U23 World League

iL Grosso Stadio
Spectators: 7493 (Terracing: 5621, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Bianco Iachini started the match with the kick off. Natalio Peyo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ercole Giordano having to interfere. In the 6th minute, Natalio Peyo fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. In the last second Ercole Giordano throw himself and got hold of the ball when Natalio Peyo in the 11thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alvaro Mastrangelo in the 15th minute of play forced Grosso United's goalkeeper Saturnino Romo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 21 minutes of play, Grosso United's Natalio Peyo made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ercole Giordano was left in no man's land by his defense there! The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Adriano Montaldi during the 25th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 25th minute, Adriano Montaldi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ercole Giordano stood somewhat misplaced when Reynaldo Pietro came free in front of goal and shot 2-0 to the left of him in the 31 minute. After 39 minutes of play, Grosso United's Virgilio Quin made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ercole Giordano was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Reynaldo Pietro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Reynaldo Pietro was the one to do the kick off. After some careless play in the Broom of the System DA13 defense, Natalio Peyo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ercole Giordano. The Broom of the System DA13 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ercole Giordano should have stopped the shot. Ercole Giordano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Reynaldo Pietro in the 65th minute of the match. When the match clock showed 69 minutes, the score became 6-0 when Reynaldo Pietro sped through Broom of the System DA13's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ercole Giordano. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Reynaldo Pietro in the 74th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ercole Giordano prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 80 minutes into the match, Reynaldo Pietro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ercole Giordano. Broom of the System DA13's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Reynaldo Pietro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-0. Ercole Giordano didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Reynaldo Pietro went, in the 85th minute, to the upper right corner, 8-0 was the resulting score. After 90 minutes, Reynaldo Pietro made it 9-0 with a short kick to the right side. Broom of the System DA13's Ercole Giordano tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Ercole Giordano stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Reynaldo Pietro's shot from short distance in the 94th minute. Ercole Giordano stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Reynaldo Pietro's shot from short distance in the 95th minute. When the match clock showed 96 minutes, the score became 10-0 when Reynaldo Pietro sped through Broom of the System DA13's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ercole Giordano.