U18 World League

Estadio Vito A
Spectators: 7464 (Terracing: 5599, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Maximo Izel kicked off to start the match. 5 minutes into the match, Attilio Fortunato notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Berni y Benja FC's Celestino Medina. Celestino Medina was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Emanuele Ranieri hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. 10 minutes into the match, Valdieri's goalkeeper Aurelio Di Lullo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Maximo Izel. Elia Cicchini kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. When Attilio Fortunato fell near the penalty area in the 21st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Valdieri's protests and gave Attilio Fortunato a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Valdieri's Attilio Fortunato got a free kick in the 21st minute. Artemio Abascal hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. With an all-out effort, Berni y Benja FC's Aurelio Di Lullo threw himself towards the right post 24 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Artemio Abascal, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Emanuele Ranieri charged in rather forcefully in the 24th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Emanuele Ranieri the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Emanuele Ranieri hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. Robustiano Matteo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 27th minute of the match, but Aurelio Di Lullo made a huge save. Aurelio Di Lullo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Artemio Abascal in the 28th minute of play. After 32 minutes of play, Berni y Benja FC's Robustiano Matteo made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Aurelio Di Lullo was left in no man's land by his defense there! A sloppy throw-in by Angelo Normando in the 36th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Valdieri's Comunardo Amatori. Aurelio Di Lullo was a little too slow when Robustiano Matteo got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 47th minute. The score was now 4-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Attilio Fortunato to strike the kick off in the second half. When Elia Cicchini was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 53 minutes had been played. Elia Cicchini hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. When Antonio Forte fell near the penalty area in the 56th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Valdieri's protests and gave Antonio Forte a yellow card for diving instead. After 56 played minutes Valdieri got a freekick which was hit by Antonio Forte. Valdieri's Attilio Fortunato got his second yellow card of the match in the 59th minute. The referee ordered Attilio Fortunato off the ground. Attilio Fortunato kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. 62 minutes into the match, Maximo Izel had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Aurelio Di Lullo. Valdieri's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Maximo Izel was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-1. When Maximo Izel came up free with the goalie in the 66th minute, the Berni y Benja FC 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 Maximo Izel couldn't finish the play. Aurelio Di Lullo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Artemio Abascal in the 72nd minute of the match. The supporters of Berni y Benja FC booed when Valdieri was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Comunardo Amatori didn't get a good kick on the ball. Aurelio Di Lullo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Robustiano Matteo went, in the 79th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-1 was the resulting score. After a rather tough play, Valdieri's Antonio Forte got a free kick in the 81st minute. Aurelio Di Lullo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robustiano Matteo in the 83rd minute of the match. Emanuele Ranieri kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Maximo Izel in the 87th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Aurelio Di Lullo saved Valdieri from getting behind. Comunardo Amatori hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maximo Izel in the 89th minute of play forced Valdieri's goalkeeper Aurelio Di Lullo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Antonio Forte kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. Aurelio Di Lullo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Artemio Abascal in the 97th minute of the match. There was no doubt that Berni y Benja FC were the better team. Berni y Benja FC's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.