U21 World League

RÖK Arena
Spectators: 7600 (Terracing: 5701, Seating: 1748, VIP seats: 151) RÖK's Yan Pirani played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anfilogino Rocca in the 4th minute of play. Yan Pirani came out of the goal in the 8th minute to try and stop a shot by Villa Gordiani's Adriano Barone. But to his dismay, Adriano Barone quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Ciro Del Vecchio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cesinha Marquez, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Qi Hui Zheng sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 15th match minute, Villa Gordiani was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Amedeo Pompilio to maneuver through the defense. A hard shot by Augusto Negri from long distance, 16 minutes into the match, got Ciro Del Vecchio's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Edson Brito hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. Dino Cimino took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 24th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Yan Pirani. RÖK's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 34th minute, Emiliano Grossi made a precise shot to the right of Yan Pirani. RÖK's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. In the 38th minute, Dino Cimino made a precise shot to the right of Yan Pirani. RÖK's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. Ciro Del Vecchio was a little too slow when Cesinha Marquez got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 42nd minute. The score was now 1-3. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Adriano Barone stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 55 minutes into the match, Cesinha Marquez notched a goal, 2-3, to the right of Villa Gordiani's Ciro Del Vecchio. Ciro Del Vecchio was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When Elivélton Cruz came up free with the goalie in the 60th minute, the RÖK 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 Elivélton Cruz couldn't finish the play. Ciro Del Vecchio didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Júlio Varela went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-3 was the resulting score. Dino Cimino charged in rather forcefully in the 65th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dino Cimino the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a defensive mix-up in Villa Gordiani's zone, Júlio Varela stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ciro Del Vecchio came out of the goal and Júlio Varela tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ciro Del Vecchio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hamílton Proença, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. Ciro Del Vecchio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elivélton Cruz in the 75th minute of the match. Ciro Del Vecchio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Júlio Varela in the 78th minute of play. Ciro Del Vecchio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Júlio Varela in the 90th minute of play. In the 92nd match minute, RÖK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luís Paulo Vergílio to maneuver through the defense. Villa Gordiani were delighted with the way they had won the match. They had held their defensive line well and made the most of their chances, to claim a victory over RÖK's much stronger midfield.