U23 World League

Stadio Cibali
Spectators: 7481 (Terracing: 5612, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Nicolás Blandi made the kick off which started today's match. Polat Aranda sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 6 minutes into the match, Nicolás Blandi notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Supremacy Catania FC's Florian Bergomi. Florian Bergomi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Polat Aranda in the 10th minute of play forced Supremacy Catania FC's goalkeeper Florian Bergomi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Supremacy Catania FC's Florian Bergomi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Polat Aranda in the 14th minute of play. Florian Bergomi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nicolás Blandi in the 16th minute of the match. Supremacy Catania FC's Florian Bergomi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nicolás Blandi in the 20th minute of play. Alvaro Cordarius scored 0-2 in the 22nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Florian Bergomi, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mario Mandzukic in the 27th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Florian Bergomi saved Supremacy Catania FC from getting behind. Florian Bergomi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Polat Aranda, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. If Alvaro Cordarius had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 36th minute, Nicolás Blandi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The La Scaloneta fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. In the 39th minute, Nicolás Blandi made a precise shot to the right of Florian Bergomi. Supremacy Catania FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. With his leg Ildefonso Loi managed to avoid a goal in the 46thth minute, when Supremacy Catania FC's Franco Ragusa fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Polat Aranda fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Florian Bergomi having to interfere. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Franco Ragusa made a kick off. Florian Bergomi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mario Mandzukic, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. Florian Bergomi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mario Mandzukic, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Supremacy Catania FC getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Alvise Ciscato hit a great ball. In the 57th minute of the match Claudio Cresconio shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Florian Bergomi showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, Supremacy Catania FC's Diego Arioli got a free kick in the 59th minute. 59 minutes into the match, Supremacy Catania FC's goal looked a bit too open when Nicolás Blandi came free, but Florian Bergomi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 60 minutes Supremacy Catania FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Nicolás Blandi who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on La Scaloneta's corner Nicolás Blandi fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Florian Bergomi quite easily take care of the ball. 62 minutes had been played when some careless play by Supremacy Catania FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Nicolás Blandi was slow to take the kick. During this time La Scaloneta's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Nicolás Blandi got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Florian Bergomi quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 65th minute Franco Ragusa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ildefonso Loi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nicolás Blandi in the 68thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Florian Bergomi, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alvise Ciscato in the 71st minute of play forced La Scaloneta's goalkeeper Ildefonso Loi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Florian Bergomi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nicolás Blandi in the 77th minute. Florian Bergomi made a fantastic save in the 78th minute, when Nicolás Blandi sent off a good shot on target. Bruno Falasca kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. Florian Bergomi came out of the goal in the 94th minute to try and stop a shot by La Scaloneta's Polat Aranda. But to his dismay, Polat Aranda quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-7.