U23 World League

Colosseum of Pain
Spectators: 7510 (Terracing: 5633, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) Sergio Txurio made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 7th minute, Sergio Txurio made a precise shot to the right of Andrea Banana. Alba FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Domenico Giocondo during the 9th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Andrea Banana showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sergio Txurio in the 10th minute of the match. Alba FC were furious when Alberigo Di Michele was red carded, 14 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. In the 15th minute, Alberigo Di Michele hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Diego Hori, 15 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Ciro Cino hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. In the 23rd minute, Serafin Eskuin left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The El ABUELO FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. After some careless play in the Alba FC defense, Aaron Dimas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Andrea Banana. The Alba FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Andrea Banana should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sergio Txurio in the 38th minute of play forced Alba FC's goalkeeper Andrea Banana to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 39 played minutes Alba FC got a freekick which was hit by Donato Amatori. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Donato Amatori stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. A collision led to El ABUELO FC getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Jeronimo Cordarin hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Donato Amatori in the 52nd minute of play forced El ABUELO FC's goalkeeper Gaudencio Manny to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to El ABUELO FC getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Serafin Eskuin hit a great ball. After 60 played minutes Alba FC got a freekick which was hit by Andrea Iannotti. In the 66th match minute, Alba FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fortunato Carlini to maneuver through the defense. Ciro Cino received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Gaudencio Manny tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sergio Txurio could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 79th minute of the match, but Andrea Banana made a huge save. Andrea Banana was out of position in the 81 minute of play, and Jeronimo Cordarin capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Jeronimo Cordarin really showed his touch with that goal: 0-5. Andrea Banana made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aaron Dimas in the 85th minute of play. 90 minutes into the match, Alba FC's goalkeeper Andrea Banana had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sergio Txurio. After a rather tough play, Alba FC's Andrea Iannotti got a free kick in the 95th minute. El ABUELO FC's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.