U21 World League

Blue Eagles Stadium
Spectators: 7487 (Terracing: 5616, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Amadeo Oxel started the match with the kick off. Antonio Poletti's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Rafael Martino firmly grabbed it by the left post. Antonio Poletti's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 7thth minute, Rafael Martino skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Antonio Poletti fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rafael Martino having to interfere. In the 12th minute, Elvio Machado made a precise shot to the right of Aldo Lemme. GiaSiRo 08's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Rafael Martino made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dario Fabrizio in the 16th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Antonio Poletti got free with Rafael Martino in the 25th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With his leg Rafael Martino managed to avoid a goal in the 28thth minute, when GiaSiRo 08's Antonio Poletti fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Leon Egun kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. In the 32nd minute of the match Cosimo Giusti shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Rafael Martino showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 33 minutes into the game, Dario Fabrizio recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Rafael Martino. Dario Fabrizio showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-1. The supporters of GiaSiRo 08 booed when Club Sportivo Italiano was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Apolo Azeari didn't get a good kick on the ball. Antonio Poletti who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 39thth minute tested the skills of Rafael Martino when he managed to save the team from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dario Fabrizio in the 42nd minute of play forced Club Sportivo Italiano's goalkeeper Rafael Martino to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 45 played minutes GiaSiRo 08 got a freekick which was hit by Dario Fabrizio. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Dario Fabrizio stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When Cosimo Giusti fell near the penalty area in the 54th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored GiaSiRo 08's protests and gave Cosimo Giusti a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to GiaSiRo 08 getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Cosimo Giusti hit a great ball. Aldo Lemme showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Amadeo Oxel in the 57th minute of the match. Dario Fabrizio succeeded in the game's 59th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-1. The supporters of GiaSiRo 08 booed when Club Sportivo Italiano was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leon Egun didn't get a good kick on the ball. Rafael Martino took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Antonio Poletti, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 67 minutes into the match, Florentino Mannie notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of GiaSiRo 08's Aldo Lemme. Aldo Lemme was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. GiaSiRo 08's Edoardo Sammartano was substituted for Camillo Nola. Rafael Martino didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when GiaSiRo 08's Antonio Poletti shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 3-2 in the ordered_time% minute. 77 minutes into the match, GiaSiRo 08's goalkeeper Aldo Lemme had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Florentino Mannie. Dario Fabrizio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Rafael Martino tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 86th minute, Antonio Poletti ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rafael Martino was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-2. 92 minutes into the match, Dario Fabrizio had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rafael Martino. Club Sportivo Italiano's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dario Fabrizio was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-2. Club Sportivo Italiano's Rafael Martino played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dario Fabrizio in the 96th minute of play.