11.6.12

GIRLS FINAL: Portugal 4 - 0 Holland

L'Olanda crolla sotto i colpi del Portogallo, guidato con sicurezza da Julia, anima ispiratrice, goleador e portiere della squadra.
Purtroppo la partita non ha riservato quello spettacolo che ci saremmo aspettati dalle due squadre giunte in finale, poiché il dominio portoghese è stato abbastanza netto, con una difesa attentissima che ha concesso poco o nulla alle folate offensive delle pur brave Emma e Olivia. I punti assegnati a Priscilla, Ginevra e soprattutto Orsola (oggi Player of the Match) dimostrano che ognuna di loro ha permesso al reparto offensivo di giocare in tranquillità e segnare, quasi indisturbate.
Pesantissima, ai fini del risultato, la brutta prestazione di Allegra - che in passato ci aveva abituati a un ottimo calcio - che ha giocato con sufficienza, con poco impegno e si è dimostrata poco rispettosa nei confronti delle compagne. La commissione Intramural sta valutando se assegnarle delle penalizzazioni per il prossimo campionato.

PLAYER OF THE MATCH POINTS: Orsola 7, Priscilla 4, Emma 4, Olivia 3, Ginevra 2, Julia 1.

Third Place Play-Off: Ireland 2-2 Italy (5-6 after penalties)

Italy captured third place after a penalty shoot-out. They had fallen behind to a Joshua goal but an own-goal and a goal by Max were enough to tie Luca Cerri's second goal for the Irish.
BEST PLAYER POINTS: Jonathan 4, Simone 3, Leo 2, Andrea Ooi 2, Lucas 2, Joshua 1, Emilio 1, Jiaqi 1, Ale P 1, Max 1, Cesare 1, Francisco 1, Danilo 1

6.6.12

BOYS' FINAL: Germany 3-0 England

England was swept aside by the organisation and physical presence of a determined Germany in a disappointingly one-sided final.
Mattia was everywhere in the first half - covering, tackling, passing and shooting and he scored the opening goal after 5 minutes when Alex dF controlled a ball and found him with a well-timed pass. Captain Alex was everywhere too - marking Oliver and breaking forward when possible. And it was one of these rapid breaks that led to him cracking in the second goal with low shot past Lorenzo.
Germany's third goal was scored by Alex dF and England never really recovered.
BEST PLAYER POINTS: Mattia 7, Alex H 6, David 3, Alex dF 1, Nawin 1, Oliver 1, Lorenzo 1

5.6.12

BOYS SEMI-FINAL: GERMANY 1-1 ITALY (5-4 after penalties)

Italy took the lead towards the end of an uneventful first half when Simone controlled a long pass from Max and beat Ale in goal from short range.
AlexdF equalised early in the second half amid protests of handball but Italy had a chance to win the game when referee Corcoran gave a penalty for a David push on Max.
Max missed the penalty, forcing a shoot-out.
BEST PLAYER POINTS: Ale dB 5, Mattia 4, Simone 3, Lucas 2, Nawin 2, Alex H 2, Max 1, Luca dV 1, Ale P 1