U18 World League

San Giorgio
Spectators: 7703 (Terracing: 5789, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 140) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Dennis Di Pasquale started the match with the kick off. After 2 played minutes forsal FC got a freekick which was hit by Dennis Di Pasquale. With a little luck, Compugraf's Chico Fernandez got control of the ball when Fedele Tacco tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 14th minute, forsal FC's Fedele Tacco ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Chico Fernandez. Chico Fernandez yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Chico Fernandez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberigo Cavaliere in the 17th minute of play. Chico Fernandez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberigo Cavaliere in the 19th minute of the match. Fedele Tacco could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 20th minute of the match, but Chico Fernandez made a huge save. A collision led to forsal FC getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Antonello Lucantoni hit a great ball. 25 minutes into the match, forsal FC's Augusto Nero broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. forsal FC's Alex Franceschi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Igor Ramos in the 27th minute of play. Dennis Di Pasquale succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-0 in the 31st playminute. Dennis Di Pasquale received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Chico Fernandez came out and tried to block the shot, but Dennis Di Pasquale slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 34th minute. Compugraf's defense didn't have a chance, in the 38th minute, when Alberigo Cavaliere scored to the left of an out of position Chico Fernandez, making the score, 4-0. 41 minutes into the match, Dennis Di Pasquale notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of Compugraf's Chico Fernandez. Chico Fernandez was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Dario Tieri's late challenge caught a Compugraf's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dario Tieri helped the player get up and apologised. After 45 played minutes forsal FC got a freekick which was hit by Dario Tieri. In the 46th minute of the match Betinho Arce sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Alex Franceschi skillfully saved the ball. Chico Fernandez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fedele Tacco, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 5-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Igor Ramos stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 58th minute, Alberigo Cavaliere made a precise shot to the right of Chico Fernandez. Compugraf's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 6-0. In the 61st minute, forsal FC's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Igor Ramos fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. 68 minutes into the match, Fedele Tacco had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Chico Fernandez. Compugraf's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Fedele Tacco was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fedele Tacco in the 71st minute of play forced Compugraf's goalkeeper Chico Fernandez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match clock showed 74 minutes, the score became 8-0 when Alberigo Cavaliere sped through Compugraf's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Chico Fernandez. Chico Fernandez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fedele Tacco, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 84 minutes of play, forsal FC's Alberigo Cavaliere made it 9-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Chico Fernandez was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to Compugraf getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Rui Magalhães hit a great ball.