U18 World League

El Gallinero
Spectators: 7875 (Terracing: 5907, Seating: 1811, VIP seats: 157) La Maquina 9-12-18's Victorino Iban started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 7 minutes into the match, Fulvio Di Crescenzo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Claudio Dantel. La Maquina 9-12-18's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Fulvio Di Crescenzo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. In the 12th minute of the match Duri come il marmo got a corner. La Maquina 9-12-18's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Attilio Feliziani ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 13th match minute, Duri come il marmo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anfilogino Giammarino to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, Duri come il marmo's Arrigo Del Grosso got control of the ball when Venancio Santo tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fortunato Malvezzi in the 24th minute of play forced La Maquina 9-12-18's goalkeeper Claudio Dantel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 27 minutes into the match, Duri come il marmo's goal looked a bit too open when Florentino Izotz came free, but Arrigo Del Grosso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Victorino Iban fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arrigo Del Grosso having to interfere. 32 minutes into the game, Baldomero Frasco recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Arrigo Del Grosso. Baldomero Frasco showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-1. Florian Del Greco took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 37th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Claudio Dantel. La Maquina 9-12-18's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After 39 minutes, Venancio Etor mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the La Maquina 9-12-18 and the Duri come il marmo players grew even worse after the yellow card.

The wind increased when Fulvio Di Crescenzo made the kick off in the second half. When Duri come il marmo's Fulvio Di Crescenzo in the 51st minute got a chance for a shot 51st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye La Maquina 9-12-18's goalie prevented a goal. Arrigo Del Grosso didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Victorino Iban went, in the 60th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. With 62 minutes on the clock, Ciro Tosi commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. Ciro Tosi kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. Frank Rago kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Frank Rago during the 73rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 73rd match minute, Duri come il marmo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Frank Rago to maneuver through the defense. Fulvio Di Crescenzo made a well adjusted shot against goal in the 77thth minute coming free in front of the goal, but Claudio Dantel would not let the ball come through at any expense and made a nice save by the left post. In the 83rd minute, Frank Rago 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 audience thought a goal was coming when Frank Rago got free with Claudio Dantel in the 89th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Frank Rago came up free with the goalie in the 91st minute, the Duri come il marmo 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 Frank Rago couldn't finish the play. In the 92nd match minute, La Maquina 9-12-18 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Venancio Etor to maneuver through the defense. 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. La Maquina 9-12-18 fully deserved thier win.