U18 World League

Stadio Avenza
Spectators: 7649 (Terracing: 5738, Seating: 1759, VIP seats: 152) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Fulvio Di Crescenzo got the match started through his kick off. Andrzej Budacz 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 1-0 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 9th 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 14thth minute of the game Sylwester Czempa 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. After 15 minutes, Witalis Pozorski mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Bastion Juźkowa and the Duri come il marmo players grew even worse after the yellow card. 15 minutes into the game, one of Bastion Juźkowa:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. After having played for 21 minutes, Frank Rago managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Duri come il marmo's supporters crossed their fingers, but Frank Rago was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 23 played minutes Bastion Juźkowa got a freekick which was hit by Milosz Bienienda. Duri come il marmo's Fulvio Di Crescenzo got a good chance for a goal in the 24th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fortunato Malvezzi in the 28th minute of play forced Bastion Juźkowa's goalkeeper Andrzej Budacz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Duri come il marmo booed when Bastion Juźkowa was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Beniamin Gollob didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 38th minute, Fortunato Malvezzi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Andrzej Budacz was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. Fortunato Malvezzi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Andrzej Budacz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, Bastion Juźkowa's Andrzej Budacz got control of the ball when Fulvio Di Crescenzo tried to sneak it across the goal line. Andrzej Budacz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fortunato Malvezzi, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Sylwester Czempa was the one to do the kick off. Fabio Cerrone hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. Bastion Juźkowa's Dawid Wielopolski shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 53rd minute of play. The shot was stopped by Arrigo Del Grosso but with some difficulty. After 55 minutes, Fulvio Di Crescenzo made it 4-0 with a short kick to the right side. Bastion Juźkowa's Andrzej Budacz tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. After some fancy dribbling in the 60th minute, Fortunato Malvezzi managed to get in a good position for a shot. Duri come il marmo's supporters rose to their feet, but Fortunato Malvezzi was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Andrzej Budacz breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to Bastion Juźkowa getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Milosz Bienienda hit a great ball. Bastion Juźkowa's Andrzej Budacz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fulvio Di Crescenzo in the 65th minute of play. When Ferdinando Napoleone fell near the penalty area in the 69th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Duri come il marmo's protests and gave Ferdinando Napoleone a yellow card for diving instead. Duri come il marmo's Emiliano Pietrantoni was substituted for Ferruccio Ascani. Bastion Juźkowa's Andrzej Budacz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fortunato Malvezzi in the 73rd minute of play. 75 minutes into the game, Fulvio Di Crescenzo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Andrzej Budacz was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 79th minute, Fortunato Malvezzi 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: 6-0. The audience was convinced that Fortunato Malvezzi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Andrzej Budacz was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. In the 84th minute, Wieslaw Radziszewski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Attilio Feliziani recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 85th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 88th minute Fortunato Malvezzi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Andrzej Budacz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fortunato Malvezzi blasted a shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Andrzej Budacz having to make a save. Fulvio Di Crescenzo scored 7-0 in the 92nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Andrzej Budacz, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 95th match minute, Duri come il marmo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fulvio Di Crescenzo to maneuver through the defense. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Duri come il marmo had played much better football throughout.