U18 World League

Newmarket Fly Bird
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Burl Reeves kicked off to start the match. After a defensive mix-up in Fly T.T's zone, Donato Franzioni stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Olivier Slaughter came out of the goal and Donato Franzioni tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ike Lafontaine sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match had gone on for 14 minutes, Darnell Youngblood took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Cesare Rigoni to make any attempt to save it. Olivier Slaughter stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Didi Gattoni's shot from short distance in the 20th minute. In the 22ndth minute of the game Didi Gattoni who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Fly T.T's Olivier Slaughter was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 24 minutes into the match, Fly T.T's goal looked a bit too open when Didi Gattoni came free, but Olivier Slaughter reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fly T.T's Léonard Keys managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Armin Mameli in the 27 minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Fly T.T's Davis McCabe got a free kick in the 29th minute. After having played for 32 minutes, Didi Gattoni managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ❤GinchanelManu13❤'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Didi Gattoni was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a rather tough play, ❤GinchanelManu13❤'s Diego Pensa got a free kick in the 33rd minute. 36 minutes into the match, Fly T.T's goal looked a bit too open when Didi Gattoni came free, but Olivier Slaughter reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 36 minutes, Gerry Boles mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Fly T.T and the ❤GinchanelManu13❤ players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 36th match minute, Fly T.T was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gerry Boles to maneuver through the defense. Davis McCabe kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Frank Biscotti in the 51st minute of play forced Fly T.T's goalkeeper Olivier Slaughter to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 56 played minutes Fly T.T got a freekick which was hit by Joey Boyd. Olivier Slaughter made a fantastic save in the 57th minute, when Aurelio Gabriele sent off a good shot on target. Cesare Rigoni took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Darnell Youngblood, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 66th minute, Didi Gattoni 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. After a rather tough play, Fly T.T's Darnell Youngblood got a free kick in the 68th minute. Davis McCabe hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. ❤GinchanelManu13❤'s Didi Gattoni got a good chance for a goal in the 78th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Didi Gattonis short, quick shot in the 79thth minute got Olivier Slaughter to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Darnell Youngblood got his second yellow card in the match during the 80th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Darnell Youngblood kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. After 82 minutes, Ciro Cavallaro mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ❤GinchanelManu13❤ and the Fly T.T players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to ❤GinchanelManu13❤ getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Ciro Cavallaro hit a great ball. With his leg Olivier Slaughter managed to avoid a goal in the 89thth minute, when ❤GinchanelManu13❤'s Didi Gattoni fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.