U21 World League

Catino Pometino
Spectators: 7476 (Terracing: 5608, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Lubomír Hruška took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute of the match, Lubomír Hruška tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Dênis Valle saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Dênis Valle made an important save on a dangerous shot by Corrado Polito in the 4th minute. Dênis Valle showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lubomír Hruška, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Flavio Pan stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Hermínio Pena's shot from short distance in the 7th minute. Ȼōŗỉȵᵺỉƛȵʂ Wƛŗŗỉōŗʂ®'s Dênis Valle played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Federico Pala in the 8th minute of play. 10 minutes into the game, Ernesto Oberrauch was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. PomeziaRamblers's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ȼōŗỉȵᵺỉƛȵʂ Wƛŗŗỉōŗʂ® the free kick. Flavio Pan stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Hermínio Pena's shot from short distance in the 12th minute. Flavio Paris sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The corner led PomeziaRamblers's Flavio Paris to fire away a dangerous shot which Dênis Valle despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. With 24 minutes on the clock, Toninho da Cunha commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. The supporters of PomeziaRamblers booed when Ȼōŗỉȵᵺỉƛȵʂ Wƛŗŗỉōŗʂ® was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Toninho da Cunha didn't get a good kick on the ball. Lubomír Hruška fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dênis Valle having to interfere. When Nildo Cruz fell near the penalty area in the 29th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Ȼōŗỉȵᵺỉƛȵʂ Wƛŗŗỉōŗʂ®'s protests and gave Nildo Cruz a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Ȼōŗỉȵᵺỉƛȵʂ Wƛŗŗỉōŗʂ®'s Nildo Cruz got a free kick in the 29th minute. After some careless play in the Ȼōŗỉȵᵺỉƛȵʂ Wƛŗŗỉōŗʂ® defense, Carter Cruciani kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dênis Valle. The Ȼōŗỉȵᵺỉƛȵʂ Wƛŗŗỉōŗʂ® fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dênis Valle should have stopped the shot. In the 44th minute of the game Daniele Bencivenni made a throw-in which Corrado Polito played forward. Nildo Cruz hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Hermínio Pena stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Lubomír Hruška fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dênis Valle having to interfere. After 60 played minutes Ȼōŗỉȵᵺỉƛȵʂ Wƛŗŗỉōŗʂ® got a freekick which was hit by Naldo Simão. 61 minutes into the game, PomeziaRamblers's Lubomír Hruška nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dênis Valle made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. Daniele Bencivenni made in the 68th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Ȼōŗỉȵᵺỉƛȵʂ Wƛŗŗỉōŗʂ®'s Percival Leal. A collision led to PomeziaRamblers getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Carter Cruciani hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Hermínio Pena's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Flavio Pan was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. Ȼōŗỉȵᵺỉƛȵʂ Wƛŗŗỉōŗʂ®'s Percival Leal managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Daniele Bencivenni in the 82 minute of the game. After a defensive mix-up in Ȼōŗỉȵᵺỉƛȵʂ Wƛŗŗỉōŗʂ®'s zone, Carter Cruciani stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dênis Valle came out of the goal and Carter Cruciani tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Percival Leal's late challenge caught a PomeziaRamblers's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Percival Leal helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of PomeziaRamblers booed when Ȼōŗỉȵᵺỉƛȵʂ Wƛŗŗỉōŗʂ® was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Percival Leal didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 92 played minutes Hermínio Pena rounded PomeziaRamblers's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 3-1. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The PomeziaRamblers fans cheered their team off the field, for while Ȼōŗỉȵᵺỉƛȵʂ Wƛŗŗỉōŗʂ® had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.