U21 League

City of Gotham Arena
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Anselmo Olmi took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 4th minute, Mario Vauzelle got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Frank Bencivenni kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. In the 16th minute, Anselmo Olmi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sam Bertholet in the 18th minute of play forced Gotham City's goalkeeper Angelo Di Falco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Domenico Di Cintio kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. Elias Ripoll kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. In the 27th minute, Sam Bertholet made a precise shot to the right of Angelo Di Falco. Gotham City's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Angelo Di Falco took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Oscar Carrière, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Gotham City defense, Sam Bertholet kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Angelo Di Falco. The Gotham City fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Angelo Di Falco should have stopped the shot. Oscar Carrière sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Sam Bertholet took the ball and in the 39 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Angelo Di Falco. Angelo Di Falco dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elias Ripoll in the 43rd minute of play forced Gotham City's goalkeeper Angelo Di Falco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Oscar Carrière made a kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Les diables noirs's Elias Ripoll slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Angelo Di Falco. That made the score 0-5 after 53 minutes of play. Angelo Di Falco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elias Ripoll, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. A collision led to Gotham City getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Carlo Casciano hit a great ball. Angelo Di Falco made a fantastic save in the 73rd minute, when Mario Vauzelle sent off a good shot on target. Angelo Di Falco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcel Brunet in the 74th minute of the match. 76 minutes into the match, Oscar Carrière had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Angelo Di Falco. Gotham City's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Oscar Carrière was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-7. In the 79th minute, Oscar Carrière ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Angelo Di Falco was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-8. Angelo Di Falco didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 84th minute, which inside left pole to 0-9. When Mario Vauzelle came up free with the goalie in the 88th minute, the Les diables noirs 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 Mario Vauzelle couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elias Ripoll in the 93rd minute of play forced Gotham City's goalkeeper Angelo Di Falco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Anselmo Olmi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 98th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.