U23 World League

FIUME IN PIENA
Spectators: 7444 (Terracing: 5584, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 148) Claudio Papetti started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Daniele Frezza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Diego Barros, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With an all-out effort, Fiume Veneto's Roger de Souza threw himself towards the right post 6 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Claudio Papetti, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Luís Fabiano Palmeira's late challenge caught a Fiume Veneto's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Luís Fabiano Palmeira helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Fiume Veneto booed when Treze Futebol Clube CIMZ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luís Fabiano Palmeira didn't get a good kick on the ball. Daniele Frezza didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Roger Melo went, in the 12th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Emilio Esposito hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Diogo Falcão in the 24th minute of play forced Fiume Veneto's goalkeeper Daniele Frezza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 27 minutes into the match, Diego Barros had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Daniele Frezza. Fiume Veneto's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Diego Barros was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Daniele Frezza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Diego Barros, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 32nd minute, Bernardo Spano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 33rd minute, Diogo Falcão made a precise shot to the right of Daniele Frezza. Fiume Veneto's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Bruno Rossetti during the 38th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. 40 minutes into the match, Treze Futebol Clube CIMZ's Roger Melo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Daniele Frezza narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Fiume Veneto's Claudio Papetti got a good chance for a goal in the 42nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Pedro Luís Porto scored 0-4 in the 47th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Daniele Frezza, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The Fiume Veneto players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Treze Futebol Clube CIMZ were winning 0-4.

After some fancy dribbling in the 56th minute, Diego Barros managed to get in a good position for a shot. Treze Futebol Clube CIMZ's supporters rose to their feet, but Diego Barros was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Daniele Frezza breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Roger Melo received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Daniele Frezza came out and tried to block the shot, but Roger Melo slotted it home off the left post making it 0-5 in the 59th minute. In the 62nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Fiume Veneto's goalkeeper Daniele Frezza, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Richard Alcântara sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 74th minute Diogo Falcão shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Daniele Frezza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Diogo Falcão had several of the Fiume Veneto's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 81 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-7 score and a disappointed Daniele Frezza as he didn't even see the shot coming. Roger de Souza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emilio Esposito, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Diogo Falcão got free with Daniele Frezza in the 86th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ercole Ottaviani's late challenge caught a Treze Futebol Clube CIMZ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ercole Ottaviani helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Treze Futebol Clube CIMZ booed when Fiume Veneto was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ercole Ottaviani didn't get a good kick on the ball. Daniele Frezza came out of the goal in the 93rd minute to try and stop a shot by Treze Futebol Clube CIMZ's Roger Melo. But to his dismay, Roger Melo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-8. Treze Futebol Clube CIMZ's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.