U23 World League

La Maremma Toscana
Spectators: 7680 (Terracing: 5761, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Wesley Teles started the match with the kick off. Mark Evans made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pedro Paulo Paes in the 7th minute of play. After a rather tough play, October 04's Waldemar de Sena got a free kick in the 11th minute. Davi Couto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Augusto Cauli, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Mark Evans didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Wesley Teles went, in the 26th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 28th minute, Augusto Cauli reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Davi Couto. The goal made the score 1-1. After 31 minutes of play, AC Civetta Notturna's Keno Dibra made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Davi Couto was left in no man's land by his defense there! October 04's Davi Couto proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 33rd minute of the match, managed to save October 04 from getting a goal against them. Davi Couto was out of position in the 38 minute of play, and Keno Dibra capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Keno Dibra really showed his touch with that goal: 3-1. Keno Dibra scored 4-1 in the 41st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Davi Couto, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 46 minutes into the match, October 04's goal looked a bit too open when Emanuele Corsi came free, but Davi Couto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-1.

October 04's Davi Couto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emanuele Corsi in the 54th minute of play. AC Civetta Notturna's Ennio Valeri suffered a sore thigh after 58 minutes and couldn't finish the game. After 59 played minutes October 04 got a freekick which was hit by Wesley Teles. Davi Couto stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Keno Dibra's shot from short distance in the 61st minute. Silas Brasil kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. In the 63rd match minute, October 04 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ruy Lira to maneuver through the defense. Daniele Di Nardo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Davi Couto read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 64th minute of play. Davi Couto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Antonio Antonelli in the 68th minute of play. 72 minutes into the game, Toni Ramos was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. October 04's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave AC Civetta Notturna the free kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bernardo Carbonaro in the 79th minute of play forced October 04's goalkeeper Davi Couto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 82nd minute, Fabinho Falcão hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mark Evans was a little too slow when Wesley Teles got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 88th minute. The score was now 5-2. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. AC Civetta Notturna fully deserved thier win.