.C.'s Jeronimo Abella was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Duri come il marmo fans cheered their team off the field, for while INDEPENDIENTE F.C. had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.