Teachers 5-0 Grade 6

The introduction of Mr Wallace and Miss Anysa into the teachers team gave them the boost they needed to overcome a brave Grade 6 in the second Teachers Challenge match of the year. Goals were scored by Miss Joanna (2), Miss Anysa, Mr Corcoran and Mr Antonio.
PLAYER of the Match: Livia P (Teachers)

Teachers 4-3 Barcelona/Argentina

The teachers scraped past this Student Selection today by the skin of their teeth and are less than confident facing into tomorrow's match against Grade 6.
The students opened the scoring when Julia's shot bounced off Emilio and fell to Filippo's feet. The Intramural top-scorer poked it home and the teachers looked worried.
But Mr Antonio calmed them down with two well-taken goals. Using his guile and physique to beat the defenders, his finishing was as clinical as usual and the teachers went in at half time with a two goal lead.
But the students came out for the second half firing on all cylinders. Julia, todays Player of The Match took over in midfield and then got forward to equalise. Joshua then took advantage of some sloppy passing and slack marking to put the students ahead again.
Could the teachers come back a second time? Yes and, once again, it was Mr Antonio to the rescue with the equaliser before Mr Corcoran fired home from the edge of the area to give a hard-won victory to the teachers.
Player of The Match: Julia Audinet

NEWS

Congratulations to BARCELONA and ARGENTINA - Winners of the Autumn Intramurals!!!

Medals and trophies will be presented in January to the Winners, Runners-up, Top Scorers and Best Players 

NEXT MATCHES - Challenge the Teachers... 

Wed Dec 19: Teachers vs Barcelona/Argentina Selection

Emilio, James, Luca C, Danyal, Joshua, Julia, Francesca, Lavinia, Sofia, Lara 

Thu Dec 20: 

Teachers vs Grade 6 Selection

Filippo C, Hans, Luca R, Jacopo, Luka, Ludovico, Alex V, William B, Riccardo, Mallika, Annika, Lucrezia, Greta, Valentina

SOME BIG CHANGES FOR THE SPRING INTRAMURAL...

• Four-touch rule will NOT be applied 
• A selected GIRLS' team will compete in the BOYS' Tournament (and there will of course also be a girls' tournament)
• The other teams will be selected by dividing players into groups by ability/age/role and then drawing names from a hat

Argentina 2 - 0 Brazil

L'Argentina vince meritatamente il primo Intramural femminile dell'anno, superando in finale il Brasile.
Questo è il verdetto, forse prevedibile, ma mai scontato dell'appassionante torneo che coinvolge studenti e studentesse. Il Brasile tuttocuore di Camilla e Orsola generosissime in mezzo al campo, di Livia e Dalia, della grande Lucrezia, ha dovuto inchinarsi di fronte al dominio dell'Argentina. Le ragazze capitanate e guidate da Julia hanno probabilmente stabilito un nuovo record di tutte vittorie e una sola sconfitta. Oggi hanno fatto la differenza la grinta di Mallika, la classe di Julia (autrice delle due reti e solissima in testa alla classifica marcatori) e una buona e attenta difesa, in cui ha spiccato Valentina, sempre in crescita e speranza del futuro. Complimenti anche a chi, come Maria, ha iniziato da zero e può già vantare un ottimo miglioramento.

PLAYER OF THE MATCH POINTS: Julia 6, Camilla 4, Mallika 3, Orsola 3, Valentina 1, Lara 1, Lucrezia 1, Francesca 1, Lavinia.

BOYS' FINAL: Barcelona 2-0 Liverpool

Barcelona crowned their triumphant march through this year's championship with a convincing win in the final.
Jonathan missed a chance early on that might have changed the course of the game and two minutes later Joshua tipped the ball in after Ale P had saved well from a Filippo C shot: 1-0.
Joshua might have made it 2-0 soon after but Ale P made an excellent save to keep the Reds in the game. But his defense was letting him down , with Filippo and Joshua continually popping up unmarked in the box. Both of them missed chances before Filippo received another ball in an unmarked position, controlled it and then shot into the corner to make it 2-0.
Liverpool attacked more in the second half and Giovanni and Jacopo both had chances but couldn't score.
BEST PLAYER POINTS: Giovanni 5, James 5, Filippo 3, Luca R. 2, Alex V. 1, Danyal 1, Luca C 1,  Ale P. 1, Emilio 1, Joshua 1

