U18 League

Kalahari Desert
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Fabio Rapa made the kick off and thus started the match. Alfred Pavia hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. In the 5th minute, Camillo Di Marzio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Eraldo Costantino during the 8th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Daniele Salomone was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 9th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Stephen Bonnici. In the 10th minute, Camillo Di Marzio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Daniele Salomone showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabio Rapa in the 15th minute of the match. Meerkats FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Stephen Bonnici in the 23rd minute. A nice corner shot did that Stephen Bonnici got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Daniele Salomone quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Villa di Molvena FC's Daniele Salomone proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 24th minute of the match, managed to save Villa di Molvena FC from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alfred Pavia in the 25th minute of play forced Villa di Molvena FC's goalkeeper Daniele Salomone to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 27 minutes into the match, Villa di Molvena FC's goal looked a bit too open when Arthur Teuma came free, but Daniele Salomone reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 31st minute, Fabio Di Muzio got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Meerkats FC's Fabio Rapa slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Daniele Salomone. That made the score 2-0 after 33 minutes of play. Daniele Salomone was a little too slow when Alfred Pavia got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 37th minute. The score was now 3-0. Daniele Salomone showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arthur Teuma, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. In the 42nd minute, Alfred Pavia made a precise shot to the right of Daniele Salomone. Villa di Molvena FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Fabio Di Muzio to strike the kick off in the second half. Meerkats FC's Alfred Pavia got a good chance for a goal in the 50th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 53rd minute Fabio Rapa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Daniele Salomone saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Daniele Salomone showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fabio Rapa, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. Daniele Salomone made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arthur Teuma in the 58th minute of play. Villa di Molvena FC's Daniele Salomone played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Timothy De Battista in the 63rd minute of play. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 67th minute of the game. One of Villa di Molvena FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Meerkats FC:s goal. After having played for 73 minutes, Edoardo Orioli managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Villa di Molvena FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Edoardo Orioli was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Arthur Teuma during the 74th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 74th minute, Arthur Teuma hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 75th minute of the match Amedeo Pellicciotta shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but William Troisi showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 77th minute Edoardo Orioli shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but William Troisi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Villa di Molvena FC's Daniele Salomone played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fabio Rapa in the 78th minute of play. If Fabio Di Muzio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Meerkats FC's William Troisi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edoardo Orioli in the 84th minute of play. Daniele Salomone showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arthur Teuma, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. Daniele Salomone showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabio Rapa in the 94th minute of the match. For all the effort they put into the match, the Villa di Molvena FC players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Meerkats FC.