U18 League

A.S. Trastevere
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) An unexpected shot in the 6th minute by Flavio Di Battista got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Antonello Manzo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zdenko Ravnić in the 8th minute of play. A collision led to Lipovljani getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Gašpar Selenički hit a great ball. In the 18th minute, Davor Horvatin sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and A.S. Trastevere's Antonello Manzo didn't even have to move. In the 20th minute Mihovil Zorčić shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antonello Manzo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 23rd play minute Armin Tiberio came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Leopold Bistrović. 2-0. A collision led to A.S. Trastevere getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Frank Meazza hit a great ball. Leopold Bistrović was out of position in the 29 minute of play, and Armin Tiberio capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Armin Tiberio really showed his touch with that goal: 3-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Attilio Bearzot in the 33rd minute of play forced Lipovljani's goalkeeper Leopold Bistrović to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lipovljani's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Flavio Di Battista 41 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 4-0. Antonello Manzo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mihovil Zorčić in the 47th minute of the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Armin Tiberio to make the kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Lipovljani's Mihovil Zorčić slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Antonello Manzo. That made the score 4-1 after 51 minutes of play. In the 55th minute, Flavio Di Battista hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 58th minute, Attilio Bearzot ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Leopold Bistrović was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-1. After a rather tough play, A.S. Trastevere's Attilio Bearzot got a free kick in the 62nd minute. Antonello Manzo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zdenko Ravnić in the 63rd minute. A.S. Trastevere's defense didn't have a chance, in the 65th minute, when Mihovil Zorčić scored to the left of an out of position Antonello Manzo, making the score, 5-2. In the 69th minute, Francesco Gazza hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Lipovljani booed when A.S. Trastevere was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ettore Zuccarini didn't get a good kick on the ball. Francesco Gazza's late challenge caught a Lipovljani's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Francesco Gazza helped the player get up and apologised. In the 80th minute, Francesco Gazza hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 80 minutes into the match, Lipovljani's Davor Horvatin sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Antonello Manzo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 89th minute, Frank Meazza hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 91st match minute, A.S. Trastevere was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Francesco Gazza to maneuver through the defense. For all the effort they put into the match, the Lipovljani players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for A.S. Trastevere.