U23 World League

JL Stadium
Spectators: 7534 (Terracing: 5652, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) Anfilogino Vani started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. La Panchera's attentive Melquiades Goiz managed to snatch the ball when Ennio Imperatrice made a throw-in in the 5th minute of the game. Santo Dimo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cosimo Serra, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. In the 9th match minute, I ritirandi di Canaus was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cosimo Serra to maneuver through the defense. In the 10th minute, Dino De Gregorio ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Santo Dimo was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. After 13 minutes, Anfilogino Vani made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. La Panchera's Santo Dimo tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to I ritirandi di Canaus getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Cosimo Serra hit a great ball. After 27 minutes, Cosimo Serra mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the I ritirandi di Canaus and the La Panchera players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 27th minute, Cosimo Serra hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Anfilogino Vani's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Santo Dimo was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. I ritirandi di Canaus's Anthony De Angelis got a good chance for a goal in the 33rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 36th minute, Bruno Falasca hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 40th minute, Anthony De Angelis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The I ritirandi di Canaus fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. The I ritirandi di Canaus fans' excitement grew in the 43rd match minute when I ritirandi di Canaus's Anfilogino Vani looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-4 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Cosimo Serra hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. After 55 minutes, Anfilogino Vani mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the I ritirandi di Canaus and the La Panchera players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to I ritirandi di Canaus getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Anfilogino Vani hit a great ball. Anfilogino Vani received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Santo Dimo came out and tried to block the shot, but Anfilogino Vani slotted it home off the left post making it 0-5 in the 61st minute. Cosimo Serra hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. I ritirandi di Canaus's Daniele Raniolo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Trendafil Katúrov in the 69th minute of play. Anfilogino Vani struck a weak shot in the 73rd minute. Santo Dimo didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for I ritirandi di Canaus. Daniele Raniolo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Javier Pastore, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. In the 78th minute, Anfilogino Vani made a precise shot to the right of Santo Dimo. La Panchera's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-6. I ritirandi di Canaus's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cosimo Serra in the 82nd minute. In the 85th minute of the match I ritirandi di Canaus got a corner. La Panchera's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Cosimo Serra ran over to the corner to take the kick. After a rather tough play, I ritirandi di Canaus's Anthony De Angelis got a free kick in the 85th minute. Dino De Gregorio kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match.