U21 World League

RÖK Arena
Spectators: 7756 (Terracing: 5819, Seating: 1783, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Júlio Varela started the match with the kick off. The audience was convinced that Cesare Chizzo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Yan Pirani was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. Yan Pirani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cesare Chizzo in the 14th minute of the match. After having played for 15 minutes, Diego Crispino managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. I ritirandi di Canaus's supporters crossed their fingers, but Diego Crispino was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Cesare Chizzo might have been able to make a better finish in the 19th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Yan Pirani. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Cesare Chizzo ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 20th minute Cesare Chizzo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yan Pirani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 27 minutes into the match, Cesare Chizzo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Yan Pirani. RÖK's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cesare Chizzo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. After 30 played minutes I ritirandi di Canaus got a freekick which was hit by Dino De Gregorio. Yan Pirani came out of the goal in the 33rd minute to try and stop a shot by I ritirandi di Canaus's Cesare Chizzo. But to his dismay, Cesare Chizzo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Yan Pirani stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cesare Chizzo's shot from short distance in the 42nd minute. When the match had gone on for 45 minutes, Cesare Chizzo put it in 0-4 from a short distance just to the right of Yan Pirani.

51 minutes in the game Dé Guedes did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Clemente Simões. RÖK's Yan Pirani proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save RÖK from getting a goal against them. 59 minutes into the match, Cesare Chizzo dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Yan Pirani, 0-6. Dino De Gregorio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yan Pirani having to interfere. Yan Pirani made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cesare Chizzo in the 66th minute. Dé Guedes got a throw-in 68 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Clemente Simões. After 72 played minutes I ritirandi di Canaus got a freekick which was hit by Andrea Petrella. After 76 played minutes Cesare Chizzo rounded RÖK's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-7. Cesare Chizzo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 79th minute of the match, but Yan Pirani made a huge save. The supporters of RÖK booed when I ritirandi di Canaus was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Carmine Bonanni didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, RÖK's Yan Pirani got control of the ball when Cesare Chizzo tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 84thth minute of the game Diego Crispino who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but RÖK's Yan Pirani was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After having played for 91 minutes, Cesare Chizzo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. I ritirandi di Canaus's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cesare Chizzo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Hamílton Proença's late challenge caught a I ritirandi di Canaus's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hamílton Proença helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of I ritirandi di Canaus booed when RÖK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hamílton Proença didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. I ritirandi di Canaus had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.