U23 World League

Bay Harbor Butcher
Spectators: 7496 (Terracing: 5623, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Franco Penna started the match with the kick off. Paulo Neves scored 0-1 in the 6th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Davide Cavaliere, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Dexter Morgan VR46 were furious when Edoardo Felli was red carded, 9 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. After a rather tough play, Dexter Morgan VR46's Alberigo Di Nucci got a free kick in the 13th minute. When the match clock showed 16 minutes, the score became 0-3 when Cristian Hoffmann sped through Dexter Morgan VR46's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Davide Cavaliere. In the 22ndth minute of the game Cristian Hoffmann who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Dexter Morgan VR46's Davide Cavaliere was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 23rd minute, Paulo Neves hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Franco Penna recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 24th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Franco Penna got free with Evaristo de Andrade in the 32nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Dexter Morgan VR46's Davide Cavaliere played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Hoffmann in the 33rd minute of play. Paulo Neves recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 38th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Evaristo de Andrade took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Franco Penna, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alberigo Di Nucci kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. Davide Cavaliere made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paulo Neves in the 46th minute of play.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Paulo Neves was the one to do the kick off. Cristian Hoffmann could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 56th minute of the match, but Davide Cavaliere made a huge save. Cristian Hoffmann could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 58th minute of the match, but Davide Cavaliere made a huge save. In the 72nd minute, Clóvis Alagoano got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Davide Cavaliere didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Paulo Neves went, in the 74th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. Davide Cavaliere showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristian Hoffmann, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. Clóvis Alagoano kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. Evaristo de Andrade took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Franco Penna, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Franco Penna had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 84th match minute, Dexter Morgan VR46 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ettore Treglia to maneuver through the defense. Daniel Weather hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. In the 93rd minute, Cristian Hoffmann ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Davide Cavaliere was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-6. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Pendotiba walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.