U23 World League

Stade de la Mosson
Spectators: 7492 (Terracing: 5620, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) Samurai's Ernst Adelsköld started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Aurelio Di Lullo made a fantastic save in the 9th minute, when Henry Åkerström sent off a good shot on target. In the 12th minute, Samurai's Ernst Adelsköld dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Aurelio Di Lullo made a fantastic save in the 15th minute, when Henry Åkerström sent off a good shot on target. Aurelio Di Lullo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ernst Adelsköld in the 17th minute of the match. Aurelio Di Lullo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Henry Åkerström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 26 minutes into the game, Fulvio Bozzelli was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Valdieri's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Samurai the free kick. Fulvio Bozzelli hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. In the 28th minute, Attilio Fortunato made a precise shot to the right of Roger Klemensson. Samurai's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Aurelio Di Lullo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ernst Adelsköld's shot from short distance in the 32nd minute. After 35 minutes of play, Samurai's Ernst Adelsköld made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Aurelio Di Lullo was left in no man's land by his defense there! Henry Åkerström fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aurelio Di Lullo having to interfere. In the 45th minute of the match Samurai's Elof Bergfelt broke free and sent away a ball that went into the goal by the right post. 3-1. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Attilio Fortunato to make the kick off. Per-Oskar Andberg succeeded in the game's 55th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 4-1. In the 58th minute, Franco Sarnelli hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 59th minute of the match Andreas Rolandsson sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Aurelio Di Lullo skillfully saved the ball. In the 61st minute, Ernst Adelsköld left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Samurai fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-1. Aurelio Di Lullo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Henry Åkerström in the 64th minute of the match. In the 65th minute, Emanuele Ranieri hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 68th minute Henry Åkerström shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aurelio Di Lullo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Per-Oskar Andberg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Aurelio Di Lullo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Comunardo Amatori's late challenge caught a Samurai's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Comunardo Amatori helped the player get up and apologised. Aurelio Di Lullo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Henry Åkerström, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. A collision led to Valdieri getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Comunardo Amatori hit a great ball. Aurelio Di Lullo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Henry Åkerström in the 78th minute of play. Aurelio Di Lullo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Henry Åkerström in the 80th minute of the match. In the 80th match minute, Valdieri was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Comunardo Amatori to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Henry Åkerström in the 83rd minute of play forced Valdieri's goalkeeper Aurelio Di Lullo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ernst Adelsköld in the 85th minute of play forced Valdieri's goalkeeper Aurelio Di Lullo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Aurelio Di Lullo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Per-Oskar Andberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. Per-Oskar Andberg took the ball and in the 96 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Aurelio Di Lullo. Aurelio Di Lullo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 6-1.