U23 League

OldHighbury
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Achille Sisti kicked off to start the match. 16 minutes into the game, Infami di Canaus's Cristiano Carulli nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Fortunato Di Ianni made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Cristiano Carulli took the ball and in the 20 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Fortunato Di Ianni. Fortunato Di Ianni dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. 24 minutes in the game Aurelio Ferrante did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Elia Granata. After 26 minutes of play, Infami di Canaus's Cristiano Carulli made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fortunato Di Ianni was left in no man's land by his defense there! 32 minutes into the match, Infami di Canaus's goal looked a bit too open when Achille Sisti came free, but Angelo Mazzocco reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 34 minutes, Cristiano Carulli managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Infami di Canaus's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cristiano Carulli was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Donato Di Crescenzo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Fortunato Di Ianni tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fortunato Di Ianni didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Elia Di Lorenzo went, in the 40th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. 47 minutes into the game, Rick Jonen cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-5. Fortunato Di Ianni was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in.

The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristiano Carulli got free with Fortunato Di Ianni in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 60 played minutes OldHighburyInvincibles got a freekick which was hit by Federico Castelli. After 70 minutes, Cristiano Carulli mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Infami di Canaus and the OldHighburyInvincibles players grew even worse after the yellow card. Cristiano Carulli kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. Elia Di Lorenzo hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. Rick Jonen received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Fortunato Di Ianni came out and tried to block the shot, but Rick Jonen slotted it home off the left post making it 0-6 in the 80th minute. Rick Jonen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 86th minute Donato Di Crescenzo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fortunato Di Ianni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Rick Jonen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fortunato Di Ianni was relentless in the 94th minute of the game. When Cristiano Carulli came up free with the goalie in the 95th minute, the Infami di Canaus 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 Cristiano Carulli couldn't finish the play. Infami di Canaus's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.