U21 World League

Fara Park
Spectators: 7666 (Terracing: 5751, Seating: 1762, VIP seats: 153) Ciro Tacco started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 5th match minute, Farafulla FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ermanno Della Francesca to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Farafulla FC's zone, Gabriel Hökqvist stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dave Valeriani came out of the goal and Gabriel Hökqvist tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a defensive mix-up in Digital Monsterz FC's zone, Anfilogino Benvenuto stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bertil Skarkman came out of the goal and Anfilogino Benvenuto tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, Farafulla FC's Amedeo Ruggeri got a free kick in the 14th minute. Alessandro Mazzetti hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. Dave Valeriani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eddie Flinck, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Digital Monsterz FC's Bertil Skarkman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anfilogino Benvenuto in the 20th minute of play. Bertil Skarkman made a fantastic save in the 30th minute, when Alessandro Mazzetti sent off a good shot on target. In the 32nd minute, Amedeo Ruggeri hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gunnar Vassenius kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. In the 35thth minute of the game Anfilogino Benvenuto who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Digital Monsterz FC's Bertil Skarkman was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Francesco Talamo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 41st minute of the match, but Bertil Skarkman made a huge save. After some fancy dribbling in the 43rd minute, Gunnar Vassenius managed to get in a good position for a shot. Digital Monsterz FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Gunnar Vassenius was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dave Valeriani breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The Digital Monsterz FC fans' excitement grew in the 44th match minute when Digital Monsterz FC's Gunnar Vassenius 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 0-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Oskar Pååk to make the kick off. The audience was convinced that Eddie Flinck's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dave Valeriani was relentless in the 51st minute of the game. Bertil Skarkman didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Anfilogino Benvenuto went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. In the 65th minute Anfilogino Benvenuto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bertil Skarkman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dave Valeriani showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oskar Pååk, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. The supporters of Farafulla FC booed when Digital Monsterz FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jens-Erik Giöck didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jakob Lind charged in rather forcefully in the 72nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jakob Lind the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 72nd match minute, Digital Monsterz FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jakob Lind to maneuver through the defense. Dave Valeriani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Oskar Pååk, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Eddie Flinck succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-3 in the 88th playminute. Oskar Pååk did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-4 to the left of a surprised Dave Valeriani 92 minutes into the match. When Arrigo Caroli fell near the penalty area in the 95th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Farafulla FC's protests and gave Arrigo Caroli a yellow card for diving instead. In the 95th minute, Arrigo Caroli hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Digital Monsterz FC walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.