U21 World League

Bisturi Arena
Spectators: 7682 (Terracing: 5762, Seating: 1767, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Erasmo Martins made the kick off which started today's match. Filippo Maccioni received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Vitório Andrade tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Erasmo Martins took the ball and in the 8 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Emanuele Donadoni. Emanuele Donadoni dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. 13 minutes into the match, Cesinha Meirelles had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Emanuele Donadoni. Bisturi F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cesinha Meirelles was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. When Bisturi F.C.'s Alvise Micucci in the 19th minute got a chance for a shot 19th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Dinamo Colorado's goalie prevented a goal. A collision led to Dinamo Colorado getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Andres D'Alessandro hit a great ball. In the 30th minute, one of Dinamo Colorado:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Dinamo Colorado. When the match had been going on for 32 minutes, Bisturi F.C.'s Amos Fata got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Vitório Andrade. In the 34th match minute, Bisturi F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Federico Azzolina to maneuver through the defense. Emanuele Donadoni took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cesinha Meirelles, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Emanuele Donadoni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erasmo Martins, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. A collision led to Dinamo Colorado getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Cesinha Meirelles hit a great ball. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Alvise Micucci to make the kick off. Cesinha Meirelles recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 55th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Alvise Micucci had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 66thth minute of the game Alvise Micucci who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Dinamo Colorado's Vitório Andrade was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Bisturi F.C. made a substitution. Ferdinando Palma replaced Angelo Miranda. Bisturi F.C.'s Daniele Piccirilli was substituted for Dario Mazzei. Bisturi F.C. made a substitution. Cosimo Gaeta replaced Alvise Micucci. Dinamo Colorado's Ruben Paz was substituted for Rafa Teixeira. If Erasmo Martins had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Erasmo Martins came up free with the goalie in the 77th minute, the Dinamo Colorado 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 Erasmo Martins couldn't finish the play. Dinamo Colorado made a substitution. Perivaldo Fonseca replaced Marcel Matos. After 87 minutes Dinamo Colorado's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Amos Fata who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Bisturi F.C.'s corner Cosimo Gaeta fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Vitório Andrade quite easily take care of the ball. 94 minutes in the game Comunardo Del Monte did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Cosimo Gaeta. Emanuele Donadoni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cesinha Meirelles in the 96th minute of play. In the 98th minute of the match Dinamo Colorado got a corner. Bisturi F.C.'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Perivaldo Fonseca ran over to the corner to take the kick. When the match was over Dinamo Colorado could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Bisturi F.C. throughout the match.