U21 League

Caipiriñha
Spectators: 176 (Terracing: 133, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Damiano Strazzabosco started the match with the kick off. The supporters of FC Mims booed when ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kenji Takahara didn't get a good kick on the ball. The ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ fans' excitement grew in the 10th match minute when ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's Santa Clausius 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 1-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Damiano Strazzabosco sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabrizio Di Martino in the 17th minute of play forced ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's goalkeeper Angelo Bertoni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 22 minutes of play, FC Mims's Damiano Strazzabosco made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Angelo Bertoni was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a little luck, FC Mims's Amerigo La Penna got control of the ball when Bruno Lenzi tried to sneak it across the goal line. 27 minutes into the match, ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's goal looked a bit too open when Fabrizio Di Martino came free, but Angelo Bertoni reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Alessio Ubriaco came up free with the goalie in the 29th minute, the FC Mims 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 Alessio Ubriaco couldn't finish the play. In the 30th minute, Richard Laws hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's Angelo Bertoni played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Damiano Strazzabosco in the 31st minute of play. In the 33rd minute, ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's Bruno Lenzi ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Amerigo La Penna. Amerigo La Penna yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bruno Lenzi in the 36th minute of play forced FC Mims's goalkeeper Amerigo La Penna to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Amerigo La Penna didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's Bruno Lenzi shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 3-1 in the ordered_time% minute. Camillo Bocchi recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 45th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Alessio Ubriaco fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Angelo Bertoni having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Bruno Lenzi to make the kick off. In the 50th match minute, FC Mims was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Camillo Bocchi to maneuver through the defense. Amerigo La Penna showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Clarence Makélélé in the 54th minute of the match. When Santa Clausius came up free with the goalie in the 57th minute, the ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ 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 Santa Clausius couldn't finish the play. After 60 played minutes FC Mims got a freekick which was hit by Felice Di Biagio. In the 61st minute of the match Dario Cerri shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Amerigo La Penna showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 64 minutes into the match, Bruno Lenzi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Amerigo La Penna. FC Mims's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bruno Lenzi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. The supporters of FC Mims booed when ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mathias Molhoek didn't get a good kick on the ball. Angelo Bertoni took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Damiano Strazzabosco, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Angelo Bertoni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fabrizio Di Martino in the 69th minute of play. After having played for 71 minutes, Richard Laws managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's supporters crossed their fingers, but Richard Laws was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Damiano Strazzabosco in the 77th minute of play forced ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's goalkeeper Angelo Bertoni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 78th minute, Santa Clausius managed to get in a good position for a shot. ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's supporters rose to their feet, but Santa Clausius was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Amerigo La Penna breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Clarence Makélélé's late challenge caught a FC Mims's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Clarence Makélélé helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's Clarence Makélélé got a free kick in the 86th minute. When ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's Bruno Lenzi in the 89th minute got a chance for a shot 89th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Mims's goalie prevented a goal. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ fully deserved thier win.