U23 World League

DELIRIUM TREMENS
Spectators: 7510 (Terracing: 5633, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Omar Cedro started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Omar Cedro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Amedeo Pasquale. Farafulla FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Omar Cedro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Aquiles Castulo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alessandro Mazzetti in the 7th minute of the match. When Omar Cedro came up free with the goalie in the 9th minute, the MOEBIO fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Omar Cedro couldn't finish the play. Alessandro Mazzetti's late challenge caught a MOEBIO's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alessandro Mazzetti helped the player get up and apologised. Alessandro Mazzetti kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. Alessandro Mazzetti hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. Amedeo Pasquale made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Omar Cedro in the 14th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Diego Ipar in the 19th minute of play forced Farafulla FC's goalkeeper Amedeo Pasquale to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Aquiles Castulo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anselmo Cherubini, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 22 minutes had been played when some careless play by MOEBIO's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Elia Fantasia was slow to take the kick. During this time Farafulla FC's players had a chance to rest. In the 24th minute, Ferruccio Della Torre ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Aquiles Castulo was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Amedeo Pasquale showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erubiel Orlondo in the 28th minute of the match. In the 31st minute, Anfilogino Benvenuto left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Farafulla FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. Aquiles Castulo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ferruccio Della Torre in the 36th minute of the match. Aquiles Castulo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anfilogino Benvenuto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aquiles Castulo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ferruccio Della Torre in the 43rd minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Omar Cedro in the 44th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Amedeo Pasquale saved Farafulla FC from getting behind. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Anfilogino Benvenuto to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute, Anselmo Cherubini hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bebeto Reno recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 54th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. MOEBIO's Aquiles Castulo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alvise Bevilacqua in the 57th minute of play. Amedeo Pasquale made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bebeto Reno in the 62nd minute of play. Aquiles Castulo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anselmo Cherubini in the 63rd minute of play. Aquiles Castulo made a fantastic save in the 65th minute, when Alessandro Mazzetti sent off a good shot on target. The supporters of MOEBIO booed when Farafulla FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ferruccio Della Torre didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, MOEBIO's Aquiles Castulo got control of the ball when Anfilogino Benvenuto tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ulises Leheren hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. Aquiles Castulo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anselmo Cherubini, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. Arrigo Caroli kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. After 89 minutes of play, Farafulla FC's Alessandro Mazzetti made it 1-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Aquiles Castulo was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience thought a goal was coming when Ferruccio Della Torre got free with Aquiles Castulo in the 96th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 97th minute Bebeto Reno shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Amedeo Pasquale saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.