Brazil 1 - 0 Italy

La partita più tesa ed equilibrata dell'anno ha dato il suo attesissimo verdetto: sarà il Brasile ad affrontare l'Argentina capolista nella finale del primo intramural di quest'anno.
La partita - tutt'altro che scontata - è stata molto combattuta e incerta sino alla fine, anche se dopo il gol-partita di Camilla, l'Italia ha perso gran parte del suo slancio e della sua convinzione. Peccato.
Sono state infatti le italiane a "fare la partita", ad avere le occasioni migliori e a trovare sulla loro strada una Lucrezia in ottima forma. Poi, come spesso succede, dopo aver sprecato tanto l'Italia ha subito un gol in contropiede, su tiro potente ma non imprendibile di Camilla.
Inutili le lamentele e le contestazioni a fine gara. Chi segna vince la partita: anche questa è la dura lezione del calcio.

PLAYER OF THE MATCH POINTS: Giulia 5, Lucrezia 5, Camilla 4, Priscilla 2, Orsola 2, Valeria 2, Emma 1.

Liverpool 2-1 Ajax

Liverpool reached the final of the Intramural Championship with a gritty performance against Ajax and will now face the favourites Barcelona in the deciding match.
All the early chances fell to Liverpool: Nawin pulled a ball wide from a Giovanni cross when he had only the goalkeeper to beat; Jonathan shot over from a good position; Giovanni put another good shot too high. They finally scored when Jonathan put over an accurate cross and Giovanni's header struck the post, with Giovanni then reacting more quickly than the defenders to smash the ball home.
Ajax settled down more quickly in the second half and their neat passing was rewarded when a through ball from Stuart found Antoine on the edge of the area. The captain turned calmly and slotted the ball into the bottom corner with his left foot.
The Merseysiders now remewed their attack with renewed energy. Giovanni won a ball in a midfield tussle with Antoine and then played a beautiful chipped pass into Jonathan and his soft lob over the goalkeeper dribbled over the line to put the Reds ahead.
It was enough. Their defence held out, with Jake and Tim in particular clearing a huge number of balls.
BEST PLAYER POINTS:  Giovanni 8, Jonathan 3, Jacopo 2, Mattia M 2, Jake 1, Joao 1, Riccardo 1, Jiaqi 1, Marco 1, Antoine 1

Italy 4 - 1 Germany

Una partita godibile, ma solo per le statistiche, in quanto la vittoria netta dell'Italia contro una rimaneggiatissima Germania non serve a molto ai fini della classifica. Il vero match clou sarà quello tra Italia e Brasile, quasi uno spareggio per affrontare la superfavorita Argentina in finale. Le cose ieri sono andate benissimo all'Italia, in formazione tipo, contro una Germania in cui la sola Miranda faceva parte della formazione originale teutonica. Le italiane, pur dovendo affrontare avversari del calibro di Orsola, Lucrezia e Mallika, hanno espresso un ottimo calcio, offrendo una solida copertura con Priscilla, Zoe e Delfina, mentre a centrocampo la sempre più affidabile Valeria ha affiancato Emma per servire l'unica punta Giulia. Proprio dalla combinazione delle tre sono nate le azioni più interessanti del match e il primo - bellissimo - gol di Giulia. Mallika ha momentaneamente pareggiato per la Germania, poi l'Italia ha preso in mano la partita e il risultato.

PLAYER OF THE MATCH POINTS: Giulia 6, Emma 5, Valeria 4, Priscilla 2, Zoe 2, Miranda 1, Delfina 1.

BOYS SEMI-FINAL: Milan 1-5 Barcelona

For a while it seemed that Milan might threaten an upset but the Catalan team maintained their form and saw off the Italian challenge with a four goal margin. In fact it was Milan who took the lead when a contested free kick was driven in hard and straight by Simone and Ludovico got his head to the ball to divert it past James in goal. Barcelona's equaliser was a bit messy but Filippo pounced to end a goalmouth scramble by shooting past an unsighted Danilo. Emilio's excellent football was rewarded when he dribbled past two players, passed and then received the ball back before slotting a low shot under Danilo. The captain struck again before half time when he finished off a slick move involving Joshua and Filippo too. Milan threw everything at their opponents in the second half but only succeeded in opening up more spaces at the back, allowing Luca C and Joshua to add to the Spanish total.

PLAYER OF THE MATCH POINTS: Emilio 5, Filippo 5, Simone 3, Ludovico 3, Danyal 3, James 1, Joshua 1