U21 World League

Saracino Stadium
Spectators: 7886 (Terracing: 5915, Seating: 1814, VIP seats: 157) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Albert Diacono got the match started through his kick off. Amadeo Rapinett took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zé Paulo Castro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 13th minute the ball was on its way in behind Attard Gunners's goalkeeper Amadeo Rapinett, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Romeu da Cunha made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lawrence De Marco in the 17th minute. Albert Diacono's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Romeu da Cunha read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 22nd minute of play. Duda Veloso kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. Amadeo Rapinett showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ezequiel Tande, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Amadeo Rapinett showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zé Paulo Castro, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. Amadeo Rapinett took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zé Paulo Castro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 30 minutes into the game, Attard Gunners's Andrea Xuereb nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Romeu da Cunha made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. Amadeo Rapinett didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ezequiel Tande went, in the 36th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Zé Paulo Castro in the 41st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Amadeo Rapinett saved Attard Gunners from getting behind. Amadeo Rapinett showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zé Paulo Castro in the 43rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zé Paulo Castro in the 45th minute of play forced Attard Gunners's goalkeeper Amadeo Rapinett to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Zé Paulo Castro to strike the kick off in the second half. After 50 played minutes Jereba 4EVER got a freekick which was hit by Dudu Pimenta. After 51 played minutes Jereba 4EVER got a freekick which was hit by Zé Paulo Castro. Amadeo Rapinett made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ezequiel Tande in the 58th minute of play. After some careless play in the Attard Gunners defense, Ezequiel Tande kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Amadeo Rapinett. The Attard Gunners fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Amadeo Rapinett should have stopped the shot. If Zé Paulo Castro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Romeu da Cunha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andrea Xuereb, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. A collision led to Attard Gunners getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Mario Pullicino hit a great ball. Zé Paulo Castro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Amadeo Rapinett having to interfere. Zé Paulo Castro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 81st minute of the match, but Amadeo Rapinett made a huge save. 88 minutes had been played when some careless play by Attard Gunners's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ezequiel Tande was slow to take the kick. During this time Jereba 4EVER's players had a chance to rest. Ezequiel Tande made a great header on Jereba 4EVER's corner, it was just that Attard Gunners's Amadeo Rapinett managed to reach the ball for a save. Attard Gunners's Amadeo Rapinett proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 90th minute of the match, managed to save Attard Gunners from getting a goal against them. 93 minutes into the game, Jereba 4EVER's Zé Paulo Castro nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Amadeo Rapinett made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-4. With a little luck, Attard Gunners's Amadeo Rapinett got control of the ball when Zé Paulo Castro tried to sneak it across the goal line.